[Orion] V2.059d Vs. v1.373b5 Noise Reduction Code + My experiences with 1.373b5

[Joe Giacobello]

OK, Martin, I am not going to argue.  My first encounter with the term 
was when my Elmer, W2OKE and an EE, referred to it when I was 16 years 
old.  At first, I thought he was joking, and the vision of buckshot 
raining on a tin roof came to mind.  Some time during the next 50 years, 
I have a vague recollection of coming across the term in a text or other 
technical source, seeing it spelled as Schott and saying, "Oh, yeah, 
that's what Bob was talking about."

I just did a search on the Web, and found references to "Schott noise." 
It is as I described and obeys an Arrhenius relationship, as you said.  
It is spelled "Schott" though.  OTOH, I should have said either "White" 
or, as I have now discovered, "Gaussian" noise.  "Schott" was the first 
term that came to mind because it had been etched into my brain as a kid.

Sorry for the gaff on my part.

73, Joe

Martin AA6E wrote:
> Joe Giacobello wrote:
> ...
>   
>> As far as "correlated Schotte noise" is concerned, I apparently did not 
>> correctly remember the spelling of Schott's name, and Schotte would seem 
>> to be another variation of the same German root, and that's the spelling 
>> that came to mind at the time.  
>>     
> ...
>
> I know a little about "shot noise".  That is noise caused by a current 
> of discrete charges.  Like buckshot falling on a glass surface.
>
> Then there was Prof. Schottky 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_H._Schottky) whose name is now 
> associated with Schottky diode.  According to wikipedia, he discovered 
> the "Schrott effect". The word "Schrott" (= pellet) has nothing to do 
> with "Schottky".
>
> So in English, it's shot noise, and the Schottky diode!
>
> 73 Martin AA6E
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