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by strangattractor 879 days ago
There are other SDR receivers that have external clock inputs. The Kraken does that for you because it is a single unit. Of course there is likely a limit to how long the coax to the antennas can be. Just a guess - for an amateur rig I would think 30 to 60 ft antenna separation would be impressive resolution. Certainly better than buying a 60 ft dish;)
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One can always use clock repraters or a reclocking with a new PLL in the middle if the cable length gets too long and caused ISI (inter-symbol-interference). I don't think 30 ft requires this. At 60ft you might need it though it depends on the clock frequency. If the syncronization is done with low frequency clock (10 - 25 MHz or so) you don't need any of that. 60ft cable won't have too strong of an attenuation at those frequencies. GHz rate clock would be a problem.