Re: [Amps] 10 DB increase

["Radioal" <al.dolgosh@hamradio.org>]

Thse are the same formulas - one stated in terms of power and one in terms 
of voltage.

Al - K8EUR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "hermans" <on4kj@skynet.be>
To: "'David Kirkby'" <david.kirkby@onetel.net>; "'Bob Alexander'" 
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Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: RE : [Amps] 10 DB increase


> Any relation between  (G)db = 10.log Po/Pi  and (G)db = 20.log Vo/Vi to
> explain the difference between Tx power and Rx S points .....!?
>
> Jos on4kj
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] De
> la part de David Kirkby
> Envoyé : samedi 5 février 2005 14:34
> À : Bob Alexander
> Cc : amps@contesting.com
> Objet : Re: [Amps] 10 DB increase
>
> Bob Alexander wrote:
>
> > I went back to the archive to find the original question.
> > S-meters do not measure received signal level accurately because they
> do not
> > measure the signal but rather the level of the AGC voltage required to
> > maintain
> > a constant audio level output.
> >
> > Most S-neters are adjusted to provide an S9 indication with a specific
> input
> > signal
> > level at the antenna terminals...usually around 50 uV.  A 10 dB
> decrease in
> > this signal
> > leaves 15.8 uV at the antenna while a 10 dB increase results in 158 uV
> at
> > the antenna.
> > Remember we are talking voltage not power.
> >
> > The AGC/ S-meter system is different in every receiver.   Even two
> identical
> > receivers may require a slightly different change in voltage to provide
> the
> > same
> > degree of AGC action.
> With a modern receiver, it would be relatively easy for the manfacturer
> to correct for this. An A/D to measure the AGC voltage and a D/A to
> drive the meter, with a trivual bit of processing in between. In fact,
> it would not even need a processor, as an EPROM or other non-volatile
> bit of memory could do it using a lookup table.
>
> Whether you would consider it worth while is another matter, but given
> all the bells and whistles on modern equipment, perhaps a calibrated
> S-meter would be less useless than some of the other things.
>
>
>
> G8WRB
>
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>
>
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