[Boatanchors] Using a SG-230 tuner on AM

[J. Forster]

Look at my table from two posts ago, which you quoted below... I said
EXACTLY that.

-John

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> 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.