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From: David Willmore <davidwillmore@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 14:00:35 -0400
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Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] trying to set tx power (using txpower option)
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On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:41 PM, David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net> wrote:
> d-B-m is deci-Bel-milliWatt, so a mBm ostensibly is a
> milli-Bel-milliWatt...
>
> (yes, the "m" really encodes "mW"...)

The value is a "Power", so the base unit of Watts is implicit.

This particular unit has always confused the heck out of me.
It's *not* milli-Bel-milliWatt or the division would be by 1000,
so it's really centi-Bel-milliWatt, no?

Cheers,
David