[Boatanchors] Using a SG-230 tuner on AM

[Carl]

4X is doubling twice so it is 3+3=6

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <jfor at quik.com>; "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Using a SG-230 tuner on AM


> 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
>>
>> ============
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>>> Carl,
>>>
>>> Isn't 6dB actually a power increase 10 times the original?
>>>
>>> My understanding that 3dB is a doubling.
>>>     
> 
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