John,
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Juan
-----Original Message-----
From: John B. Stephensen [mailto:kd6ozh@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 2:42 PM
To:
Cc: eagle@amsat.org; Bill Ress; Dave Black (Home); Dave Black (Work); Dave
hartzell; David Smith; Don Ferguson; Juan. Rivera (Home); Juan.Rivera (Work);
Samsonoff@Mac. Com
Subject: Re: 10.7 MHz Spur
Does the spur go away if the external reference is on (whether or not
it is
routed to the PLLs)?
73,
John
KD6OZH
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Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 14:22 UTC
Subject: 10.7 MHz Spur
> John,
>
> I found the source of the 10.7 MHz spur. It's being generated
inside the
> receiver itself. This is the first spur I have found that is not
caused
> by
> switching power supplies.
>
> The origin appears to be in the 10 MHz reference area. I turned
off and
> unplugged the SDR-IQ and fed the IF output from the 70 cm Receiver
to my
> TS-2000. The spur is still there.
>
> Next I connected the RF input to my sniffer loop and moved it around
the
> PCB
> surface. I get the strongest signal near the long trace between
the two
> Freq inputs to U4 and U9, the two phased-locked loops.
>
> 73,
>
> Juan
>
>