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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: noise temperature (of a receiving antenna)
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Definition: the temperature, usually expressed in kelvins, of a resistor having an available thermal noise power per unit bandwidth equal to that at the output port of a given antenna at a specified frequency and in specified conditions of installation and operation

NOTE – The noise temperature of an antenna depends on the intrinsic noise of the antenna and on noise from external sources.


Publication date:1992-04
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