[hpsdr] preferred 122.88 MHz clock connections for coherent Mercury operation
Joe Martin K5SO
k5so at valornet.com
Sun Dec 18 18:31:50 PST 2011
All,
After comparing Rx performance with multiple, coherent Mercury
receiver boards using various 122.88 MHz clock interconnection
methods, I recommend using the LVDS header J1 on the Mercury boards
with twisted-wire pair connections between the multiple Mercury boards
to provide a differential 122.88 MHz clock signal to the "slave"
Mercury boards rather than my earlier suggestion of using coaxial
interconnections directly to the single-ended clock signal of the
122.88 MHz oscillator module on the "master" Mercury board. The LVDS
twisted-wire pair inter-connection method is cleaner.
I have modified the wiki page that describes how to configure HPSDR
for multiple, coherent Mercury operations and I have also changed my
website photos showing the recommended clock connections and jumpers
for multiple, coherent Mercury operations. Thanks, John W7FU, for
providing me with the website photos.
73, Joe K5SO
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