[BC] 3 dB improvement...

[Robert Meuser]

That's not the point.  That first 3 db needs to come from the noise floor. 
Eliminate electricity???


R

Burt I. Weiner wrote:
> Most UHF TV receiver front ends are pretty basic.  Some currently 
> manufactured set still go directly into a mixer without a RF stage ahead 
> of the mixer.  Low noise, wide dynamic range devices for the UHF 
> frequencies are pretty inexpensive.  Consider the front end of cell 
> phones at 900+ MHz.  Throw away stuffs.  I would never suggest a decent 
> antenna as most consumers just want to plug it in, twiddle the loop 
> antenna and watch - a fact of life.  A 3 dB front end improvement would 
> actually be pretty simple since this would be the first 3 dB and not the 
> last 3 dB.
> 
> Burt
> 
> At 08:47 PM 2/17/2006, you wrote:
> 
>> From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [BC] Satellite sensitivity...
>> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
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>> 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
>> >
> 
> 
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