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Ham Radio - RF Units Conversion
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dB = 10 log [P2/P1]
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Decibels relative to Power
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Decibel Conversions
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Decibels relative to Current through same resistance
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) `* J6 t% O7 _- `$ cdBmV = 20 log [Signal (mV)/1mV]8 Q4 j. e' R! c2 P. e
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Decibels relative to one microvolt across same resistance
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Decibel Conversions' [5 T- s7 m+ k4 |# F
* L( L8 a) o+ r: n! u6 }dBm = 10 log [Signal (mW)/1mW]. Y1 J8 |6 Y) b' w \0 G# u4 e2 m+ j
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dBmA = 20 log [Signal (mA)/1mA]
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! O3 `( B/ R4 s0 e6 J3 p% G% tDecibels relative to one microamp through same resistance
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: b8 g$ l. }- y+ n7 O2 ddBm = dBw + 30' R5 U( J* R7 F, ^8 b" N
2 L+ |2 h; S6 u5 _Conversion from dBw to dBm.
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. j6 W8 L6 ]& T' SVoltage Conversions( R8 X4 _2 e! X: I7 b2 v+ g
9 e& O! _ Y' n6 IdBuv = dBv + 120
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2 m) p' N" V8 L/ UConversion from dBv to dBuv.9 ^$ I5 O! E, p4 b7 ^
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* A! L1 N% s7 V }! A. V z* WVoltage to Power3 A6 ?; ?1 t* f
9 Y1 S9 u2 |4 w0 ~dBm = dBmV - 107
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; V L* z& z0 I, {7 OWhere the constant 107 is as follows:
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7 Z) T+ b& h8 b10Log10[P] = 20Log10[V] - 10Log10[50W]
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For a resistance of 50W and a power of 1 mW:
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Decibel-Watts per square meter.
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Where the constant 30 is the decibel equivalent of the factor 1000 used to convert between W and mW:
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Conversion Units
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dBw = decibels relative to one watt
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3 m y& x" ` TdBV = decibels relative to one volt
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A = Amps# I4 n- ?6 E. k" J
I = Current) X4 H" z* ~: c% |, \4 O6 j! a
R = Ohms (50)
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