[amsat-bb] Re: [Microwave] Silly Rig Modification and Noise Temperature Ramble/Question

Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer [email protected]
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:57:51 -0500


But its NOT the pager receiver that causes the ham rig problems its the
250 watt pager transmitter!

With 100 HZ bandwidth you ought to be getting -148 dBm sensitivity. Lots
of times the poor RF stage (and that's true of the FT-726R) is masked by
reciprocal mixing from oscillator phase noise.

73, Jerry, K0CQ
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