Talk:Signal strength

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Signal strength is in units of electric field strength, e.g. microvolts per meter, not per square meter. I have changed the units everywhere, but I don't know if the numbers are correct. The original author may have been confused by the fact that the power per unit area of a signal at a given frequency, in watts per square meter, is proportional to the square of the field, i.e. (V/m)^2. DMPalmer 21:41, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Can someone tell me if it is possible to increase the quality of reception on my radio. For example, I want to receive an FM station but it is very fuzzy, any way to fix this?

Sevenimage (talk) 08:19, 14 January 2008 (UTC) I believe that Signal Strength refers to power measured after conversion through an antenna and is measured in Watts (or dB). For Radio systems, since the signal strengths are relatively week, they are measured with reference to 1 mW, i.e. in dBm. Field Strength on the other hand is measured in dBμV/m. Field strength is converted to signal strength and vice versa.