On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:39:02 -0000, "Jeff" wrote:


It is an easy mistake to make, because dB relative to a microvolt is often
written as dBu rather than
using the Greek letter 'mu'; a limitation of the ASCII character set!!

Jeff


dB relative to a microvolt is written as dBuV, so there need be no
confusion.


Well I am afraid that RF engineers are a lazy breed and it is often written
as dBu, much in the same way as dBm.

Jeff


Well, I've been an RF engineer all my life, and I've never come across
dBu instead of dBuV.

d

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