[Elecraft] K3 dbV in 2.38

Augie Hansen augie.hansen at comcast.net
Tue Sep 16 20:07:26 EDT 2008


Jim Brown wrote:
> ...
> Hold on a minute. We cannot sit over in our little corner and pretend 
> that the rest of the world does not exist. That's how we got into 
> trouble with the KIO3. 
>
> dBV is a voltage measure with a reference of 1V RMS. It's an 
> international standard. If a K3 function does something else, it needs 
> to be called something else. 

Agreed. If dBr is not already taken how about using it to mean "dB 
relative"? My searches have turned up no conflicts for this designation 
as it relates to voltage measurements.

Gus Hansen
KB0YH



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