I designed an amplifier, why do I want to measure Noise Parameters?

Question 

I designed an amplifier, why do I want to measure Noise Parameters?

Answer 

If an engineer has developed an amplifier, he may want to know its noise figure given that an antenna is not exactly 50 ohm. The engineer measures noise parameters and then uses them to calculate the amplifier noise figure for a particular antenna.

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RF & Microwave