amp Solutiongain = 1013 or 130 dB??? coax. R. J. Pasquinelli Noise in RF Systems Typical Stochastic Cooling Feedback System Pickup Kicker Beam Beam preamp Power amp coax ... -80 dBm Signal-84 dBm noise 290K System BW= 1GHz-81 dBm Signal-84 dBm noise-51 dBm Signal-51 dBm noise SNR=4 dB Case I +49 dBm Signal = 79 W +49 dBm noise = 79 W 158 W total.