The Mini‑Circuits ANNE‑50L+ is a very good choice for many purposes—let’s evaluate it specifically for your radio astronomy calibration use case (receive-only, around ~1.42 GHz). Below I’ll walk through its merits,…
Excellent and subtle question — and one that’s very relevant for radio astronomy calibration.Short answer: not all 50 Ω dummy loads are the same, even though they nominally measure “50…
The item described as “MVS +5/-5V 2S3020-95 SC00126-01 RF Pin Diode SPDT Switch” appears to be a PIN-diode based single-pole double-throw (SPDT) RF switch (i.e., using a PIN diode switch…
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Good choice — here’s a detailed comparison between the three models you’re considering: Tohtsu CX‑520D, Tohtsu CX‑600N, and Tohtsu CX‑600NL — with a focus on performance at ~1420 MHz (your…
In Ubuntu (and most Unix-like systems), the ls command is used to list the contents of a directory. When you type: …it shows the names of files and folders in…
If you want to clone a drive using Ubuntu’s own built-in tools (no extra software), the most reliable options are: 🧰 1. Using dd (built-in terminal tool) This is the…
The term “SDRUtil” can refer to a few different tools depending on context (some are tied to SDRplay, others are part of more general SDR toolchains). From your past context…
SDR Play RSPduo – in gr-sdrplay3 module in GNU Radio it asks me to put in separate sample rate in options separate to center frequency. For 1420 MHz what sample…
Good question — the Subtract block in GNU Radio Companion works on streamed numeric sample data, and the type of data it processes depends on what version of the block…
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