Hello All, The Asians seem to be a little slow in getting out of the gate this season, and their performance this morning followed the same lackluster pattern. With the exception of 972-HLCA and a

Thank you, Bill... very comfortably confusing. Actually, pretty nicely explained. Joe Rotello / Knoxville, TN / USA

Confusion may also arise from the use of u for µ when the latter is not readily available on the keyboard. Michael

Hi Bruce, Sorry to confuse. I used dBu-dBµV/m to try to show that they are the same thing. Should have stated dBu (equivalent to dBµV/m). Corrected paragraph: The modern DSP receivers like the

Whatis.com says it better then me! "The standard unit of electric field (E-field) strength is the volt per meter (V/m). An E field of 1 V/m is represented by a potential difference of 1 V existing

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Now I'm confused. Nice description of dBu and dBµV/m, but you lost me by introducing dBu-dBµV/m without explanation. What is dBu-dBµV/m? -- Bruce Conti B.A.Conti Photography

This can be a confusing subject, so please allow me to offer this explanation. The common unit used in measuring received field strength is volts per meter, or usually, millivolts/meter 'mV/m'

Hello All, Another fairly mediocre band presented itself this morning, although in an improvement over yesterday a much greater variety of Asians managed some form of weak audio. Vibrant audio was

In trying to "simplify" an answer, engineers may get more "complicated"... Signal strength is typically expressed in voltage per length or signal power received by a reference antenna. High-powered

Ultralight dx'ers, Last few evenngs I've head oldies under WHAM 1180 - got a ID tonight - WVLZ AM 1180 Knoxville, TN. Info on the internet is they changed format from sports to oldies on Aug 29th

A receiver's LW and MW sensitivity is often specified in mV/M. What does this actually mean? I have tried to find out on the web but have yet to find an answer that I can understand. I presume it

Hello All, Asian results here were somewhat similar to those reported by Dennis as the TP's struggled back from the recent unsettled solar conditions. Yesterday's star 738-Tahiti was long gone, but

Yep, I dream of a proper FSL.... But almost any front-end selection will help significantly. A well-built tunable loop inductively coupled to even a lowly radio will work wonders by dint of its

If the problem is a wide-as-a-barndoor receiver front end, then maybe you should invest in one of those monster DeBock FSL antennas. This type of tuned antenna will knock down much of the

I find that the weak point of the newer DSP radios seems to be desense more than anything else. I think it comes from an inadequate front end. It does little to have a 1 KHz filter further downline in

Likely an external mixing product. 1050 - 1010 = 40. 1050 + 40 = 1090. A 'standard' "sum-and/or-difference" spur. Those are generated by something metallic out in or near the transmitter swamp picking

From a response given to me elsewhere, and one that makes sense, the front-end design might be the critical variable. Radios that use a broad and front-end without frequency tracking are more likely

Agreed - the DSP largely works against adjacent channel interference, improving selectivity. The other part of the equation has to do with the overall quality ( or lack thereof ) in the Chinese-made