That's good to hear. Thanks.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Graham Haddock <[email protected]>wrote: > All: > > The spec on the 10 MHz input on the FLEX-1500 is sine wave, 0 to +10 dBm. > They will > typically work over -2 dBm to +15 dBm without problems. So, if you have a > source that > puts out +12.5 dBm instead of +10 dBm, I would just plug it in and not > worry > about it. > > --- Graham / KE9H > > == > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Steve Tripp (K1IIG) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I would think a simple TV splitter should work well and of course the > more > > outputs the more loss. I am using a Z3801 GPS reference into an active > 4:1 > > splitter by http://www.downeastmicrowave.com/ and it works well. I lock > my > > transverters and service monitors and will lock the 5000 when I get the > v/u > > transverters. At this time I am not sure what the output is but believe > it > > is 8-10dbm, time to measure it. > > > > Steve > > K1IIG > > > > > > > > It appears that the 10mHz output from the > >>> Trimble (+12.5dBm) is a little hot for the Flex, which wants to see > >>> *<*+10dBm. > >>> I've been told that the simplest, cheapest way to tame the Trimble is > to > >>> insert a splitter in the output, put a 75 ohm terminator on one side > and > >>> connect the other side to the Flex. > >>> > >> > >> > >> The Flex wants 0 to +10 max on the reference port, per the manual. > Using > >> a > >> two way splitter between the Thunderbolt and the F5K drops the level > about > >> 3 > >> dB, which is still close to the upper limit for the F5K. > >> > >> A better "losser" is a three or four way splitter. These will lose more > >> power than the two way splitter. Using the terminators on the unused > >> ports > >> of the splitter is optional if there is nothing connected to the unused > >> ports. If you were using the splitters to feed long lengths of coax > cable > >> from the splitter ports. than you would need to terminate the far end of > >> the > >> cables to prevent reflections which could change the splitter's loss, > or, > >> in > >> the case of NTSC TV signals, cause severe ghosting in the picture. > >> > >> Or you could use an in-line 6 or 10 dB coax attenuator. > >> > >> 73, > >> > >> Ralph W5JGV - WD2XSH/7 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Flexedge mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > >> This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is > >> used for posting topics related to SDR software development and > >> experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flexedge mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is > used > > for posting topics related to SDR software development and > experimentalist > > who are using beta versions of the software. > > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
