[Elecraft] K3 test results?

[Jon Robert Pellant]

Just convert it:

PdBm=20*log(V/Vo)

where Ro=50 ohm,  Pm = 0.001 W, thus Vo=sqrt(0.001*50)= 0.224 V

so for Pdbm = -136:

V=Vo*10^(-136/20)
...

V = 35nV or 0.035uV!

Jon
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett gazdzinski" <brett.gazdzinski at verizonbusiness.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 12:38
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 test results?


>I have been trying to figure out where the
> K3 will fall in the Sherwood receiver test data chart.
>
> http://www.sherweng.com/table.html
>
> The info on the Elecraft web page for the K3 is
> different, and I am not sure how one compares...
>
> K3 sensitivity is listed as -136, while the Sherwood page shows 
> microvolt's.
> Would that correspond to the Sherwood noise floor?
> What about the preamp?
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