[Elecraft] Analog vs. Digital Front Ends

[Al Lorona]

This is really good information, Alan, and makes sense. Regarding the approximation to Gaussian noise... given that most signals on a crowded band during a contest are highly compressed (their peak-to-average ratios are much smaller) would this make matters better or worse for the ADC, or no difference? I think I read that some signals during a contest have PAR's of 1 dB.
Al  W6LX


> As a rule of thumb the peak to RMS voltage ratio of Gaussian 
> noise is about 5 or 6, or 14-15.6 dB.