Sunday, January 26, 2025

Issue with Ettus B200minis...

Hi Everyone

I am attempting to use two B200 minis at the same time to measure
differences in amplitude and phase from a single signal over coax cable and
a 3dB splitter. I am using gnu radio companion to run this radio setup. I am
splitting a PPS signal and running to both radios.

I am having issues in the measured phase difference. It seems that either
radio is not locking to the reference (PPS), and the phase for the measured
signal continues to vary as a function of time.

I have attempted the following:
. Use a 10MHz reference from my signal generator
. Running gnu radio as admin
. Issue a state timer using various delay, trigger, cycle time
settings
. Using various sample rates and Rx IBW

Also, using a simulated source in gnu radio does produce the expected
result. However, when I switch back to the radios the results are variable
again. I'm beginning to think there might be an issue with the radios but
would like to open a discussion to see what else we can try to get this
setup going...

Thanks,

Bob

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