The modem's output is ~30dBm and I have ~30dB of attenuation.  I figured
that the FFT is showing a lot of power, so the gain wasn't necessary.

Thanks for the idea.  Implementing a LPF in front of the resampler doesn't
seem to make a difference though.




On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Marcus D. Leech <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 03/23/2016 03:14 PM, Tom Golden wrote:
>
> Here's my flow-graph along with a snapshot of the constellation and FFT.
>
> Thanks!!
> -Tom
>
> What output level is the RF modem producing?  Are you using attenuators
> between it and the RF input of the USRP?
>
> I note that you have the RF gain on your capture set to 0.
>
> Also, I don't recall whether the polyphase resampler requires that the
> input already be Nyquist-limited before it gets resampled.
>   I know some of the other resamplers do that, otherwise, you get aliases
> in your output passband.
>
> Since you're looking at a 9600BPS signal, you should probably have sampled
> this at 250ksps--the lowest rate possible with the N210--
>   that makes filtering later less computationally intensive.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Marcus D. Leech <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 03/23/2016 02:48 PM, Tom Golden wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm a novice gnu radio user.  I'm using gnuradio with an Ettus N210
>>> cabled to a modem transmitting GMSK 9600bps.  This is just for a test to
>>> verify the modem transmit bits.
>>>
>>> I'm having issues with resampling.  The N210 clock can't be set to a
>>> multiple of 9600, so I'm attempting to resample. I've tried various
>>> mechanisms but the output after resampling to 96000 is too noisy to
>>> successfully decode bits.  I've tried the GMSK demod block as well as the
>>> combination of Quadrature Demod->Clock Recovery MM->Binary Slicer - and
>>> neither works.
>>>
>>> I've also played with the Polyphase clock sync but I don't see any
>>> noticeable difference. Can anyone recommend a solution?
>>>
>>> Thanks!!
>>> -Tom
>>>
>>> For a first step, it would be useful for you to share your flow-graph
>> with the list.
>>
>>
>>
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