[BC] Satellite sensitivity...

[DANA PUOPOLO]

You get the receiver manufacturers to lower their noise figures. I believe
that the FCC used to require certain noise figure numbers, but I'm sure that's
not so any more.

-D

------ Original Message ------
Received: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:51:40 PM PST
From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Satellite sensitivity...

So how do you realistically do that???

R

DANA PUOPOLO wrote:
> I've always said this about UHF television....there's two ways to get 3 db
> more carrier/noise ratio.
> 
> One way is to increase power from 2.5 to 5 megawatts. The other way is to
> lower the noise floor of every receiver by 3 db.
> 
> -D
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:56:54 PM PST
> From: "Dave Dunsmoor" <mrfixit at min.midco.net>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: Re: [BC] Satellite sensitivity...
> 
> Oh, certainly it is. But food for thought...
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>Keep in mind that where satellites are located the noise floor from
>>man-made noise is much lower than it is down hear on the "flats".
>>
>>Burt
>>
>>At 10:00 PM 2/15/2006, you wrote:
>>
>>>    Now if that satellite can hear such a extremely small signal from
>>>however high up they orbit, why doesn't IBUZ use something like 5 watts
> 
> and
> 
>>>have the receiver manufacturers come up the rest of the gain and noise
>>>floor? That in itself would be a superb incentive to move over to IBUZ.
>>>Similar (or even better than) to moving to SS from a tube transmitter.
>>>
>>>
>>>Dave Dunsmoor
> 
> 
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