The power of Logs

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Hey all,

So in my telecomm course we are talking about Shannon's law which determines the maximum BW of a cable. Usually with decibels we have been using Log to the power of 10, but this formula calls for a Log of 2. He mentioned how to convert from one to the other but it was very confusing and internet searching has left me even more confused. Anyone have a suggestion or website that may help me?

-Thanks in advance!

 

[(*steve*)]

Log[base n](x) = log[base y](x) / log[base y](n) where y is anything (as long as it's constant)

So divide your log base 10 values by 0.30103 to get log base 2