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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_39>Just an observation - ran some tests using an HP Z3801A GPSDO</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_58>connected to Hermes V2.0 as the 10 MHz ref clock, and using</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_277>gnuradio / linux as the software.</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_62>Listening to WWV on 5.0 MHz, the IQ baseband samples from</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_65>Hermes (at 48k sample rate) exactly line up at 0 hertz offset.</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_68>If I then dial in 5,000,005 Hz as the Hermes RX NCO frequency,</DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_73>I see a -5 Hz offset in the baseband spectrum (as expected).</DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_225>The gnuradio software is not adjusting any timing of the samples,</DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_289>it is low pass filtering / decimating / plotting / the numeric value of</DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" class=ms__id614>the digital samples from Hermes.<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_78><BR id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_83></DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_80>Sending IQ samples to a LR stereo speaker, it's pretty easy to</DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_85>hear the binarual effect of the 5 Hz offset (it swishes left-right at</DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_89>5 Hz). This also ceases at 0 Hz offset.</DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_100><BR id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_105></DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_102>Filtering / decimating the spectrum down to 48 samples/sec and</DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_111>integrating for 4096 sample FFT (quite slow) gives a very clear spectral</DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_123>peak at the NCO offset frequency (WWV minus NCO). <BR id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_376></DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_373><BR id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_380></DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px" id=yiv1751749335yui_3_7_2_18_1355108633674_136>For Hermes + Gnuradio there does not seem to be a frequency offset</DIV>
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