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Old April 27th 06, 04:49 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Chris Isbell
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Default 52 dB any good?

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:44:00 +0100, "Serge Auckland"
wrote:

If the signal strength is -52dBm into 75 ohms, then that's a voltage level
of 687uV which is a bit low.


My Sony ST-S311 tuner gives the signal strength in dBf, which I
believe is relative to one femtowatt (10E-15W). If my calculations are
correct, then 52dBf would equate to 109uV, which is not very good at
all.

The OP's manual should hopefully define the measurement units used.

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Chris Isbell
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