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<div class="gmail_quote" >On Jun 2, 2020, at 12:26 PM, "David G. McGaw via TangerineSDR" <<a href="mailto:tangerinesdr@lists.tapr.org" target="_blank">tangerinesdr@lists.tapr.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
On the other hand, while acknowledging the problem with receiving WWV specifically, I hope provision can be made to lock to 10 MHz and perhaps other frequencies. It is more likely that 10 MHz is available to lock various instruments together than 1 PPS in people's shack or lab.
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<br> Good coax is key for distribution. I have thrown out a lot of cheap RG-58 jumpers as they have poor shield coverage (sometimes as low as 35%). Genuine Belden or equivalent can be OK (95% coverage) though double-shielded (2 braids or braid + foil) is better.
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Bill: I guess I don't understand how a 10 MHz clock can generate a 15 MHz harmonic, unless some kind of a divide-by-2 happens in the radio to get to 5 MHz and then you are seeing the 3rd harmonic. Others can add.
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On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 11:19 AM John Ackermann N8UR via TangerineSDR <
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10 MHz leakage is a real problem. cf my lab/ham shack. :-)
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<br> But I'm pleased to say that the current design for the Tangerine CKM
<br> module will avoid, or at least won't add to, this problem. We're going
<br> to directly slave the 122.88 MHz ADC/DAC clock to GPS PPS, with no 10
<br> MHz oscillator in the mix. So with good practices applied to the
<br> digital layout, we shouldn't create any HF spurs in the clock system.
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<br> We will have a 10 MHz output available (synthesized in the FPGA) but it
<br> will be for optional uses and we can make it switchable.
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<br> BTW, I don't recall for sure but on the original Hermes board which had
<br> a 10 MHz TXCO to which the 122.88 MHz was locked, I don't think there
<br> was any bleed-through noticeable in the receiver. So it's possible to
<br> avoid the problem with good design.
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<br> The real problem is when the 10 MHz is running around on leaky coax
<br> cables. Then it gets into the air and is pretty difficult to suppress.
<br> (I found that cheap RG-58 jumper cables running in parallel in my lab
<br> were porous enough to allow two OCXOs to injection lock -- I ended up
<br> replacing all the jumpers with double-shielded cables and that problem
<br> has gone away.)
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<br> On 6/2/20 11:04 AM, Engelke, Bill via TangerineSDR wrote:
<br> > A little discovery that might have a bearing on something in the
<br> > TangerineSDR…. Or maybe this is just my ignorance at work.
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<br> > We’re putting a lot of emphasis on being able to observe the doppler
<br> > shift of WWV, often focusing on 10MHz. I have been looking at this using
<br> > FlexRadio 6600 and Spectrum Lab. In observing the frequency moving
<br> > around quite a bit (by this I mean 20 to 40 millihertz), I thought,
<br> > maybe that is the Flex’s TXCO doing its thing. So I got a Leo Bodnar
<br> > GPSDO and started using this as the Flex’s clock.
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<br> > What I noticed is that even with the antenna grounded and the rig
<br> > connected to a dummy load, there is a pretty significant (and totally
<br> > stable) 10 MHz signal shown in Spectrum Lab. I speculate that this is
<br> > the clock signal finding its way into the front end of the receiver. So,
<br> > when watching for WWV doppler shift, I see a 10 MHz signal (which is
<br> > comparable in strength to WWV) superimposed on it. The same signal can
<br> > be seen on 15 MHz and 20 MHz – not surprising, since the Leo Bodnar
<br> > GPSDO provides a square wave output (i.e., rich in harmonics). I
<br> > recognize that the Flex is not a lab instrument, so I have no grounds on
<br> > which to complain, but still…
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<br> > I wonder if this will play into the Tangerine SDR? Are we able to keep
<br> > RF from the clock from leaking into the front end and overlaying the WWV
<br> > we’re trying to observe? Do we need to?
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<br> > Any thoughts? -73- Bill AB4EJ
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