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  1. From: tgg@otter.hpl.hp.com (Tom Gardner)
  2. Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:25:47 GMT
  3. Subject: Re: does dbuV = uV ???
  4. Message-ID: <72020031@otter.hpl.hp.com>
  5. Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
  6. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!scd.hp.com!hpscdm!hplextra!otter.hpl.hp.com!otter!tgg
  7. Newsgroups: sci.electronics
  8. References: <41306@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>
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  11. dBuV means the usual deciBel scale with the reference point (i.e. 0dBuV)
  12. at 1uV. In short: "dB relative to 1uV". Similarly, dBm is "dB relative to 
  13. 1mW".
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