V3 units: 100 KHz i...
 
Notifications
Clear all

V3 units: 100 KHz is too wide RBW for FM demod?

2 Posts
2 Users
0 Likes
4,637 Views
(@madskilz78)
Active Member
Joined: 12 years ago
Posts: 6
Topic starter  

Hello all,

I am trying to use my 4060 as an FM receiver for my Doppler direction finding system and I am unable to hear anything but static out of my speaker when tuned to 25 KHz wide signals. I can see the signals on the scope but when I plug my doppler kit into the audio jack on the 4060 all I hear is static. The Doppler kit engineer told me that he suspects the problem is that the RBW is too wide at 100 KHz and needs to be narrower. Is it possible to narrow the RBW bandwidth to 50 or 10KHz with the 4060 & MCS? I suspect that the FM detector on the 4060 is software based and this may be impossible.

Best Regards,


   
Quote
(@moderator)
Noble Member Admin
Joined: 14 years ago
Posts: 1044
 

Its not only a problem of the RBW but of the jitter. The jitter of the V3 units simply is to big to demodulate the signal. You would need a V4 unit instead (best results with optional TCXO timebase).

Snip


   
ReplyQuote
Share: