[soft_radio] spurious signals on the HF spectrum on reception

2007-08-25 Thread Helmuth Jim Meyer
Hi group, has anybody made bad experiences with any spurious singals, spikes etc. during reception of broadcast or amateur radio stations on HF with SDR??? Only the computer normally produces a lot of disturbing signals from its main osciallator and all the divider stages for all the various

[soft_radio] Re: spurious signals on the HF spectrum on reception

2007-08-25 Thread i2phd
--- In soft_radio@yahoogroups.com, Helmuth Jim Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi group, has anybody made bad experiences with any spurious singals, spikes etc. during reception of broadcast or amateur radio stations on HF with SDR??? Only the computer normally produces a lot of disturbing

Re: [soft_radio] Re: spurious signals on the HF spectrum on reception

2007-08-25 Thread k5nwa
At 08:53 AM 8/25/2007, you wrote: Another source of spurs is the local oscillator of the SDR, if implemented with a DDS. Only the very recent DDS like the AD9912 start to be acceptable under this point of view. Products like the AD9954 (much valued by some because it has I and Q outputs) are

[soft_radio] Mix the time domain Q I signal with a NCO to make a near to zero signal

2007-08-25 Thread Patrick Lindecker
Hello Fred, Alberto and all, I'm investing an interesting time in the SdR theory. One particular message of this group makes me problem. The problematic sentence is the following: 1° Mix the time domain Q I signal with a NCO to make a near to zero signal(this before the FFT) It seems that

Re: [soft_radio] Re: spurious signals on the HF spectrum on reception

2007-08-25 Thread W2XJ
Programs like soft rock would be better with a crystal front end it seems to me. The computer does the actual tuning. Beside the spur problem a crystal has less phase noise. k5nwa wrote: At 08:53 AM 8/25/2007, you wrote: Another source of spurs is the local oscillator of the SDR, if

[soft_radio] Re: spurious signals on the HF spectrum on reception

2007-08-25 Thread Daniel Jackson
Another source of spurious signals is the PC CRT Monitor, I do not know the effects of flat screens. The vertical and horizontal sweep frequencies along with noisy circuits in the monitor produce allot of spurs. You can move the location of the spurs around frequency wise by changing the

Re: [soft_radio] Mix the time domain Q I signal with a NCO to make a near to zero signal

2007-08-25 Thread Leon
- Original Message - From: Patrick Lindecker To: soft_radio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 7:21 PM Subject: [soft_radio] Mix the time domain Q I signal with a NCO to make a near to zero signal Hello Fred, Alberto and all, I'm investing an interesting

[soft_radio] USB and PIC DDS Controller Softwares

2007-08-25 Thread Daniel Jackson
Cool group with allot of PIC and USB DDS Circuits and controller softwares. You can find it at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dds_controller/ Look at the David Brainerd (WB6DHW) DDS/QSD board. Dan

Re: [soft_radio] Re: spurious signals on the HF spectrum on reception

2007-08-25 Thread W2XJ
Actually that is not true with something like a Softrock. You would need one crystal for each ham band which is not that big of a problem. For a full coverage receiver a well behaved PLL that went in 50 khz steps would work. Johan H. Bodin wrote: Hi, yes, a pure and simple XTAL LO would

[soft_radio] Re: spurious signals on the HF spectrum on reception

2007-08-25 Thread i2phd
--- In soft_radio@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you are confusing the AD9954 with the AD9854. The 9854 has I and Q outputs with a 12 Bit A/D. The AD9954 has a single output (lots of options for memory, ramping, etc) and has a 14 Bit A/D. Less spurs than the 9854, but