Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] CATV to USRP?

[Robert Cicconetti]

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:49 PM, davek <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Gregory Maxwell <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:22 PM, davek <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> what would be the best RX card and what kind of attenuation circuitry
>>> will i need to implement for tuning in the entire bandwidth of RF from
>>> my local cable company?
>>
>> TVRX is pretty much exactly what you're asking for.  It's possible
>> that some CATV providers are putting things above 870MHz but I haven't
>> seen that myself.
>>
> ok, but how do i make the physical connection?
>

It's a standard TV module with an F-connector (on the RF side). I
imagine a piece of RG-6 would suffice for most commercial cable
systems.

http://www.ettus.com/images/TVRX.jpg

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