S-UNIT DISCUSSIONS
S-UNIT DISCUSSIONS Compiled From The Internet ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE FINE WA4PGM SITE In article Gordon Pritchard wrote: I've only heard of this 6dB/S-unit by way of *rumour*, too. I've followed this discussion for a bit, but don't know if anyone has mentioned it already. The 6dB/S unit figure is covered in the 3B question pool. It's never been clear to me which text is used as a refrence for any of the questions, but I presume (hope, actually) they are taken from some sort of reliable engineering text. I think the pool needs a Bibliography! Jim --KE6JPO ___________________________________________________________________________ Greetings to All that read this from VE7TMA: The ARRL handbook refers to an old standard of S9 calibrated at 50 microvolts RF input and 6 dB per S unit down from that reference point. The section also clarifies this by stating in reality there is seldom two rigs that follow the same absolute calibration curve co...