Forgot to mention that this must be a uhd issue.
Immediately after uhd_rx_streamer_recv
I use fprintf to print the sample to a file.
These spectra are from this file:(

Nikos

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM Nikos Balkanas <nbalka...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Martin,
>
> For your fast reply. I am already using the sensor lo_locked to prevent
> center frequency LO leakage.
> I am using an X-310 with Ubuntu 24.01 over a 10 GBe line.
> Still getting signal corruption when switching frequencies. This is
> something else.
> It is gone when using an offset in my input buffers to drop the first
> initial samples.
> This shouldn't happen since I am using exact buffers with the streamer in
> mode UHD_STREAM_MODE_NUM_SAMPS_AND_DONE
> Check out these spectra:
>
> 945.2_2 is the normal 945.2 Mhz spectrum 62.500 samples.
> 945.2_2_16: is the same spectrum 16.384 samples with lo_locked sensor, no
> offset.
> 945.2_2_16x: is the same spectrum 16.384 samples with lo_locked sensor and
> offset.
>
> What is going  on?
>
> TΙΑ
> Nikos
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM Martin Braun <martin.br...@ettus.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Nikos,
>>
>> there is no one answer for this, it depends on hardware used, which
>> specific frequencies, how your signal is flowing...
>> Another important thing is: are you using timed commands or not. If you
>> are using timed commands (and the device supports timed-tuning), then you
>> can wait exactly for the sample that should be the first sample after the
>> tune request is processed, then wait a given, deterministic time depending
>> on your hardware and frequencies (old and new). If your device does not
>> support timed-tuning, or you're not using timed commands, then you must
>> wait several milliseconds after submitting a tune request.
>>
>> If you are doing timed tunes, then I believe none of the hardware has an
>> LO lock time that is worse than 100µs (many are better).
>>
>> --M
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM Nikos Balkanas <nbalka...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> What is the minimum number of samples to drop to flush uhd buffers when
>>> changing frequencies?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> Nikos
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