[BC] Fallout from cuts

[Ron Youvan]

> All well and good to poke fun, but serious problems can result-the 
> failure of our Mars Lander was a units problem, and when we (RadioSoft) 
> coded the Canadian Treaty protection values we misunderstood dBW (which 
> is the unit specified in the treaty) to be what it says (decibels with 
> reference to one Watt) rather than what it turned out to be, which is 
> dBW/M, a completely different unit.  I assumed the treaty folks would 
> get the units right, but nooooooooooooooo.

   OK, I have to ask, if the treaty specifies deci Bell from a Watt
how did it become deci Bell from a Watt per meter?
   I know we are discussing field strength, but who got what wrong?
-- 
    Ron  KA4INM
         Youvan's corollary:  Every action results in
                              an unwanted side effect.