Here are a few interesting articles from the electronics trade magazines that I think hams would find interesting…Dan
Why don’t your circuits work?
James Bryant, G4CLF, and European applications manager for Analog Devices, gives us some insight on how to get circuits working.
dB or not dB?
Why does 1% work out to be -40 dB one time but then 0.1 dB or 0.05 dB the next time? These questions sometimes leave even experienced engineers scratching their heads. Decibels are found everywhere, including power levels, voltages, reflection coefficients, noise figures, field strengths and more. What is a decibel and how should we use it in our calculations? This application note is intended as a refresher on the subject of decibels.
Dave, N8SBE says
Foo. I need a log on to view the dB paper. I need yet another entity that thinks that their email is the most important thing in my inbox like I need another head.
It would be a courtesy to let folks know if a link you’ve posted is either pay-walled, or requires a log-in to access.
Dan KB6NU says
Sorry about that. I was already registered, so it didn’t ask me to sign up, and I didn’t think about that.