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I still notice some random FM noise that breaks thru the squelch in SSDR 1.5.

Roy Laufer
Roy Laufer Member ✭✭
edited June 2020 in SmartSDR for Windows
Well, the title says it all. Does anyone else notice the same intermittent breakthru's of noise breaking whatever squelch setting I use?

I had hoped SSDR 1.5 would have dealt with this...

Perhaps SSDR 1.6 will solve that <grin>?

73,
Roy AC2GS

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  • Jim Gilliam
    Jim Gilliam Member ✭✭
    edited October 2015

    I am not sure what you are saying...Are there noise bursts that fall within the pass band of the radio that are equal or greater to the squelch threshold or are their random bursts that are self-generated by the radio causing the squelch to open. It would seem that if the noise is NOT generated by the SDR, the opening of the squelch would be a perfectly normal reaction.


    Jim, K6QE

  • Tim - W4TME
    Tim - W4TME Administrator, FlexRadio Employee admin
    edited March 2017
    We have a bug report listed for this issue.  It is not slated to be addressed in SmartSDR v1.6
  • Roy Laufer
    Roy Laufer Member ✭✭
    edited May 2017
    Offhand, I can't tell you if the noise is external or internal. It just seems to me that no matter how high I set the squelch level, there is an intermittent breakthrough noise that I don't find on my old IC-7100. I doubt that the background noise it transiently disabling the squelch.

    It seems like a small problem with SSDR's squelch algorithm...
  • Jim Gilliam
    Jim Gilliam Member ✭✭
    edited October 2015

    I would guess the SDR squelch is amplitude sensitive while that of the 7100 is both amplitude and energy dependent. I guess they will need to incorporate some time of time requirement of the burst to emulate that of the 7100 characteristics.


    Jim

  • Cal N3CAL
    Cal N3CAL Member ✭✭
    edited March 2017
    I've noticed this on my Flex-6300 with my Elecraft XV-144 transverter on 2 meters.

    Cal/N3CAL
  • Norm - W7CK
    Norm - W7CK Member ✭✭
    edited February 2017
    Try using the squelch control in FRSTACK.  It works in several modes and each slice is individually controlled.   Its under the Radio tab and is labeled as "SSB/AM Meter Level Control".   Works wonderfully.
  • Ken - NM9P
    Ken - NM9P Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2020
    Is the FM squelch a noise-based squelch or a signal level squelch? If based upon noise, perhaps some averaging could be applied to even out the noise before detection to eliminate sudden changes?
  • Jim Gilliam
    Jim Gilliam Member ✭✭
    edited October 2015
    That is known in the mathematical world as integration with respect to time and dividing by the element of the change of time yielding the average. However there is one more element to the equation and that is the peak level. Not only do you want a certain amount of average energy but you also want to trigger on a peak value. When noise is in the pass band of the receiver other than the randomness, both voice and noise are very hard to differentiate.

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