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        Date: 2020-03-24 17:43:07+00:00
        From: Henry Schaffer 
        Subject: dB or not dB

That certainly is the question - although it's more Analog Humanities than
DH. :-)  I was tickled to get this Application Note - the subtitle is
"Everything you ever wanted to know about decibels but were afraid to
ask..."

Why would you ever want to read this long Application Note? I can see two
possibilities:
1) You work with real life situations where power measurements are needed,
or
2) You'd like to find out a bit more about how engineers think - e.g. from
p36 "3 dB is not an exact power ratio of 2 and 6 dB is not exactly 4! For
everyday usage, however, these simplifications provide sufficient accuracy
and as such are commonly used."

If I've sufficiently aroused your curiosity, The Application Note is at:
https://scdn.rohde-schwarz.com/ur/pws/dl_downloads/dl_application/application_no
tes/1ma98/1MA98_13e_dB_or_not_dB.pdf

--henry



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