RE: WLW and "Morning Edition"

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 08:26 AM 3/18/2003 -0500, Peter Murray wrote:
>Without a change in radiation pattern or antenna efficiency, the difference
>between 50KW and 500KW is 10dB (double the signal strength at the receiver).
>Doesn't matter whether it's being measured on the moon, Shoreham, or
>Cincinnati.
>(snip)
>
>-Peter Murray (N3IXY)
>Pittsburgh, PA

It is 10dB, but IIRC it's not double the strength.  It's, quite literally, 
ten times the strength.   Double the signal strentgh would be only 3dB 
(well, not exactly 3dB...it's the sq.rt. of 10 which is 
3.162277etcetcetc).   +6dB would be a factor of 4, +8dB a factor of 8 and 
thus +10dB is a factor of 10.



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