TopBand: High Input Intercept SMD Devices

[km1h @ juno.com]

On Wed, 08 Apr 1998 13:58:14 -0500 Peter Sears <w5ps@airmail.net> writes:
>I saw a note from Carl, KM1H talking about how bad surface mount 
>devices
>can be for intermodulation products.

I dont intend to get in an argument here....suffice to say that just
reading the IMD specs is meaningless unless you can characterize the
enviroment they are used in. Many small signal SMD devices are completely
useless outside of a lab enviroment. This was discussed here over a year
ago.
73  Carl  KM1H


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