On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Alan <alan4alan@...> wrote:
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Subject: [softrock40] Crystals in Softrock LTE combined kit
>I really don't understand what is happening with the crystals for 20 meters operation. I understand that the counter needs a
>frequency that is four times that of the received signal to produce the two out of phase signals needed to produce the I an Q
>outputs.and I read that sampling is done at the 3rd overtone. Without a scope or spectrum analyzer I am having trouble trying to
>picture what the freq. is at the detector produced by the counter.
> The crystal supplied for 20 Meters is 18.73 megahertz.
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> Is the crystal operating at the third overtone to create the 56 Mhz signal or is something else going on? I think I better buy
> a scope to really see what is happening.
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A scope will not help:)
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