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Frequency and Wavelength Frequency in MHz with VoP and wavelength in meters and feet & inches |
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Impedance Mismatch, Loss, and SWR A perfect impedance match is not that important in HF radio astronomy |
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Phased Array Delay Cable Length Off-zenith angle or elevation angle to delay cable length |
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Phased Array Element Count to Approximate Directivity You can never have too many elements |
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Directivity and Effective Aperture How big is an antenna, really? |
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Frequency to Galactic Background Galactic background antenna temperature in kK for a given frequency in MHz |
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Flux Density and Antenna Temperature Source flux density to and from antenna temperature |
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Noise Temperature, Power, and Voltage Just what it says |
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Voltage and Power RMS, peak-to-peak, dBm, and all that |
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Noise Factor and Noise Figure How noisy is that receiver? |
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Attenuated Noise Source Output Temperature Output temperature versus attenuation |
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Excess Noise Ratio How hot is that noise source? |
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Minimum Detectable Signal How low can you go? |
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Angular Separation Anglular separation between two points on the sphere |
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Voltage Divider What resistor do you need and at what power rating? |
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Digitizer Parameter Comparison RBW, time & freq resolution, data rates, and all that jazz |
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