Thank you Gerald for the explanation. Doesn't dithering remove this? 

Ironically, I only hooked up the dummy load to run the levels calibration (per 
another post last week). Anyway, I will try it out on the air today (both HF 
and transverter).

Joe
k6sat

On Jul 5, 2010, at 7:38 AM, Gerald Youngblood wrote:

> 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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