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AndrewAndrew
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Hi Chuck,

Assuming 50 ohm, and the Hz in dBm/Hz and nV/sqrt(Hz) is 1Hz, you can simply perform the conversion from dBm to nV.

nV/sqrt(Hz) = 10 ^ ((dBm/Hz + 166.9897) / 20.0);

If you have access to Matlab/Octave, an anonymous function can make quick conversions

>> myconversion = @(dbm) 10^((dbm+166.9897) / 20.0);
then later

>> myconversion(-160)
ans = 2.2361 

Regards,
Andrew