Re: [TenTec] Tennessee Dreamin'

[Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>]

Mike Hyder -N4NT- wrote:

> I suppose what I found confusing was any reference to impedance as it would
> seem to remain constant during our doubling of power.  The aerials would be
> constant, the ether, too.  So whatever the impedance value you want to plug
> into ohm's law wouldn't matter.
>
> If my 50 watt output induces a 100 microvolt signal input to your receiver,
> will my 100 watt output induce a 141.4 microvolt signal or something
> different from that.  What I am asking for is numbers so I'll understand if
> an S-unit is equal to a 6 dB difference, is that 6 dB of voltage difference
> or of power difference or does it matter?
>
> Mike N4NT
>  
Mike,

A dB is a dB. That's part of the beauty of using dB instead of power 
ratios or voltage ratios.
DE N6KB