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Old February 11th 06, 03:11 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Dave Platt
 
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In article ,
Roy Lewallen wrote:

The power dissipation is now 400 watts, so the dB increase in power is

10 * log(400/100) = 6.02 dB


Cool, huh?


Not unless it's a pretty big resistor mounted on a very large
heatsink!

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