Actually, those are sigma delta idle tones in the ADC that go away when you
excite the ADC with band noise.  They only show up on a dummy load.  In fact
they will probably go away if you turn up the preamp gain.  You will never
see them in normal antenna operation.

Gerald


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On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:41 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am running a new 1500 with PowerSDR v2.0.5 Beta SVN 3783
>
> I ran both the filter and level test.
>
> The level tests all passed however i still see spurs (in the waterfall)
> across all bands. See the following image:
>
> http://moon-bounce.com/satcom/satcom_files/1500_spurs.jpg
>
> The radio hooked up to a dummy load in this picture and during the
> filter/level tests.
>
> Any idea why I am seeing these spurs? I have several other SDRs running
> that don't show spurs like this.
>
> Also, in the filter test I had tests 4,5,8 and 11 all fail. Not sure if
> that is meaningful or what to do about it.
>
> thanks,
>
> Joe Steinmetz
> k6sat
>
>
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