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Re: [TenTec] Panadapter with 9MHz i.f.

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Panadapter with 9MHz i.f.
From: Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 19:07:05 +0000
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Thanks Jim.

I'm tapping the 9MHz i.f. signal between mixer and crystal roofing filter -
buffering the signal before bringing it out of the rig is absolutely
necessary.  There is no i.f. output built into the Omni 6.

73, Barry N1EU

On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Sat,12/24/2016 10:48 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
>
>> Can anybody please provide the correct freq settings to use with
>> panadapter
>> software being driven off the 9MHz i.f. output:
>>
>> IF OUTPUT 9.???.???  MHz
>> Offsets  CW  ??? Hz
>>              LSB ??? Hz
>>              USB ??? Hz
>>
>
> Hi Barry,
>
> Couldn't you figure this out by tuning in a signal on the radio, then
> listening on the SDRPlay to see where it appears? I would start with CW. If
> you have more than one radio, TX on the other radio and find it on the
> radio with the SDRPlay at the IF.
>
> FWIW, I'm driving an SDRPlay RSP1 off my Omni 6+ 9MHz i.f. through a
>> Clifton Labs Z10000B buffer amp.  I'm using SDR Console v3 software.  This
>> looks like it's going to be a very cool setup.  I am fully documenting the
>> install.
>>
>
> Great. It would be quite helpful to know whether the buffer amp improves
> performance. Perhaps you might test in small signal and large signal
> conditions with and without it.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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