Hi, Lester and Guido thanks for helping to clarify the method. My description was a bit short...
Bodo > From Bodo's response, I interprete it as: first, calibrate with signal > generator, then second, terminate with 50R and measure noise power. > > Bodo's justification why this is a MDS measurement, is that when a signal of > equal power is injected, it can be received at 3 dB above the noise level. > > > Actually the signal is not 3 dB above the noise floor with the procedure > described, > The (S+N)/N is 3 dB, thus the signal and noise are at the same level. >
