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Re: Topband: noise floor

To: Pete Parisetti <hb9dsu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: noise floor
From: DAVID CUTHBERT <telegrapher9@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:13:09 -0600
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Pete,

what is the measurement bandwidth?

   Dave WX7G

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Pete Parisetti <hb9dsu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everybody from a newcomer to the list.
>
> I have a question. I would like to understand if my suburban location is
> significantly more noisy than others or not. To do so, it is handy to have
> the noise floor measured in dBm - something I can do with my SDR 5000a. The
> value is around -82 dBm in conditions which I would call "bad" and around
> -90 when "good", measured with the TX antenna (inverted L, 17m vertical/23
> horizontal).
>
> Would anybody else with the same rig (or similar) share their numbers?
>
> Thank you very much in advance and 73.
>
> Pete
>
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