[hpsdr] [HPSDR] Mercury IMD and BDR Measurements

[Phil Harman]

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> Thank you for contributing this page, Ron.
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> I was reviewing the specs at the bottom and two things jumped out at me:
>
> 1) The 20 meter BDR seems weak, especially since it is so much better at
> 80m and 10m.  Is that a typo, or ?
> 2) The IMD DR seems very poor. I'd've expected at least 20 dB better and
> more like 30 dB better.
>
> Anyone else make any of these measurements on Mercury?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lyle KK7P

There is a very extensive performance review of Mercury that will be added
to the Wiki shortly.

In particular it shows the important effect 'dither' and 'random' have on
the IMD measurements.

73's Phil...VK6APH


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