Difference between revisions of "WA3TFS SDR Upverter Design"

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* Nice silver mica caps
 
* Nice silver mica caps
 
** My kit was missing the center cap of the band filter (150 pF)
 
** My kit was missing the center cap of the band filter (150 pF)
* Real SBL-1 mixer
+
* Real [https://www.minicircuits.com/pdfs/SBL-1+.pdf SBL-1 mixer]
 
* Cap installed in J_A to J_B marked 300
 
* Cap installed in J_A to J_B marked 300
 
* Build was tough due to very small pads on the PCB
 
* Build was tough due to very small pads on the PCB

Revision as of 13:08, 14 October 2021

WA3TFS Upverter-720px.jpg

Features

SDR up-converter/receiver shifts low frequencies up by 100 MHz. Used to listen to HF frequencies on an inexpensive RTL-SDR module.

Schematic

WA3TFS Upverter Schematic.PNG

Software

Build

  • Nice silver mica caps
    • My kit was missing the center cap of the band filter (150 pF)
  • Real SBL-1 mixer
  • Cap installed in J_A to J_B marked 300
  • Build was tough due to very small pads on the PCB
    • Particularly tough to solder ground pads
    • Pad shapes were not round so less area to set soldering iron
  • Pin 1 orientations on the mixer and oscillator "backwards" from other board legends
    • Pin 1 shown in red

WA3TFS Upverter pcb r11.jpg

Wiring

WA3TFS Upverter Wiring.PNG

Enclosure

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