[Boatanchors] Using a SG-230 tuner on AM

rbethman rbethman at comcast.net
Mon Aug 10 13:37:07 EDT 2009


This will ONLY apply *IF* you read the rest of the text.

"You must first agree where ZERO is at".

 From 13th Edition Radio Handbook.  Also in Radiotron Handbook.

In any event, 2X isn't 6dB in any table I've seen.

Bob - N0DGN

J. Forster wrote:
> No:
>
> 3  dB is 2x power
> 6  dB is 4x power
> 9  dB is 8x power
> 10 dB is 10x power.
>
> -John
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>> Carl,
>>
>> Isn't 6dB actually a power increase 10 times the original?
>>
>> My understanding that 3dB is a doubling.
>>     



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