What is the magnitude of the frequency drift? 

What is the magnitude of the gain drift? 

What are you measuring backscatter *from*? 

On 2014-11-28 10:14, khalid.el-darymli via USRP-users wrote: 

> Hi,
> 
> Given a set of synced _(i.e., using external GPS REF/PPS)_, time-commanded 
> and calibrated _(i.e., through compensating for the phase/mag offset between 
> digital Tx chirp prior to transmission and ADC'ed Rx signals) _N200 devices 
> with LFTX/LFRX daughterboards, that work with coherent LFMCW chirps, I am 
> still seeing a tiny drift (both in the magnitude and frequency) of the 
> calibrated back-scatter Rx chirp received at time t1 when compared to an Rx 
> chirp received at an earlier time t0. 
> 
> The more the N200 device runs (e.g., 5 hours), the greater the drift is. 
> Obviously, this drift is pertinent to both the DAC and ADCs and the GPS 
> referenced clocks of the N200 devices. 
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1- Why I still see such drift although my devices are synced with an external 
> GPS? and how do I correct for it? 
> 
> 2- Can the PLL CARRIER TRACKING block in GRC be used to track and correct for 
> such a drift? If so, how do I set the max/min freq inputs for this block?
> 
> 3- Can AGC2 or AGC3 block be useful in this regard? If so, are there any 
> examples to explain how the input parameters of these blocks can be set up?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Best regards, 
> Khalid
> 
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