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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=892165904-08032007>Hi Phil and
Phil,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=892165904-08032007>While reading the
WiKi page about Mercury, a reference was made to a spreadsheet, but could not be
inserted in the wikipage it seems:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=892165904-08032007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=892165904-08032007>>></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><SPAN class=892165904-08032007>.....A front end amplifier with
a gain of 15 dB and a 3 dB noise figure will give a final noise figure of 10.3
dB at 30 MHz. (See spreadsheet [link here when I learn how to do it! VK6APH
]).......</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=892165904-08032007><<</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=892165904-08032007>Is this available to
the public? [ .....Me ? ;-) ]</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=892165904-08032007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=892165904-08032007>I tried to
understand and follow the calculations on this page and was trying to make
my own spreadsheet, but I am not sure if I am right and would like to verify my
calculations.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=892165904-08032007>Further I would like
to mention a small error / annoyance on the page:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=892165904-08032007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=892165904-08032007>I see a number of
question marks [?] on the page where I think there should be minus [-]
signs?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=892165904-08032007>This makes following
the calculations not easier also ...... ;-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=892165904-08032007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=892165904-08032007>I tried several
settings of character codings in IE but there was no change.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=892165904-08032007>??</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=892165904-08032007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=892165904-08032007>73's</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=892165904-08032007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=892165904-08032007>Henry.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>