Topband: Restoring the Signal to Noise Ratio

[GEORGE WALLNER]

This is only half tongue-in-cheek.
With the ambient noise going up, and there being limits to the size and cost 
of receiving arrays most amateurs can build, the next logical step is to 
raise the output power. Perhaps the FCC should be petitioned to raise the 
legal limit? They were supposed to safeguard our frequencies against 
interference (man-made noise included), but since they have failed to do 
that, they should allow more power to restore the original signal to noise 
ratio? (Which some already do, anyway.)

;-) 73,
George,
AA7JV


On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 05:40:30 -1000
  Dave Cuthbert <telegrapher9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The document was published last year so we might assume the noise graph is
> up to date. To put this in perspective,
>
> To put the ITU-R P.372-14 claimed noise in perspective here's the
> calculated antenna terminal voltage for a 100% efficient 1/4 wavelength
> vertical in 500 Hz bandwidth. S-units are also shown.
> Quiet receiving site -- 4.7 nV/m, vert 1.3 uV, S-4
> Median city noise --      66 nV/m, vert 19 uV, S-8
>
>    Dave KH6AQ (formerly WX7G)
>
>
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