Hi Groups (sara and gnuradio), I am planning to use UHF TV tuner module and satellite TV tuner module for the front end of RA receiver. The frequencies of interest are 600MHz (TV antennas are cheap!) and 1.4GHz. I have a R-8500 receiver but choose the TV tuners because of their wide bandwidth. The IF of each can be amplified and fed to integrator/DC amp or the IF could be fed to the USRP.
I want to choose the best tuners with regard to Noise figure etc. There is very little on the internet regarding the specifications of each type. The web site "TV tuners in Donberg's Warehouse" list over a hundred TV tuners with prices but which one do I choose? Could it be they are all the same to an industry standard specification? I have some tuners from old wrecked TVs Guess what? there is no model number on the modules. Another problem - what about identifying the pin-outs? There is one very good website using a TV tuner UV916 building a 45-860MHz receiver (just put UV916 into search engine). I cannot find any more information regarding other types. Finally, I must admit I am confused between analogue and digital tuners. Hope someone has experience of TV tuners and able to help. Best wishes, Frank Rawlins South Coast England -- _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
