[Antennas] Any good definitions / simplke disertations ??

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:59:13 -0600

That brings up an intersting scenario.  What if the BPL people reference their 
noise
to the ambient noise, and run the tests during summer months in Manassas Va ??
THe added noise would look miniscule in that case.
   Pat W0OPW

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:38:50 -0500, A10382 <[email protected]> wrote:

> With BPL being a hot topic at the moment, it might not be a bad idea to have
> a good (and correct) understanding of things like 'noise floor' and Part 15
> specs.
>
> There are lots of very technical dissertations and papers on this and many
> other subjects.  What would probably be very valuable for most folks,
> particularly non-radio folks you may talk to) is a simpler, less scientific.
> and NOT dumbed down paper(s) on things like:
> Noise Floor
> Interference types (QRM, QRN, etc).
> Part 15 radiated specs (mv/m2)
> -dbm
> ERP
> db ratios
> etc.
>
> I find myself sometimes 'dumbing down' a discussion on interference to a
> non-radio person as "just like snow on your TV".  Of course, those that grew
> up on cable or satellite TV usually have no idea what "snow" is..
>
> Anyone ??
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