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[TenTec] Re: Orion rf gain and inherent noise

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Subject: [TenTec] Re: Orion rf gain and inherent noise
From: ghoffman@spacetech.com (Gary Hoffman)
Date: Sun Jun 8 18:26:33 2003
Jerry,

Does cooling the D/A and A/D circuits help with the noise ?  I work all the
time with special applications of Thermoelectric coolers and could very
easily cool the whole radio to VERY cold if I wanted to.

73 de Gary, AA2IZ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer" <geraldj@isunet.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: Orion rf gain and inherent noise


> There is a certain level on noise from the A/D even with no signal and a
> certain level of noise from the output D/A. Each is better the more
> bits. Sometimes tagged "quantization noise."
>
> 73, JErry, K0CQ
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