PA0O ham radio

Meanwhile  some progress made My Trimble GPSDO 10MHz output  30mV tt   amplified  a filter  followed by 3 stage amplifier then shaped by hex inverting Schmitt trigger  74AC14 a reasonable clean signal at 1296.210 Shielding and grounding and a clean 5V power are important the AM 350Hz hum side-bands are weaker -60 dB at 144.550     -40dB 1296.210 The ADF4351  REF in seems to be a straight TTL input  without analog interfacing. It  omits  a trigger circuit.  I had to  make that myself. The specs only give the maximum signal level for this REF  nothing about the shape or minimum usable  level. It does not work with  a relative weak or  sinus shape 10MHz signal. Some other types PLL chips seem to have no issue with the reference  level.  2V / division    .5 uSec /devision  10MHz signal at the ADF REF input test setup  10dB / dev. ...