[hpsdr] Mercury V2.9 available

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Phil,

Mercury V2.9 test report:

Software:  PowerSDR (KD5TFD 18Oct2009)
Firmware: Ozy FX2: 20090524
Ozy: 17
Mercury: 29
Penelope: 12

Mercury V2.9 loaded and running.  Mercury LED 3 (122.88 MHz lock) is  
lit but Mercury LED 4 (10 MHz lock) is unlit regardless of whether I  
use Excalibur C16/bus  source or a direct coaxial connection from the  
output BNC port on Excalibur to the J8 Aux Clk FPGA input on Mercury.

Performace:  With Excalibur C16/bus as the 10 MHz source (Rb std 10  
MHz osc input to Excalibur) frequency accuracy is within 1 Hz on all  
bands but with direct 10MHz signal from the output connector of  
Excalibur to the Mercury J8 pins frequency accuracy is degraded to  
30-70 Hz depending upon the band.

I do have the 10 MHz module power jumper removed on Mercury to disable  
the on board 10 MHz osc.  However, I have not seen that there is an  
equivalent jumper on Penelope to disconnect power the 10 MHz osc  
module similarly.

Maybe someone can help me identify what needs to be done to Penelope  
to kill the 10 MHz module on that board as perhaps that is the reason  
I do not get a PLL lock LED indication for 10 MHz on Mercury(?).

Any ideas?

73,  Joe K5SO






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