Questions tagged [direct-conversion]

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SDR: Quadrature demodulation vs direct RF sampling

I see that many SDRs use a quadrature demodulator and sample I and Q signals. But is it possible to downconvert the RF signal instead, sample it with only one ADC, and get the same capabilities of digital postprocessing? So if we want to observe…
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What are the I and Q in quadrature sampling?

For some reason I've long believed that given I and Q, one corresponds to amplitude, and one to phase, so I thought that I could hold one steady and create AM, or hold the other steady and create FM. Now that I'm delving more into it, though, it…
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What happens when I and Q are switched?

In https://ham.stackexchange.com/a/1068/9 it's shown that one can use $$ r = \sqrt{I^2+Q^2} $$ to decode AM signals from a direct conversion receiver. It appears that, in this particular case, I and Q are interchangeable, thus the SDR doesn't care…
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Can a Digital Down Converter, at the same time, generate I,Q streams & Downconvert?

A Digital Down Converter (DDC) is usually used to convert Real Digital Signals at a high frequency to baseband (centered around 0Hz). DDC does this so by producing negative and positive frequencies. However, at the same time, perhaps using an…
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What are best practices against spurious frequencies (birdies) in the superheterodyne design?

One problem I observe with my homebrew superhet receivers/transceivers is the constant presence of several "birdies". From what I know this happens due to the great sensitivity of the receiver and the presence of at least two (depending on the…
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What causes my direct conversion 80m receiver to receive AM broadcasts?

I am making a Direct conversion receiver from this circuit at this website. I made it for the 80m band and I changed: The frequency of VFO to about 1.75 MHz L1 and L2 to a bandpass filter for 80m and the VFO coil is not like the one in this…
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How is frequency selection (tuning) accomplished in a direct conversion receiver?

How is frequency selection (tuning) accomplished in a direct conversion receiver ? A crystal filter can't be used is that correct ? Because there is no IF to mix with the incoming frequency band ...
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