On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 10:51:48 -0600, Cecil Moore
wrote:

|Ian White, G3SEK wrote:
|
| 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 ...
|
| Since his manager was Cecil, there may be a good case for worker's comp.
|
|Actually, his manager was one Mr. Smith, a ham with a Canadian call.
|Is it unusual for dB figures to be referenced to the signal generator
|output?

Highly.

All of the S-parameters I've ever measured were referenced to the ends
of the cables used to connect the DUT to the test equipment.

Absent concerns about SNR, I didn't give a rat's behind about what the
signal generator power was.