[Hammarlund] Re: Sweep Method for Alignment - 6db bandwidth.

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 10 Apr 2006 at 10:06, DJED1 at aol.com wrote:
 
> The way I learned it is that 6 dB is 6 dB, which corresponds to 1/2
> voltage and 1/4 power. Since it isn't clear what Hammarlund intended,
> I went back to the curves in my SP-600 manual. Unfortunately, it is
> still not clear. The curves are down by a factor of 2 at the specified
> bandwidth, but the units are not defined- so it could be 1/2 power or
> 1/2 voltage. I'd bet on 1/2 voltage, since the receiver output voltage
> is what is measured in the alignment procedure. But I could be wrong.
> Ed WB2LHI

You're right, of course. I was wrong. Please see the latest correction by 
John Marshall.

Ken Gordon W7EKB