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        "address": "rjansson (a) cfl.rr.com",
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    "sender_name": "Dick Jansson-rr",
    "subject": "[eagle] Re: New 70 cm Receiver Test Results",
    "date": "2007-06-09T15:40:28Z",
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    "content": "Juan:\n\nThis also points to the folly of making a circuit so small and yet leaving\navailable PCB area unused. :-)  (I still like my thru-board components and\nconstruction!)\n\nDick Jansson, KD1K\[email protected] \[email protected] \n---------------------------\n\n\n-----Original Message-----\nFrom: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of\nJuan Rivera\nSent: Saturday, 09 June, 2007 1439\nTo: 'Robert McGwier'; 'John B. Stephensen'\nCc: 'David Smith'; 'Dave Black (Work)'; 'Dave Black (Home)';\[email protected]; 'Samsonoff@Mac. Com'; 'Juan.Rivera (Work)'\nSubject: [eagle] Re: New 70 cm Receiver Test Results\n\n\nSwitching Noise:\nMy preliminary \"sniff\" last night didn't detect any noise near the Can-do\nmodule.  The overwhelming amount of noise was picked up when the probe was\nnear L21.  I could also vary the frequency by adjusting the DC input voltage\nto the radio, putting both the \"sniffed\" and the IF output spikes on 5.0 kHz\nwith the same input voltage.  I'll look deeper later today but I believe the\nIF spurs are coming from the receiver switcher and not the Can-do module.\n\nThe spec sheet for the max1776 goes to lengths to warn about how critical\nthe layout is due to high peak switching currents.  It also discusses\nradiated noise.  See the section on PC board layout and grounding.  If the\nsupply and the RF section share the same common ground to the Can-do module\nI can easily see how switching noise could couple into the radio.\n\nSince we have unused space at the back of the board I'd suggest isolating\nthe supply away from the RF section and separating the power and RF grounds.\nThe DC from the Can-do module could be brought back to the power supply via\na short section of coax or a twisted pair to keep the DC noise isolated from\nthe receiver ground completely.\n\nMicrophonics:\nI spent quite a while trying to isolate the microphonic source.  I softly\ndragged an insulated probe across every component on the board.  Some areas\nof the board seem to produce more noise than others but no single component\njumps out.  John, if you're right and its several ceramic capacitors that\nshould be film that might explain it.  I'll try to zero in on this later\ntoday.\n\n73,\n\nJuan\nWA6HTP\n\n\n-----Original Message-----\nFrom: Robert McGwier [mailto:[email protected]] \nSent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 7:04 AM\nTo: John B. Stephensen\nCc: [email protected]; [email protected]; David Smith; Dave Black\n(Work); Dave Black (Home); Samsonoff@Mac. Com; Juan.Rivera (Work)\nSubject: Re: [eagle] Re: New 70 cm Receiver Test Results\n\nJohn B. Stephensen wrote:\n> Since the noise is always symmetrical around the received signal, the\n> switcher noise must be modulating the VCO control voltages. There are \n> two switchers - one on the receiver PCB and one on the CAN-DO module. We \n> must determine which is causing the problem or whether both are. Can you \n> cut the trace on the PCB and vary the DC voltage to the receiver \n> independently of the voltage to the CAN-Do module?\n\nI agree with this switcher comment and did as soon as I saw the picture. \n  I really hope this is not the CAN-DO module as FLIGHT UNITS have been \nDELIVERED for P3E.  We need to have Stephen, et. al. check the noise \noutput of the switcher on the Can-Do module.\n\n\n>  \n> I hope that you can tap each component and find the microphionic one.\n> Good candidates for microphonic components are the capacitors in the PLL \n> feedback loop. The capacitors in the integrator are film types so they \n> shouldn't be microphonic but perhaps SMT parts aren't as good as leaded \n> parts. The ceramic capactors in the feedback path might also cause \n> problems and could be changed to film capacitors. Another \n> possibility may be the 4.7 and 10 uF bypass capacitors on the outputs of \n> the linear regulators. These are ceramic because of concerns about \n> tantalums in space but they might have good piezoelectric properties and \n> could be switched to 1206 size tantalum capacitors. There could also be \n> a cold solder joint somewhere.\n>  \n> 73,\n>  \n> John\n> KD6OZH\n> \n\n-- \nAMSAT Director and VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats,\nNJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR WG Chair \"If you're going to be crazy,\nyou have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up.\" Hunter S.\nThompson\n\n\n_______________________________________________\nVia the Eagle mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA\[email protected]\nhttp://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/eagle\n\n\n\n",
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