Unanswered Questions
131 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Doppler Shift Compensation in Inter Satellite Communication
I am currently doing a project in the area of optical inter-satellite communication (GEO-LEO).
I am using a optical carrier of 281 THz, and the Doppler shift corresponding to it is ±7 GHz. I ...
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Beyond Maximum Stable Gain of a transistor
I was plotting constant-gain circles on the Smith chart the other day for a potentially unstable RF transistor.
I recently read on-line that for a potentially unstable transistor the maximum gain ...
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How to estimate input and output impedance of an amplifier?
I'm trying to figure out how to design power amplifiers which input and output are properly matched to 50 Ohm. My thinking was that the most bullet proofed approach would be to model an amplifier in ...
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Choice of PCB coil design for filter inductor at ca 20 to 400 MHz, 5 W
Looking at the diplexer schematic from this nice question,
I realized this can completely be done in PCB-formed elements (minus the connectors). (As a kind of counter-action to the original question'...
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What causes differences in properties of ferrite cores from same material?
Why are the shapes of the impedance curves different for cores made of the same ferrite material?
The impedance (Z) of an inductor wound on a ferrimagnetic core is:
$$Z=j\omega L_s + R_s = j\omega ...
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WWV interference all over the band!
I have a mid-era Hammarlund HQ-129-x. It sounds great if I don't count the motorboating. But the problem is in the middle bands. I got the radio way out of alignment, and managed (I think) to get ...
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How effectively do modern transmitters protect against high SWR?
The following are fairly common knowledge:
Transmitting at full power with too much of an impedance mismatch can damage your finals.
If we do so inadvertently, modern radios drop the power ...
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4NEC2 radials & grounds
Teaching myself 4NEC2 and have most of it under control, which is good.
Regarding radials & grounds, i've been learning the "rules" NEC(2) has, summarised below.
4.1. Free space.
In the ...
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Problem with theory of HF detector
I'm currently trying to build my own SWR power Meter. This design is based on the so known HT detector with schottky diode BAS70. For my understanding, and for easy purpose, I'm currently focusing on ...
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Dipole loading coil winding directions?
A single inductive loading coil in a vertical or a pair of loading coils in a dipole are commonly used to match a given total antenna length parameter to a given frequency wavelength (where the ratio ...
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OFDM spectrum, HACKRF, and GNUradio companion
I am trying to analyze the spectrum of wifi spectrum.
I getting a good OFDM spectrum with my HackRF at 2.412 GHz (from my first QTGUI Sink).
But I get nothing out of OFDM Receiver. I was wondering ...
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CML FX919B Forward Error Correcting
I would like to decode de-interleaved demodulated 4FSK symbols that were transmitted using the CML FX919B chip.
The datasheet only gives the following information:
Forward Error Correction In ...
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Printed Dipole Transmission Line Equivalent Model
let's consider a printed dipole on a substrate with a GND plane:
I've seen many times an equivalent model which uses transmission lines like this (reference):
This model is useful to understand the ...
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What is an expected IF level of SA612?
I tried to use SA612 as a frequency mixer. Since it's a Gilbert cell, it has a high input impedance. Thus I added a pair of transformers as "Experimental Methods in RF Design" book suggests:
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Why is Echolink copying the exe file to another drive letter everytime I launch it?
I have Echolink 2.0.908 installed in the default folder C:\Program Files (x86)\K1RFD\EchoLink
Every time I click on the shortcut to launch it, a copy of echolink.exe is created in the root of my G:...
