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Any Program Indication That RF Gain Too High ?
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:54 pm
by Robert111
Hello,
Have a RSPdx.
Is there any "visual" program indication that you have the rf Gain set to high, and possibly overloading the RSPdx ?
If not, what's a good way of telling ?
Thanks,
Bob
Re: Any Program Indication That RF Gain Too High ?
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:49 pm
by mbott
Robert,
Although I haven't seen it lately, I'm pretty sure there is a pop-up overload message in the middle of the waterfall. Tried to force my RSP2 into an overload, but the message did not appear. I will post a pic if successful.
Re: Any Program Indication That RF Gain Too High ?
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:54 pm
by mbott
Got one
Re: Any Program Indication That RF Gain Too High ?
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:10 pm
by jdow
I am not sure how I would go about that. Most front end hardware such as rtlsdr dongles do not export a flag that indicates that the A/D converter has overflowed. That is the information that is needed.
However, you generally do get visual indication when a small increase in gain or the appearance of a strong signal causes the spectrum to go crazy and the noise floor increase dramatically. When you really do hit overload it's rather dramatic on the spectrum.
{^_^}
Re: Any Program Indication That RF Gain Too High ?
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:18 pm
by pauldbnut
mbott wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:54 pmGot one
"Signal Overload" listening to "Overcomer Ministry".
Now why would that surprise me?
