Jeff, One possible cure to avoid said jiggling and twisting of the plugs is to drill larger holes into the backplate of the SDR1000 enclosure. The relatively small holes may prevent certain types of male plugs to reach the bottom of the female connectors. Gold-plated plugs here in the old countries have normally a larger diameter than the holes. Also, the holes in the cabinet may not be con-centric with the rings of the female connectors of the board stack and the larger holes I drilled make sure that the plugs are properly seated. No more jiggling here since a long time ago.
73 es gl SM6OMH Willi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike King - KM0T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'FlexRadio Mailing List'" <FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 1:00 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression > Hi Mike, > > Thanks for the comment. > > Yes, we also jiggled & twisted the 3.5 mm plugs - the image rejection > settings are *very* sensitive to the connection between these jacks and > plugs, and we observed that if you even looked at them cross-eyed, the > null > settings would change. > > Although I love my SDR1K (it's the only radio I use now, despite a shack > full of rigs), if there's one thing I'd change about its design, it's the > use of those jacks. Very cheap feel (plugs do not fit snugly). In fact, > unless I position the plug from my morse key in the key jack *just right*, > the radio will automatically go into Transmit when I select CW mode. Very > annoying. > > Thanks again, > > - Jeff, K6JCA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike King - KM0T > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 1:10 PM > To: 'FlexRadio Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression > > > Hi guys, this may or may not be a solution, and I know it has been beaten > to > death...but I too experienced this same thing over the weekend while I was > helping a fellow with his SDR-1000. > > He brought his system over and we got it all set up. Going back and forth > between our two systems and looking at each others signals, we too saw > this > opposite sideband or whatever it is come and go. We also saw an opposite > CW > single in that mode. > > After much messing around, we both pulled out, plugged in and twisted a > number of times over our 3.5mm jacks on the back of the SDR-1000 for the > delta 44 breakout box, and the opposite side signals went away. > > We did not mess with the TX rejection controls whatsoever... > > 73 & GL > > Mike - KM0T > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gerald Capodieci" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "K6JEK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 1:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Poor sideband suppression > > >> Hi Gerald, >> >> I don't think Jon's problem is one of TX Image >> Rejection. We nulled it down at least 70 dB using the >> procedure in the manual. But we're still seeing >> grunge on the opposite sideband. If I listen to that >> sideband on another receiver, it doesn't sound like a >> clear voice (as I would expect if, say, there was an >> I/Q imbalance that would produce sort of a DSB >> effect). Instead, it kind of sounds like SSB when you >> receive it in AM mode - you can tell it's a voice, >> sort of, but it sounds very very bad. >> >> My current hypothesis is that it might be PA IMD. >> Wish I'd looked at the spectrum pre-PA (at the QRP >> Output connector) yesterday when we had it on the >> bench, rather than looking only at the output post-PA. >> >> - Jeff, K6JCA. >> >> >> >> --- Gerald Capodieci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> There is a procedure for Transmit Image Rejection >>> management on the bottom of page 90 of the manual. >>> It worked for me but I'm using a Delta 44. The >>> section was rewritten by Eric but not published yet. >>> Just use another trusted receiver, tune it to the >>> same frequency but the apposite side band and adjust >>> the SDR slider controls to surpress it. >>> >>> K6JEK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here is an update >>> on the poor sideband suppression from my SDR-1000. >>> It is putting significant energy out on the wrong >>> sideband, visible in >>> the panadapter of a nearby fellow Flexer and audible >>> by not so nearby >>> hams listening on the opposite sideband. >>> >>> Yesterday I took the radio over to Jeff, K6JCA's, >>> impressive lab. >>> Together we used as many pieces of test equipment as >>> we could think of >>> -- HP spectrum analyzers, lab grade audio spectrum >>> analyzers, signal >>> generators, and most effectively of all Jeff's SDR >>> 1000 to see what was >>> happening with mine. We haven't completely solved >>> the problem. But >>> here are the weekend's revelations: >>> >>> 1) It not the opposite sideband. Listening on the >>> opposite sideband >>> sounds like SSB through an AM detector >>> 2) Wide band noise was coming out of the Firebox. >>> The little filter >>> on the line-out line knocked it way back. >>> 3) Audio coming out of the Firebox looked really >>> good on the lab grade >>> audio spectrum analyzer -- brick wall, no funny >>> business -120 dBV >>> noise floor (with the filter) >>> 4) Careful adjustment of the TX Image dropped the >>> opposite sideband >>> signal by quite a bit, 10 - 20 dB >>> 5) Jeff's radio has some of the funny opposite side >>> signal too >>> 6) Jeff has too much stuff >>> 7) Two hams can spend an afternoon pushing RF >>> between radios and not >>> blow anything up >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio mailing list >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
