I changed the transition band to match the 5M transition band I used on the
low pass filter to record the data and things worked.
Paul B. Huter
On Nov 23, 2013 10:03 AM, "Tom Rondeau" <t...@trondeau.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Paul B. Huter <paul.b.hu...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I am trying to view the spectrum from 0-1MHz recorded at 50M. I used a
> low
> > pass filter to only record 0-30MHz. My frequency translating filter is
> > defined as follows:
> >
> > Decimation: 50
> > Taps: firdes.low_pass(1, samp_rate, 500000, 100)
> > Center Frequency: -500000
> > Sample Rate: samp_rate
> >
> > samp_rate: 50M
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Paul B. Huter
>
> Let's take a look at what the frequency_xlating filter does:
>
> http://gnuradio.org/doc/doxygen/classgr_1_1filter_1_1freq__xlating__fir__filter__ccc.html
>
> It filters a signal at the center frequency you set and then moves
> that signal to baseband. You've set a sampling rate of 50 Msps and a
> center frequency of -50 kHz. Which means you want to get the signal at
> -50 kHz moved to baseband. The output signal will be from -500 kHz to
> +500 kHz.
>
> You should basically be seeing what you would if you set the center
> frequency to 0 since you're only moving 50 kHz out of 1 MHz of
> spectrum.
>
> What's the exact problem you're facing, then?
>
> (Also, once again, you're setting a very tight transition band here
> that would cause a gigantic filter.)
>
> Tom
>
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