[cma-l] Radio 1 Eleven Times Better than Commercial Radio? – FM Spectrum Consumption in the UK

[NEIL MACLEOD]

Jings, Can I suggest gentlemen you take up broadcasting! It appears you have the ability to fill up white space with alacrity.

And as I read recently, we all know E in E=mc2 stands for Einstein! What oes it matter!

Neil MacLeod

> On 13 Jul 2015, at 14:34, tlr at gairloch.co.uk wrote:
> 
> I understand, and empathize with your view entirely, but English is spoken to be understood. It's just like the abuse of 'to decimize' or 'enormity'- they are regrettable, but it's English, not logic or a dead language!
>  
> I agree, 6dB in power indicates an arithmetical factor of four, but you were complaining about whether that factored by four value should be added on to the original or replace it/  I contend that in English the phrase that includes "11 times better" is used, conventionally, to indicate something is better by being 11 times as good. 
>  
> I have 1 times less to say about it :)
> 
> Alex
>  
>> On 13 July 2015 at 14:03 Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Sorry - No
>> "Better than" implies "in addition to" - that is - with the original status maintained - not with it added in.
>> No different from "Eleven times greater than...."
>> "More than" has to be an addition to what is already there.
>> "As many as" is a multiplier of what is already there - that's the difference
>> I refer back to the concept of "one time better than" - which although we do not use, has to be acceptable in a mathematical system - and means "twice as good as"
>> Radio engineers may say that - but it's not right - is it?
>> 6dB in power (rather than voltage or current) terms is an arithmetical factor of four - so 6dB up is four times the power (or "as powerful".
>> That says it all - surely?
>> 
>> Ian Hickling
>> Partner
>  
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