
RCB-F9T - Integration manual
The message is output once per second when enabled. Depending on the receiver type, one or two
measurement blocks will be output, indicated by the numRfBlocks flag field. The first block provides
L1 spectrum data which can be followed by an L2 or L5 block with multi-band receivers.
Each block comprises the following data:
• 256 spectrum data points (0.25 dB units)
• Spectrum span (Hz)
• Spectrum bin resolution (Hz)
• Center frequency (Hz)
• PGA setting (dB)
The frequency of each point can be calculated by Freq(i) = center frequency + spectrum span *
(i-128) / 256, where i=0-255. The number of points = span/resolution and is scaled in units of 0.25
dB. Changes in the PGA gain value can indicate an increased input in RF signal activity compared
to normal operation.
shows the spectrum view in u-center with the view/hold option selected. The red line
represents the frozen spectrum before modifying the external gain, while the black line represents
the current measurement.
Figure 21: Spectrum analyzer view in u-center with the option view/hold selected
The span frequency depends on the number of constellations enabled which impacts the
spectrum resolution owing to a fixed set of points. For further details about this message
see the interface description [
A spur may be visible at the center frequency, this comes internally from the receiver and
does not cause any performance degradation.
3.12.4 Sky view signal masking
When a stationary receiver's antenna has a poor view of the sky, the resultant performance can be
compromised owing to signal distortion produced by processing non-line-of-sight signals. A legacy
configuration CFG-NAVSPG-INFIL_MINELEV key can set a common minimum elevation angle below
which satellites will not be used. The default angle is set to 10 deg. The configuration provides a
common minimum elevation cut-off for all satellite azimuth angles.
A second method is to use The CFG-NAVMASK-EL_MASK key which allows users to mask individual
portions of the sky to prevent receiving signals in a known blocked direction. This is especially useful
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