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My understanding is that these spurs arise primarily in the mixer, not in the 45mhz IF amp itself.
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First off, the Si5351 with the 6dB pad is not giving anywhere near 7dBm into the mixer LO port, more like 0dBm. The 45mhz signal entering the mixer should be 10dB below the local oscillator, so roughly -10dBm, anything more than that and the mixer starts misbehaving.? ? These are some very round numbers, but should give an idea. Gain distribution in the transmitter is such that we can have too much 45mhz signal entering the first mixer, even if we did have 7dBm at the LO port. Especially true if you crank up the audio to get maximum?power out to the antenna. Farhan mentioned ALC as a possible solution to this. Seems simpler to design the 45mhz amp to give constant gain regardless the actual performance of the transistor in that particular rig, this means we need e a transistor with a higher Ft than the 2n3904. Also, a procedure for measuring the maximum audio signal out of the mike amp, a DVM set to AC volts? might be sufficient. If ALC is desired, John VK2ETA's scheme of moving the 45mhz IF signal around within the 45mhz filter passband is a zero additional hardware solution that gives good results. ? ??/g/BITX20/topic/16737180 Allison also had a solution involving 1n4007 pin diodes in the emitters of the IF amps, a $0.25 hack. But ALC for transmit seems an unnecessary complication for a simple rig like the uBitx. Jerry, KE7ER ? On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 08:49 AM, Henning Weddig wrote:
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