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== Radio ==
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== Features ==
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* This high performance receiver module uses a Quadrature Sampling Detector (QSD), also known as a Tayloe Detector
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* The mixer is arranged as a double-balanced mixer for maximum performance
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* The receiver board has a socket for the standard QRP Labs Band Pass Filter kit
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* There is a transmit/receive switch onboard. Low noise LM4562 op-amps are used in instrumentation amplifier configuration to provide excellent common mode noise rejection
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* The receiver requires a local oscillator (LO) input at 4x the receive frequency
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* The audio output of the module is isolated using two 600:600-ohm transformers to reduce or eliminate the ground loop problems which can easily occur in SDR systems
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* The module is designed to directly drive a stereo input sound-card
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** For those situations where a PC has only a mono input (many PCs are like this, particularly laptops), there is an optional polyphase network plug-in module kit which cancels the unwanted sideband and produces a single sideband (SSB) output.
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* The module is sized 80 x 37mm
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== Radio Links ==
  
 
* [http://qrp-labs.com/receiver High performance SDR receiver module]
 
* [http://qrp-labs.com/receiver High performance SDR receiver module]

Revision as of 14:39, 20 November 2021

Rx bpf poly.jpg

Features

  • This high performance receiver module uses a Quadrature Sampling Detector (QSD), also known as a Tayloe Detector
  • The mixer is arranged as a double-balanced mixer for maximum performance
  • The receiver board has a socket for the standard QRP Labs Band Pass Filter kit
  • There is a transmit/receive switch onboard. Low noise LM4562 op-amps are used in instrumentation amplifier configuration to provide excellent common mode noise rejection
  • The receiver requires a local oscillator (LO) input at 4x the receive frequency
  • The audio output of the module is isolated using two 600:600-ohm transformers to reduce or eliminate the ground loop problems which can easily occur in SDR systems
  • The module is designed to directly drive a stereo input sound-card
    • For those situations where a PC has only a mono input (many PCs are like this, particularly laptops), there is an optional polyphase network plug-in module kit which cancels the unwanted sideband and produces a single sideband (SSB) output.
  • The module is sized 80 x 37mm

Radio Links

Silkscreen

IQ RX PCB.PNG