[Skimmertalk] Skimmer RX Calibration

[Pete Smith]

Rick's absolutely right.  My SDR-IQ came out of the box 183 Hz off.  I 
used the calibration routine in Spectravue, rather than the one in CW 
Skimmer, because it writes the correction to the firmware of the 
receiver, making it correct on all bands; I don't understand Skimmer's 
calibration routine, but it seems to be band-specific.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/4/2009 11:11 PM, Rick Walker wrote:
> All,
>
> I have been watching and analyzing spots from various skimmers on RBN.  I
> have noticed that some skimmers are reporting spots as far off as 500 Hz.
> That may not sound like much of an error, but it can be significant under
> the right circumstances.  I recently recalibrated my six SDR-IQ receivers,
> which took about 20 minutes total.  The results seem to have been worth the
> effort.
>
> 73,
>
> Rick
> K4TD
>
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