Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] to prevent mental damages, avoid dB's.

[David Bengtson]

Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On Friday 29 September 2006 09:21, John Ackermann N8UR wrote:
> > I have to say that I like dBs, too.  All you have to do is remember two
> > things: 3dB doubles the power, and 10dB is 10 times the power, and from
> > that you can SWAG just about anything.
>
> A guy at work wrote a handy program in Tcl/Tk for converting power between 
> various units (dBm, mW, Volts & Pk-Pk Volts).
>
> Might be worth writing a Python version for GNU Radio - it would be pretty 
> simple I think.

How about going old school and using a calculator? No memory footprint 
on the computer at all.

Dave