[BC] Noise Floor...

[Burt I. Weiner]

Until the FCC decides to enforce the part 15 rules, all of them, then 
the noise floor will continue to climb and the best of receivers will 
only hear noise where there is noise.

I remember years ago, using only a simple table model receiver, I was 
able to hear AM stations across the country at night.  Now all I can 
hear are noise from computers, light dimmers, soda-vapor street 
lights as well as a myriad of other devices.  I have yet to be 
convinced that digital communications is going to be immune from the 
same or similar levels of "noise".

Burt

At 08:47 PM 2/17/2006, you wrote:
>From: "Dave Dunsmoor" <mrfixit at min.midco.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Satellite sensitivity...
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
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>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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