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dBmicrowatts?

Jul 16th 2014, 19:51

KO0Y

Joined: Apr 7th 2012, 19:22
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I'm familiar with dBm as a measure of signal strength, where 0 dBm is 1 milliwatt. I recently cam across the term "dBμ." Does this mean decibel-microwatts? How can I convert this into dBm? Thanks for any help.
Jul 16th 2014, 20:06

W1VT

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Joined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00
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http://www.microvolt.com/table.html
To convert dBuV to dBm subtract 107 dB: dBm = dBuV - 107 dB
Jul 17th 2014, 14:26

KO0Y

Joined: Apr 7th 2012, 19:22
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Thanks so much, and for the helpful link also.

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