Re: [PATCH 2/3] femon: Display SNR in dB

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On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Chris Lee <updatelee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is a frustration of mine. Some report it in SNR others report it
> in terms of % (current snr / (max_snr-min_snr)) others its completely
> random.
>
> Seems many dvb-s report arbitrary % which is stupid and many atsc
> report snr by 123 would be 12.3db. But there isnt any standardization
> around.
>
> imo everything should be reported in terms of db, why % was ever
> chosen is beyond logic.


Because dB terminology did not fit all frontends. For some it does
fit, but again not all. Some frontends by default don't have a dB
specification; some reverse engineered ones unable to.
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