/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1222989
Yes, 1µV at the antenna input is enough for (almost) noise-free reception. That's the main advantage of frequency modulation, any 'static' known from AM (medium wave, short wave..) is simply clipped off. If you have a good FM receiver that allows you to disable the mute function (or has none) and you tune it to an unused frequency (or disconnect the antenna) you would hear a bone dry white noise that is as loud as any station. This is because a good receiver is designed such that the internal noise of the RF tuner section already 'saturates' the last limiter stage.

As to sources I would recommend old (pre-internet) ham radio literature like the ARRL handbook (www.arrl.org/handbook). This once was a complete compendium of all things related to radio. I don't know if it still is.