[continued from previous message]   
      
   >SAV-331+ pHEMTs. Characterizing its noise performance is turning out to be   
   >a bit of a puzzle, despite a pile of top-of-the-line boat anchors, but I’ll   
   >keep that for its own thread.   
      
   The old HP analog noise figure meters got way sub 1 dB, with some sort   
   of lock-in technique.   
      
   I remember some germanium jfets that got below 1 dB at low MHz (for a   
   Raydist navigation receiver, pre-GPS) and was astounded.   
      
   Come to think of it, I slightly helped get GPS started. That's another   
   story.   
      
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