Today I made several measurements which should yield the optimized phase for the FSS 21.5 MHz reference. I made two sets of measurements, using the 166 MHz phase delay shifter. For each phase value I made 5 measurements of a 500 kHz injection into test2 at 1 Vpp, with the 4195 spectrum analyzer on in1 with the high impedance probe, 51 points, a 10 kHz range. It was surprisingly noisy. I will make plots using matlab to find the maximum, and hope for consistent results between the two sets of measurements. If it is too noisy or inconsistent I will repeat the measurement at ~800 kHz.
Once I find the phase which yields peak amplitude in in1, I will measure the relative phase between LO and RF going in to the FSS, measure the speed of light in RG58 cable, and construct a new cable which will implement the desired relative phase. |