= NOW 13 WPM = TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2020 QST PAGE 34 = USING THE COMMANDS CLOCKGEN. ENABLE OUTPUTSTRUE ON TRANSMIT, AND CLOCKGEN. ENABLE OUTPUTSFALSE ON RECEIVE. THE SI5351 OUTPUT RESPONDS WITHIN A COUPLE OF RF CYCLES, SO THIS PROVIDES A VERY CLEAN WAY TO SUPPRESS ANY SPURIOUS SIGNALS AT THE RECEIVER. THE 10 K PULL UP RESISTOR AND 0R1 UF BYPASS CAPACITOR ARE SIMPLY ADDED TO THE COPPER SIDE OF THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD SEE THE GERBER FILES ON THE QST IN DEPTH PAGE. I FOUND THE SLIGHT BLEED THROUGH OF THE SYNTHESIZER OUTPUT WHEN ENABLED TO BE EXTREMELY USEFUL IN < QST DE W1AW = ZERO BEATING THE TRANSMITTER TO A TUNED SIGNAL. THE LEAD IMAGE SHOWS MY TUNA TIN S IN OPERATION WITH MY COLLINS 75S 3 RECEIVER. THE SI5351 SYNTHESIZER PRODUCES A SQUARE WAVE THAT IS RICH IN HARMONICS, SO IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FILTERING OF THE OUTPUT WAVEFORM IN ORDER TO MEET FCC EMISSION REQUIREMENTS. OPERATIONAL RESULTS I FIRED AWAY SOME CQS, DELIVERING 600 MW TO AN END FED ANTENNA THAT WAS UP 50 FEET. I THEN = END OF 13 WPM TEXT = QST DE W1AW <