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== [[USRP]] ==
 
== [[USRP]] ==
  
(Click [[USRP|here]] to go to the dedicated section.)
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All things about Universal Software Radio Peripheral. Click [[USRP|here]] to go to the dedicated section.
  
 
* '''Gold'''
 
* '''Gold'''
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== [[Modez]] ==
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Aviation tracking using secondary radar Mode S ADS-B. Click [[Modez|here]] to go to the dedicated section.
  
 
== [[GSM]] ==
 
== [[GSM]] ==
  
(Click [[GSM|here]] to go to the dedicated section.)
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Tid-bits on GSM. Click [[GSM|here]] to go to the dedicated section.
  
 
== SBS-1 ==
 
== SBS-1 ==
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A commercial aircraft tracking hardware product.
  
 
=== LO ===
 
=== LO ===

Revision as of 01:48, 20 May 2011

USRP

All things about Universal Software Radio Peripheral. Click here to go to the dedicated section.

  • Gold

Modez

Aviation tracking using secondary radar Mode S ADS-B. Click here to go to the dedicated section.

GSM

Tid-bits on GSM. Click here to go to the dedicated section.

SBS-1

A commercial aircraft tracking hardware product.

LO

  • LO of the SBS-1 can be seen to the right of the 1088MHz USRP LO peak:

SBS-1 LO.png

Baseband output

For a good signal:

  • Don't use RP-SMA connector. Instead, take signal from signal 2-pin header on decoder board where the signal is fed through (underneath) from the RF board. The ground must be connected to the shield of the unit's antenna connector! It is not sufficient to ground via the RP-SMA connect, screws, or 2-pin header's ground! Failure to do this will result in a messy signal.
  • Don't switch on a separate USRP that is not connected to the unit. E.g. taking the above signal to an LFRX is OK, but switching on another USRP will introduce that weird 'hum' into the signal:

SBS-1 Noise.png