Power Budget: Watts to dBm, dBi vs dBd, Net Gain and Effective Radiated Power
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You convert five transmitter powers to dBm, combine cable loss and antenna gain into a net gain against a dipole and calculate the effective radiated power in watts and dBm.
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Lessons in this course
- Frequency and Wavelength: λ = c ÷ f, Half Waves and a Practice Channel Plan Locked
- Antenna Lengths: Half-Wave Dipoles, Quarter-Wave Verticals, End Effect and Trimming Locked
- SWR from the Load: Reflection Coefficient, ABS and the Meter Reading Backwards Locked
- Mismatch Loss: Reflected Power, Decibels with LOG10 and Watts Accepted Locked
- Feedline Loss: dB per 100 m from a Cable Table, Connectors and the Watts That Arrive Locked
- Power Budget: Watts to dBm, dBi vs dBd, Net Gain and Effective Radiated Power Locked
- Grid Locators: Letters and Digits to Longitude and Latitude, and the Distance Between Stations Locked
- Capstone: Logbook Statistics – Contacts per Band, Evening Openings, the Longest Contact and a Chart Locked