[Elecraft] N-Gen Output

[Stewart Baker]

Hi Kevin,

If your calculations are right ( and I have not checked them) then 56 uV would 
be very difficult, if not impossible to see on the average oscilloscope.

On most oscilloscopes the maximum Y axis sensitivity  is 1 to 5mV/cm, so you are 
trying to measure something approx 100 times smaller.

73
Stewart G3RXQ

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:28:17 +1000, kbgluxford wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have built the Elecraft Noise Generator.  The specs say that the noise
> output is 35 dB.
>
> Am I correct in assuming that 0 dB corresponds to 1 microvolt, so that
> an output of 35 dB corresponds roughly to 56 microvolts?
>
> If this is so, it would explain why I can not see the output on my
> oscilloscope.
>
> Many thanks in advance, and 73
>
> Kevin
> VK3DAP / ZL2DAP
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