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Boki

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi All,

I have some FM frequency test questions, could you please advice?

1. SNR, should I get the definition of SNR first? or we do have general
SNR definition for FM ?
In my experiance, I will calculate as this:

Major tone power - the most high noise power between BW.

2. Frequency variation:

A: When FM TX power on, but no music is loaded, compare to when music
is loaded.
B: When FM TX power on, compare RDS transmitting data and no data.

I am not quite understand the RDS operation, seems a second FM TX near
major tone...?

3. I saw the major tone (FM freq,ex: 100MHz ), when music is loaded,
the whole frequency variation is very big, almost become a triangle (
originally is a single tone ), is that correct?




Thank you very much!

Best regards,
Boki.
 
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vasile

Jan 1, 1970
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Boki said:
Hi All,

I have some FM frequency test questions, could you please advice?

1. SNR, should I get the definition of SNR first? or we do have general
SNR definition for FM ?
In my experiance, I will calculate as this:

Major tone power - the most high noise power between BW.

Signal to Noise Ration is defined as the difference between the carrier
and the noise floor, measured in dB.
There are also some variations of the SNR as:
- Spurious Free Dynamic Range which is the lowest difference between
the carrier and the adjacent subcarriers or images
- the phase noise( dBc) which is measured at a standardised distance (
1Khz, 10KHz, 100Khz or 1Mhz) from the carrier and it caracteristic to
the oscilation source
2. Frequency variation:

A: When FM TX power on, but no music is loaded, compare to when music
is loaded.
B: When FM TX power on, compare RDS transmitting data and no data.

I am not quite understand the RDS operation, seems a second FM TX near
major tone...?

3. I saw the major tone (FM freq,ex: 100MHz ), when music is loaded,
the whole frequency variation is very big, almost become a triangle (
originally is a single tone ), is that correct?

That's depends on the resolution and bandwidth you've set on your
spectrum analyzer.

greetings,
Vasile
 
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Aristotle Eisenglas

Jan 1, 1970
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vasile said:
Signal to Noise Ration is defined as the difference between the carrier
and the noise floor, measured in dB.
There are also some variations of the SNR as:
- Spurious Free Dynamic Range which is the lowest difference between
the carrier and the adjacent subcarriers or images
- the phase noise( dBc) which is measured at a standardised distance (

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