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Ham Radio - RF Units Conversion
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Decibels relative to Power
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Decibels relative to Voltage across same resistance+ o6 g5 h* l1 X4 H7 V5 ]
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dB = 20 log [I1/I2]
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Decibel Conversions! q- g7 U9 n% U
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dBmV = 20 log [Signal (mV)/1mV]; {& @- Z0 S- I$ a2 ~
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Decibel Conversions
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dBm = 10 log [Signal (mW)/1mW]/ g' H# H4 n3 Y; c& b- w; ^ j4 {) l
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Decibels relative to one milliwatt
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- \5 p; x( {4 f4 c% vdBmA = 20 log [Signal (mA)/1mA]
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Power Conversions
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g: s k3 d" A$ U0 SdBm = dBw + 30; h7 g/ C( V( f; X" o
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Conversion from dBw to dBm.$ D9 l* V$ b# z
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Voltage Conversions1 ]5 \4 w; f. T7 p7 S! P
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dBuv = dBv + 120% R. o* d$ u% g1 ^
: f8 V! O$ t4 ~5 L1 J; J* k+ OConversion from dBv to dBuv.( }3 E6 B C4 g$ r+ b( F$ j5 s5 t
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dBm = dBmV - 107* P/ t$ C% H2 j: k3 J7 X0 r
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P = V2 / R2 t" v: L1 I5 M; u. G1 a
10Log10[P] = 20Log10[V] - 10Log10[50W]
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20Log10[223000mV] = 107 dB 0 V$ Q9 y5 M! [8 n% {) a8 f& _
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dBw/M2 = 10Log10[V/M - A/M]
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Power Density
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dBm/M2 = dBw/M2 + 30
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Where the constant 30 is the decibel equivalent of the factor 1000 used to convert between W and mW:: y0 l- f1 B" C' n3 ?$ h/ p
10Log10[1000] = 30
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Conversion Units
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u = micro = 10E-61 [/ r& N8 Z5 v1 e
m = milli = 10E-3( \4 e) g9 n: v6 I
dBw = decibels relative to one watt9 k5 X) ^$ R/ z3 @" d6 j- o e$ p4 k
dBm = decibels relative to one milliwatt
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! V" @$ E/ D3 w' M$ `$ S. |dBuV = decibels relative to one microvolt
+ H4 W5 @( o+ C0 J; n9 \dBuA = decibels relative to one microamp
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R = Ohms (50)! \. n+ h8 W5 ~7 x( ?
W = Watts
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