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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bajasur" data-source="post: 799027" data-attributes="member: 387635">You might find a table showing the relationship between relative signal strength and dBw useful in your evaluations.Signal strength is directly proportional to the surface areas of the antennas being comparedDouble the surface area and you double the signal strength.dBw is the ratio of the signal strengths expressed in logarithmic terms.The log of the ratio of the two antenna surface areas being compared will be the expected change in dbw under ideal conditions.I like to remember that 3 dBw represents a doubling of power.<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Relative Signal Strength is proportional to the ratio of the two antenna's surface areas. Signal Strength Ratio                            dBw                                      </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td>�<tr><td></td><td></td><td>       </td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1</td><td></td><td>0.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1.1</td><td></td><td>0.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1.2</td><td></td><td>0.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1.3</td><td></td><td>1.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1.4</td><td></td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1.5</td><td></td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1.6</td><td></td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1.7</td><td></td><td>2.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1.8</td><td></td><td>2.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>1.9</td><td></td><td>2.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2</td><td></td><td>3.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2.1</td><td></td><td>3.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2.2</td><td></td><td>3.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2.3</td><td></td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2.4</td><td></td><td>3.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2.5</td><td></td><td>4.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2.6</td><td></td><td>4.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2.7</td><td></td><td>4.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2.8</td><td></td><td>4.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>2.9</td><td></td><td>4.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td></td><td>4.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>3.1</td><td></td><td>4.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>3.2</td><td></td><td>5.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>3.3</td><td></td><td>5.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>3.4</td><td></td><td>5.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>3.5</td><td></td><td>5.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>3.6</td><td></td><td>5.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>3.7</td><td></td><td>5.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>3.8</td><td></td><td>5.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>3.9</td><td></td><td>5.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>4</td><td></td><td>6.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>4.5</td><td></td><td>6.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>5</td><td></td><td>7.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>5.5</td><td></td><td>7.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>6</td><td></td><td>7.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>6.5</td><td></td><td>8.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>7</td><td></td><td>8.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>7.5</td><td></td><td>8.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>8</td><td></td><td>9.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>8.5</td><td></td><td>9.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>9</td><td></td><td>9.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>9.5</td><td></td><td>9.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>10</td><td></td><td>10.0</td></tr></table></blockquote>

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