I was trying to track down some source of noise on my very old HP721A power supply. I noticed some RF signals on my DC output around 22 MHz.
Do you know what this frequency is used for. From a frequency alloc chart it say aeronautical. I am surprised aircraft would use such a low freq, does anyone have more info. Here are some scope screen shots:
Hearing a harmonic of a switcher on 22.730MHz. Most audible as a buzz when using AM detection. It is so incoherent that CW,USB or LSB just cause an increase in the background noise.
The HF propagation has been bad recently, so not hearing any DX above ~17m (18.1MHz).
Likely local in your area..., and I doubt you are hearing the same signal I am....
"I was trying to track down some source of noise on my very old HP721A power supply."
Which sounded like you thought it was coming from the power supply.
In my career, I have seen many signals like that and the first thing I do is turn off the power to my circuits.... if the "noise" is still there, it's pickup from external sources.
The output of a power supply has a fairly high impedance to signals in that frequency range so it is possible that the signal is being picked up by external leads.
"I was trying to track down some source of noise on my very old HP721A power supply."
Which sounded like you thought it was coming from the power supply.
In my career, I have seen many signals like that and the first thing I do is turn off the power to my circuits.... if the "noise" is still there, it's pickup from external sources.
The output of a power supply has a fairly high impedance to signals in that frequency range so it is possible that the signal is being picked up by external leads.
Sorry I guess I worded things a bit off. The noise I was tracking down was of a different nature, and I just happened upon the 22MHz signal. It is not present all the time. It comes and goes.
Hearing a harmonic of a switcher on 22.730MHz. Most audible as a buzz when using AM detection. It is so incoherent that CW,USB or LSB just cause an increase in the background noise.
The HF propagation has been bad recently, so not hearing any DX above ~17m (18.1MHz).
Likely local in your area..., and I doubt you are hearing the same signal I am....
I have a re-purposed TV dongle, an RFSpace SDR-iq, and an Airspy SDR receivers. I am using SDR# and SpectraVue with all three. There are reviews of all three at eHam.com
If I was buying one today, I would likely get one of these.
Thanks Mike, the specs on that one are impressive. 12 bit AtoD, 5th order filter, and the BW is amazing. Boy things sure have changed since I got into this business. Kinda makes me feel old