[time-nuts] cheap frequency extension for timepod

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

The TimePod is a measurement device designed by John Miles. It will accept 
an input up to just above 30 MHz. If you want to look at something above
that frequency, you need a downconverter. The TimePod will handle inputs
up into the 15 to 20 dbm range. If one wished to preserve this capability, 
fairly high level mixers would be needed. 

More info on the TimePod:

https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/phase-noise-and-allen-deviation-testers/4131-3120a <https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/phase-noise-and-allen-deviation-testers/4131-3120a>

It now has a big brother as well:

https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/phase-noise-and-allen-deviation-testers/4131-3120a <https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/phase-noise-and-allen-deviation-testers/4131-3120a>

Both are amazing instruments.

Bob

> On Oct 17, 2020, at 1:04 PM, Oz-in-DFW <lists at ozindfw.net> wrote:
> 
> I don't know what a timepod is in this context.
> 
> The only reason you'd need a 17dBm drive mixer if if you'd exceed the RF
> or LO port input level of the SRA-1. (Clean) square wave drive for a
> diode ring mixer is /preferred/.
> 
> Oz (in DFW, Texas)
> 
> On 10/17/2020 7:59 AM, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
> 
> <deletia>
>> 
>> 
>> Are 7 dBm mixers like SRA-1 good enough or is 17 dBm an advantage
>> worth the
>> 
>> driver amplifiers? The usual signal generators max out at 13 dBm.
>> 
>> I have 2 17 dBm SRA1-WH, but it would require slaughtering something
>> unimportant.
>> 
>> Have a nice weekend,
>> 
>> Gerhard, DK4XP
>> 
> 
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