[Elecraft] Amplifiers in general

[Fred Jensen]

I believe you're correct Clay.  I think our ears/brain can integrate the 
overall signal, and the noise, if more or less random, will recede into 
the background.  The desired CW signal will then stand out.  I suspect 
that, were you to key noise similar to the background noise and that 
filled the receive BW, it would disappear for a listener as soon as it's 
mean amplitude fell to the background level.

This may also explain why, the more you talk, the less your teenager hears.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Sparks NV DM09dn

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On 12/31/2016 11:51 AM, Clay Autery wrote:
> Let me posit a SWAG on why this case APPEARS to buck the math in reality....
>
> I submit that all "noise" is not equal.  I'm guessing that you can hear
> a radio transmission mathematically below the apparent  noise level
> because it is "atypical" or "organized noise" as opposed to the "noise"
> in the S2 noise floor which is "disorganized".
>
> Obviously, there are much more correct and scientific ways of
> illustrating this, but it would be a LOT longer winded.  :)
>
> 73,
>
> PS - Just my intuitive SWAG, btw.