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Fun fact: for the most demanding RF applications, namely, radio astronomy, the front-end low-noise amplifiers are indeed cooled to cryogenic temperature by liquid nitrogen. Here's how it's done at NASA for the Deep Space Network [0]. It's a long paper, see Chapter 4 Cryogenic Refrigeration Systems, PDF page 179 (text page 159). Also, nice photos in page 183 and 188.

[0] https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/monograph/series10/Reid_DESCAN...

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