This object reports an Eb/No statistic in 0.1 dB units over the sample period, returning 999 if the demodulator was unlocked at any point during that period. Read as an average Eb/No over the sample interval, this smooths out brief fluctuations to show the link's typical operating margin during that window, which is more representative of steady-state link health than any single instantaneous Eb/No reading, while a 999 value flags that the demodulator lost lock at some point during that interval regardless of what the average would otherwise have been. A sample period averaging around 9.0 dB Eb/No with occasional dips visible only in cdd564StatisticMinEbNo would indicate a generally healthy link that experienced brief, non-disruptive fades rather than a persistently marginal one.