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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/20/21 11:22 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:samudra.haque@gmail.com">samudra.haque@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:11db01d71e01$7fbc81e0$7f3585a0$@gmail.com">
<p class="MsoNormal">Would a VNA gadget you showed plot the curve
of this filter board? If I only had a signal generator (455 kHz,
to simulate CW carrier 2<sup>nd</sup> IF stage) and a spectrum
analyzer, that couldn’t be used to generate a filter curve right
because it wouldn’t sweep? Any poor mans way of sweeping (e.g.,
manual and then plotting the level?)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a software VNA that can plot the
filter curve? </p>
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<p>A VNA working at those frequencies could do it.</p>
<p>RC filters are also well understood so that most RC filter tools
will also show you a curve given your component selections.</p>
<p>If you want to do this in RC filtering-- I recommend you grab
some op amps that are happy at those frequencies and build a
salen-key filter with enough poles to do what you want... that
will eliminate your injection losses.<br>
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<p>If you want a poor-man's solution and you have a scope that does
FFT you could build a noise generator (I presented a project for
that:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lifeatwarp9.com/2017/05/curiously-strong-junk-box-noise-source/">http://www.lifeatwarp9.com/2017/05/curiously-strong-junk-box-noise-source/</a>)
and use the noise source on the input to your filter-- then
measure the output... the result on your FFT will be the curve of
the filter. This also works if you have an SA that doesn't have a
tracking generator.</p>
<p>Even more low end way of doing it is with an ordinary variable
oscillator, or if you're lucky a sweep generator:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A_DxsxPdeI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A_DxsxPdeI</a></p>
<p>Hope this helps,</p>
<p>_M</p>
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Pete McNeil
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