SDS100 Minor bug

[dcr_inc]

use an FM radio to listen to broadcast stations.. SDS100 is an awful expensive broadcast receiver !!.. JMHO

 

[jonwienke]

Tried again today with a mag mount antenna. I noticed 2 odd things:

1. RSSI is not accurate at stronger signal levels. Almost every station I tried showed rock-steady -40, -45 -50, or -55dBm. Readings below that fluctuated in 1dB increments as expected.

2. The signal level is not correlated to channel dropout. 101.5 was dropping every 10-30 seconds, while 92.7 never dropped once. Both showed -45 or -50dBm. Noise level did not change during channel dropout.

 

[jasonhouk]

Thanks for that detail. I had a very similar issue during testing. Could have resurfaced or could be entirely different.

Houk

Tried again today with a mag mount antenna. I noticed 2 odd things:

1. RSSI is not accurate at stronger signal levels. Almost every station I tried showed rock-steady -40, -45 -50, or -55dBm. Readings below that fluctuated in 1dB increments as expected.

2. The signal level is not correlated to channel dropout. 101.5 was dropping every 10-30 seconds, while 92.7 never dropped once. Both showed -45 or -50dBm. Noise level did not change during channel dropout.

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[mancow]

It's indicating CAP+ systems in hex. I wonder if there's a menu to change that? DSD shows decimal 153 but the radio is showing 99h.

 

[kikito]

use an FM radio to listen to broadcast stations.. SDS100 is an awful expensive broadcast receiver !!.. JMHO

Yes, that's true but we're trying to find out and figure out certain anomalies with the RX in general with the radio and see if this is another clue into the problem.

 

[jonwienke]

Exactly. Solving this bug could solve other RX problems.

 

[jasonhouk]

Just an FYI to anyone following this thread.

This bug has been submitted.

Houk