[hpsdr] MERCURY

[Graham / KE9H]

Jerry:
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--- Graham / KE9H

Jerry Flanders wrote:
>
> Do we have a "Penelope/Mercury for Dummies" book?
No. Mercury docs are a few days away.  Mostly read the email discussions 
in the
last few days, read the Ozy/Janus docs, ask for help when you  hit a wall.
Maybe we need to compile a FAQ of the common problems people have
run into.  My HPSDR email of  12/26/2008 1:29 PM (CST) addresses most of
the issues that have hung people up.  I'll expand and re-write it if I 
see other common
problems.
>
> Do we need filters on the output of Penelope to put it on the air?
Penelope is FCC legal at the max 1/2 watt power level it puts out. 
Any linear amp. you put after Penny is likely to need harmonic filters.
>
> Do we need filters on Mercury to attenuate unwanted "subharmonic" (or 
> whatever it is called) responses?
It depends what your antenna system is feeding to Mercury.  I am running it
without input filter on a low multi-band dipole, and it generally works 
just fine.
It is a pretty robust receiver, barefoot.
If you are close to a broadcast transmitter location, or you have a high
wideband antenna, your results might be different.

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