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Hi Andy,
You are a keen observer, wrong series values with the attenuator in previous post!!. Better performance, easier to make shown here below.

Apologies,

glovisol

I enclose simple schematic of attenuators for noise test. Keep noise generator supply voltage at +10V or less to avoid damage to noise generator board.

ERRATA CORRIGE: SCHEMATIC REMOVED BECAUSE OF WRONG VALUES. RIGHT & BETTER SCHEMATIC IN NEXT POST!!

Hi Franko, As stated in the original post, the total attenuation you need is in the order of 92 dB: if you concentrate this attenuation in one attenuator, it is very likely that you will have spurious feedthru: this is why I used two 46 dB type "Pi" attenuators in series. Each attenuator (designed f...

A simple test using an $12 noise generator and two home made attenuators is described here:

https://www.sdrplay.com/community/viewt ... f=5&t=3352

Cheers,

glovisol

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