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Old October 11th 06, 11:49 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
Harold E. Johnson Harold E. Johnson is offline
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Default effect of cascading LNAs


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Can I know how did you get that number of 50Hz? Thanks.

Boltzmans constant times temperature


KT for any resistor at room temperature =-174 dBm/Hz. That's as good as you
get without cryogenic cooling.

Add 17 dBm to increase bandwidth from 1 Hz to 50 Hz = -157 dBM/Hz

Add 3 more to get to MDS and it's -154 dBm, your signal level.

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