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by Yvan Delaserge
Wed Dec 07, 2022 1:11 pm
Forum: Analyser
Topic: Bandwidth of the s-meter in CW-U mode
Replies: 2
Views: 1518

Re: Bandwidth of the s-meter in CW-U mode

The SDR console s-meter IS accurate. I am lucky to own a good signal generator with a calibrated power output and I tried feeding a signal from-80 to -120 dBm to my RTL SDR and got a very linear response from the SDR console s-meter readings. The difference between th s-meter reading and the known p...
by Yvan Delaserge
Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:40 pm
Forum: Requests
Topic: Measuring noise figure of a preamp with SDR Console
Replies: 3
Views: 1370

Measuring noise figure of a preamp with SDR Console

Dear Simon, First of all, thanks for witing this superb software. Over these last few days, I finally succeded measuring the noise figure of some VHF preamps I have here. The results seem quite accurate and maybe some users of SDR Console could also be interested in measuring their own preamplifiers...
by Yvan Delaserge
Sun Dec 04, 2022 11:39 am
Forum: Analyser
Topic: Bandwidth of the s-meter in CW-U mode
Replies: 2
Views: 1518

Bandwidth of the s-meter in CW-U mode

Hi all, I am measuring the noise factor of some antenna preamplifiers by sending a calibrated signal into the preamp followed by my RTL SDR and SDR console. I am using the so-called "gain method". To use this method, I must measure the gain of the system (preamp + receiver). This is easy t...