Cecil Moore wrote:

The RF technician I worked with at Intel was directed by his manager to
report all powers in dB referenced to the signal generator output
which,
in the above example, was 100 watts. His figure for dB loss in the transmission
line would be different from yours and you would be the one getting a bad
review for not following directions.


Since his manager was Cecil, there may be a good case for worker's comp.
;-)


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73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek