Hi!
Thanks, would be great if it turns out that those changes improve
reception :). What I've seen in source code FC0013 also has regulated
IF bandwidth filter, although in very limited steps - 8 MHz, 7 MHz, 6
MHz.
best regards and thank you for great work :)
Michal Rogala
W dniu 1 kwietnia 2012 04:53 użytkownik Balint Seeber
<balint256(a)gmail.com> napisał:
Hi Michal,
Thank you for asking the question - I was thinking about this too last night
(actually this morning) while I was trying to catch up on some sleep, but my
brain wouldn't stop ticking over :)
Can't be sure of the effect as datasheets aren't public, but I will
experiment with narrowing the bandwidth. The 'IFfilter' function in the
E4000 tuner code is made up of a massive if/else block that sets various
register values by checking the input IF-BW values from <= 2150 to > 5500,
so it appears to support a wide range (despite the convenience
'E4000_BANDWIDTH_HZ' enum in the header).
Will post findings a little later, unless someone beats me to it :)
Kind regards,
Balint
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michał Rogala [mailto:michal.rogala@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, 1 April 2012 4:36 AM
To: balint256(a)gmail.com; osmocom-sdr(a)lists.osmocom.org
Subject: RTL-SDR: E4000 IF bandwidth
Hi!
I've just noticed one issue about E4000 driver that bothers me - IF
bandwidth at the chip is set to 8 MHz, where maximum bandwidth of RTL2832U
sampling is 3.2 MHz.
Wouldn't reducing IF bandwidth at tuner chip improve overall sensitivity
(and maybe noise level)?
best regards
Michal Rogala