Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Breakthough?

2007-03-07 Thread Matt Ettus
Gregory W Heckler wrote: To all concerned parties: I think I've discovered the problem. My "tune" routine chose the R and N dividers to minimize the difference between the command and desired LO frequencies. For L1 this ended up being 64 and 25197. The refclk was set at 4 MHz, producing an R

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Breakthough?

2007-03-07 Thread Matt Ettus
Gregory W Heckler wrote: To all concerned parties: I think I've discovered the problem. My "tune" routine chose the R and N dividers to minimize the difference between the command and desired LO frequencies. For L1 this ended up being 64 and 25197. The refclk was set at 4 MHz, producing an R

[Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Breakthough?

2007-03-07 Thread Gregory W Heckler
To all concerned parties: I think I've discovered the problem. My "tune" routine chose the R and N dividers to minimize the difference between the command and desired LO frequencies. For L1 this ended up being 64 and 25197. The refclk was set at 4 MHz, producing an R divider frequency of 62500

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-07 Thread Matt Ettus
I've noticed that the DLL of my software receiver settles to +15 Hz, and the true IF is +24 kHz from the predicted IF. This would indicate that the 64 MHz board clock is ~1 kHz from its spec value. This, in itself is not a problem, but I was wondering if this was within tolerances of the onbo

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-07 Thread Marcus Leech
Robert McGwier wrote: There is a multiplier circuit/ PLL in the DBS-RX. Whatever phase noise is coming from the oscillator is being multiplied considerably by this upconversion to be used at LO in the DBS-RX. You cannot get low phase noise oscillators and high performance mixers in that sma

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-07 Thread Robert McGwier
There is a multiplier circuit/ PLL in the DBS-RX. Whatever phase noise is coming from the oscillator is being multiplied considerably by this upconversion to be used at LO in the DBS-RX. You cannot get low phase noise oscillators and high performance mixers in that small a package. Together

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-07 Thread Marcus Leech
Gregory W Heckler wrote: I measured the phase noise of the 64 MHz board clock. Looking at the result, I doubt the board clock is producing the phase noise I am seeing in my receiver.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-07 Thread Matt Ettus
Peter Monta wrote: Martin Dvh wrote: Maybe you could inject a stable frequency near the wanted RX frequency. Say a few Mhz away from the 1.57542e9 you want to receive. Then you could use this in the output to remove the jitter and LO drift. for example: inject 16 Mhz (=25 harmonic of

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-07 Thread Robert McGwier
You have not read or internalized the specifications for the oscillator on the USRP which is intimately involved in this system. It is 50 ppm accuracy which is bad enough, but look at the can. It is begging to have thermal variances. Start up the usrp and your process and investigate Newton

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-06 Thread Peter Monta
Martin Dvh wrote: Maybe you could inject a stable frequency near the wanted RX frequency. Say a few Mhz away from the 1.57542e9 you want to receive. Then you could use this in the output to remove the jitter and LO drift. for example: inject 16 Mhz (=25 harmonic of 64MHz) at the input

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-06 Thread Peter Monta
Gregory W Heckler wrote: The real problem lies in the fact that the carrier tracking loop (a 3rd order PLL) of my software receiver cannot achieve phase lock. The phase jitter looks high, and the LO frequency drifts so much it dominates over the Doppler derived from satellite motion. Yes,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-06 Thread Eric Blossom
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 04:57:55PM -0500, Gregory W Heckler wrote: > Brian: > > From what I see it does not continuously stream data, which is a > requirement for my needs. Additionally I am looking at recording GPS L2C > and the new Galileo frequencies, so a tuneable front end is a must. > I'

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-06 Thread Martin Dvh
Gregory W Heckler wrote: > I've hit a wall with using the DBSRX to record GPS L1 C/A code data. The > signal path consists of the following: > > Spirent GPS Simulator -> 2 MHz wide SAW @ L1 -> +40 dB Miteq Amp -> > DBSRX -> USRP > > Notes/Settings: > > 1) Spirent Simulator: > Static scenario, 39

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-06 Thread Trond Danielsen
2007/3/6, Gregory W Heckler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If anyone would like any GPS IF data I would be happy to email it to your personal email address (indicate how many seconds of data you would like). Thanks! I am very interested to here more about your experience with GNU Radio and GPS! I am cr

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-06 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Brian: From what I see it does not continuously stream data, which is a requirement for my needs. Additionally I am looking at recording GPS L2C and the new Galileo frequencies, so a tuneable front end is a must. Greg Brian Padalino wrote: On 3/6/07, Gregory W Heckler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-06 Thread Brian Padalino
On 3/6/07, Gregory W Heckler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've noticed that the DLL of my software receiver settles to +15 Hz, and the true IF is +24 kHz from the predicted IF. This would indicate that the 64 MHz board clock is ~1 kHz from its spec value. This, in itself is not a problem, but I was

[Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX, Almost There

2007-03-06 Thread Gregory W Heckler
I've hit a wall with using the DBSRX to record GPS L1 C/A code data. The signal path consists of the following: Spirent GPS Simulator -> 2 MHz wide SAW @ L1 -> +40 dB Miteq Amp -> DBSRX -> USRP Notes/Settings: 1) Spirent Simulator: Static scenario, 39 deg North, -84.866 deg West, 0.0 meter h

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX

2007-02-12 Thread Roshan Baliga
Based on his Ham callsign, his name is Michael Gram. (However, based on the whois for kd7lmo.net, his name is Michael Gray.) -Roshan Chris Stankevitz wrote: Gregory W Heckler wrote: Has anyone successfully collected any GPS L1 data with the DBSRX Yes, I think this guy(*) used the DBSRX. He

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX

2007-02-12 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Gregory W Heckler wrote: Has anyone successfully collected any GPS L1 data with the DBSRX Yes, I think this guy(*) used the DBSRX. He includes the collection scripts on his site as well: http://www.kd7lmo.net/ground_gnuradio_ota.html (*) I hate to call him "this guy" but he keeps his true

[Discuss-gnuradio] GPS with DBSRX

2007-02-12 Thread Gregory W Heckler
Has anyone successfully collected any GPS L1 data with the DBSRX daughterboard. If so what decimation, gain, and filter values did you use to do so? Thanks! ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listi