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A project log for SDR Based Antenna and Filter Analyzer

Using an SDR, noise source and SWR bridge to create an antenna and filter analyzer.

scott-braggScott Bragg 04/27/2017 at 13:040 Comments

Wednesday, I got all the parts together and hooked them up to test the bits worked together. I plugged in some whip antenna lying around at the radio club rooms.

I made a quick GNURadio app to show an 8MHz bandwidth waterfall and a slider for the frequency, so I could move the slider and watch the noise attenuate as it scrolled through frequencies the antenna wasn't tuned for. Next step is to automate that process and produce a nice plot of the results.

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