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80 dBm 100 kW

Typical transmission power of FM radio station with 50-kilometre (31 mi) range

Typical combined radiated RF power of microwave oven elements 1 kW = 60 dBm 1000 W Maximum output RF power from a U.S. ham radio transceiver allowed without special permission (1500 W) Typical thermal radiation emitted by a human body 50 dBm 100 W Typical maximum output RF power from a ham radio HF transceiver Typical PLC (Power Line Carrier) transmit Power Typical maximum output RF power from a handheld ham radio VHF/UHF transceiver Typical maximum output power for a Citizens' band radio station (27 MHz) in many countries Maximum output from a UMTS/3G mobile phone (Power class 1 mobiles) 33 dBm 2 W Maximum output from a GSM850/900 mobile phone Typical RF leakage from a microwave oven DCS or GSM 1800/1900 MHz mobile phone. EIRP IEEE 802.11a (20 MHz-wide 1W= 30 dBm 1000 mW channels) in either 5 GHz Subband 2 (5470-5725 MHz) provided that transmitters are also IEEE 802.11h-compliant, or U-NII-3 (5725-5825 MHz). The former is EU only, the latter is US only. Typical cellular phone transmission power 27 dBm 500 mW Maximum output from a UMTS/3G mobile phone (Power class 2 mobiles) Maximum output from a UMTS/3G mobile phone (Power class 3 mobiles) 1880-1900 MHz DECT (250 mW per 1728 kHz channel). EIRP for Wireless LAN 24 dBm 250 mW IEEE 802.11a (20 MHz-wide channels) in either the 5 GHz Subband 1 (51805320 MHz) or U-NII-2 & -W ranges (5250-5350 MHz & 5470-5725 MHz respectively). The former is EU only, the latter is US only. 23 dBm 200 mW EIRP for IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN 40 MHz-wide (5 mW per MHz) channels in

40 dBm 10 W 37 dBm 5 W 36 dBm 4 W

5 GHz subband 4 (5735-5835 MHz, US only) or 5 GHz subband 2 (54705725 MHz, EU only). Also applies to 20Mhz-wide (10 mW per MHz) IEEE 802.11a Wireless LAN in 5 GHz Subband 1 (5180-5320 MHz) if also IEEE 802.11h compliant (otherwise only 3 mW/MHz=>60 mW when unable to dynamically adjust transmission power, and only 1.5 mW/MHz=>30 mW when a transmitter also cannot dynamically select frequency). 21 dBm 125 mW Maximum output from a UMTS/3G mobile phone (Power class 4 mobiles) EIRP for IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless LAN 20MHz-wide channels in the 2.4 GHz ISM band (5 mW per MHz). 20 dBm 100 mW Bluetooth Class 1 radio. Maximum output power from unlicensed AM transmitter per U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules 15.219. 15 dBm 32 mW 4 dBm 3 dBm 0 dBm 10 dBm 60 dBm 73 dBm 80 dBm 111 dBm 2.5 mW 2.0 mW 1.0 mW= 1000 W 100 W 1.0 nW = 1000 pW 50.12 pW 10 pW 0.008 pW= 8 fW Typical Wireless LAN transmission power in laptops. Bluetooth Class 2 radio, 10 m range More precisely (to 8 decimal places) 1.9952623 mW Bluetooth standard (Class 3) radio, 1 m range Typical maximum received signal power (10 to 30 dBm) of wireless network The Earth receives one nanowatt per square metre from a magnitude +3.5 star "S9" signal strength, a strong signal, on the S-meter of a typical ham or shortwave radio receiver Typical range (70 to 90 dBm) of wireless received signal power over a network (802.11 variants) Thermal noise floor for commercial GPS single channel signal bandwidth (2 MHz) Typical received signal power from a GPS satellite
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127.5 0.178 fW = dBm 178aW 174 dBm

0.004 aW = Thermal noise floor for 1 Hz bandwidth at room temperature (20 C) 4 zW Thermal noise floor for 1 Hz bandwidth in outer space (4 kelvins) Zero power is not well-expressed in dBm (value is nega

192.5 0.056 yW= dBm 56 yW dBm 0W

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