[Elecraft] KPA1500 TX Sample

Don Wilhelm donwilh at embarqmail.com
Fri Mar 23 11:23:22 EDT 2018


David,

It is just a coupler - nothing else makes sense for that use, so your 
-60dB assumption is correct.  Yes, it is relative to the output, so dBm 
is not the proper designation.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/23/2018 10:09 AM, David Box wrote:
> I am trying to get ready for delivery of the KPA1500 and have become 
> confused about the information available for the TX Sample port.
> 
> The only information I can find states that this is a low-level signal 
> of -60dBm but dBm is a measure of absolute power which would put this 
> signal at 1 nanowatt.
> 
> My first thought is that this is a typo and meant to show that the 
> signal level on the port is -60dB with respect to output but need some 
> verification.


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