Central States VHF Society   2000 Noise Figure (NF) Results Tested in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - July 21, 2000   50 MHz Call Design Device NF (dB) Gain (dB) N0AKC DEMI   0.56 18.7 WA5VJB WA5VJB MGF1801 0.16 21.9 N0AKC WA5VJB   DEAD DEAD   144 MHz Call Design Device NF (dB) Gain (dB) KA0RYT CAVITY ATF33143 0.13 30.2 K5JL L/C INPUT MGF1801 0.15 23.7 WD5AGO AGO L/C INPUT ATF33143 0.17 23.75 VE7BQH L/C INPUT MGF1801 0.19 20.6 VE7BQH CAVITY ATF33143 0.21 25.4 WD5AGO CAVITY ATF33143 0.24 21.9 W7CS #2 MGF1302 0.29 23.7 W7CS #5 MGF1302 0.34 23.2 W7CS #4 MGF1302 0.35 24.5 W7CS #3 MGF1302 0.27 24.1 K6LEW   MGF1302 0.52 20 W7CS #1 MGF1302 0.58 24 VE3AX L/C INPUT MGF1302 0.9 9.6 K0AWU ARR MGF1302 0.97 19.5 KA2KQM MMIC??   5.47 23.32   222 MHz Call Design Device NF (dB) Gain (dB) WA4NJP   MGF1302 0.25 21.7 WA4NJP LC MGF1302 0.3 21.1 KA0Y   MGF1402 0.31 22.3 WB0OAJ   MGF1100 0.46 18.7 VE3AX   MGF1200 0.46 20.3 K6LEW   MGF1302 0.51 23.3   432 MHz Call Design Device NF (dB) Gain (dB) KA0RYT RYT CAVITY ATF10136 0.12 26.94 K5JL CAVITY ATF10136 0.18 20.75 K5JL CAVITY ATF10136 0.29 19.4 WD5AGO L/C ATF34143 0.3 18.22 N0IS CAVITY MGF1302 0.3 20.5 KA0RYT CAVITY ATF10136 0.3 25.5 WD5AGO AGO ATF34143 0.32 19.7 K0AWU ARR MGF1402 0.79 17.5 WB0OAJ L/C MGF1100 0.83 15.4 KA0Y 1980 Vintage LNA D432 0.93 15.6 K6LEW   MGF1302 1.02 14.9 KA0Y L/C MGF1302 1.16 15.8 KA0Y   MGF1402 2.2 22.2 KB0OBT   MGF1402 2.75 9.1   902 MHz Call Design Device NF (dB) Gain (dB) W0FMS DEMI XVTR ATF10136 1.45 20 KA2KQM A-965 Avantek 3.1 19.4   1296 MHz Call Design Device NF (dB) Gain (dB) W7QX (1296-39)   0.22 23.03 KA0Y KB2AH FHX35LG 0.22 19.53 K5JL W7CNK ATF36077 0.22 18.43 WA4NJP AGO   0.28 20.18 VE3AX AGO   0.32 15.22 W7CS AGO1   0.46 30.14 W7CS AGO3   0.57 28.57 AL7EB 1420 MHz LNA   0.6 30.51 W7CS AGO2   0.68 14.14 W7QX 2 STAGE >  0.76 10.63 W7QX 1296-2   0.8 14.31 AL7EB DEM xvrtr   1.19 12.84 KA2KQM A-965   0.82 14.69 KA0Y Parabolic xvrtr   1.19 12.84   1420 MHz Call Design Device NF (dB) Gain (dB) AL7EB LNA   0.3 31.08 AL7EB converter   1.88 36.7   2304 MHz Call Design Device NF (dB) Gain (dB) N0IS DEMI   0.35 18.21 KA2KQM A-965 Avantek 3.03 18.94 KA2KQM H783 AMP Avantek 3.5 18.5 N2CEI DEMI 2400 MHz Converter   0.8 21.6   10368 MHz Call Design Device NF (dB) Gain (dB) AL7EB DB6NT   0.78 23.38 K1RQG Converted DBS LNA   1.06 23.78 Tested by W5LUA, N5QGH, WA8WZG, KA0RYT, N2CEI Equipment supplied by Agilent Technologies by W5LUA and VA6BB (Bohdan Berestiansky) HP346A Noise Source, Measurement Accuracy of system according to HP is +/- 0.2 dB! Back to Noise Figure Results Index Back to CSVHF Home Page