MDS 05-3301A01, Rev. C
MDS 9810 Installation and Operation Guide
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8.6 dBm-Watts-Volts Conversion Chart
Table 16 is provided as a convenience for determining the equivalent
voltage or wattage of an RF power expressed in dBm.
Table 16. dBm-Watts-Volts Conversion—for 50 ohm Systems
9.0
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
If you are new to spread spectrum radio, some of the terms used in this
guide may be unfamiliar. The following glossary explains many of these
terms and will prove helpful in understanding the operation of the trans-
ceiver.
dBm V
Po
+53
100.0 200W
+50
70.7
100W
+49
64.0
80W
+48
58.0
64W
+47
50.0
50W
+46
44.5
40W
+45
40.0
32W
+44
32.5
25W
+43
32.0
20W
+42
28.0
16W
+41
26.2
12.5W
+40
22.5
10W
+39
20.0
8W
+38
18.0
6.4W
+37
16.0
5W
+36
14.1
4W
+35
12.5
3.2W
+34
11.5
2.5W
+33
10.0
2W
+32
9.0
1.6W
+31
8.0
1.25W
+30
7.10
1.0W
+29
6.40
800mW
+28
5.80
640mW
+27
5.00
500mW
+26
4.45
400mW
+25
4.00
320mW
+24
3.55
250mW
+23
3.20
200mW
+22
2.80
160mW
+21
2.52
125mW
+20
2.25
100mW
+19
2.00
80mW
+18
1.80
64mW
+17
1.60
50mW
+16
1.41
40mW
+15
1.25
32mW
+14
1.15
25mW
+13
1.00
20mW
+12
.90
16mW
+11
.80
12.5mW
+10
.71
10mW
+9
.64
8mW
+8
.58
6.4mW
+7
.500
5mW
+6
.445
4mW
+5
.400
3.2mW
+4
.355
2.5mW
+3
.320
2.0mW
+2
.280
1.6mW
+1
.252
1.25mW
dBm V
Po
0
.225
1.0mW
-1
.200
.80mW
-2
.180
.64mW
-3
.160
.50mW
-4
.141
.40mW
-5
.125
.32mW
-6
.115
.25mW
-7
.100
.20mW
-8
.090
.16mW
-9
.080
.125mW
-10
.071
.10mW
-11
.064
-12
.058
-13
.050
-14
.045
-15
.040
-16
.0355
dBm mV
Po
-17
31.5
-18
28.5
-19
25.1
-20
22.5
.01mW
-21
20.0
-22
17.9
-23
15.9
-24
14.1
-25
12.8
-26
11.5
-27
10.0
-28
8.9
-29
8.0
-30
7.1
.001mW
-31
6.25
-32
5.8
-33
5.0
-34
4.5
-35
4.0
-36
3.5
-37
3.2
-38
2.85
-39
2.5
-40
2.25
.1µW
-41
2.0
-42
1.8
-43
1.6
-44
1.4
-45
1.25
-46
1.18
-47
1.00
-48
0.90
dBm mV
Po
-49
0.80
-50
0.71
.01µW
-51
0.64
-52
0.57
-53
0.50
-54
0.45
-55
0.40
-56
0.351
-57
0.32
-58
0.286
-59
0.251
-60
0.225 .001µW
-61
0.200
-62
0.180
-63
0.160
-64
0.141
dBm µV
Po
-65
128
-66
115
-67
100
-68
90
-69
80
-70
71
.1nW
-71
65
-72
58
-73
50
-74
45
-75
40
-76
35
-77
32
-78
29
-79
25
-80
22.5
.01nW
-81
20.0
-82
18.0
-83
16.0
-84
11.1
-85
12.9
-86
11.5
-87
10.0
-88
9.0
-89
8.0
-90
7.1
.001nW
-91
6.1
-92
5.75
-93
5.0
-94
4.5
-95
4.0
-96
3.51
-97
3.2
dBm µV
Po
-98
2.9
-99
2.51
-100
2.25
.1pW
-101
2.0
-102
1.8
-103
1.6
-104
1.41
-105
1.27
-106
1.18
dBm nV
Po
-107
1000
-108
900
-109
800
-110
710
.01pW
-111
640
-112
580
-113
500
-114
450
-115
400
-116
355
-117
325
-118
285
-119
251
-120
225
.001pW
-121
200
-122
180
-123
160
-124
141
-125
128
-126
117
-127
100
-128
90
-129
80
.1ƒW
-130
71
-131
61
-132
58
-133
50
-134
45
-135
40
-136
35
-137
33
-138
29
-139
25
-140
23
.01ƒW