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field note · forthcoming · apr 2026 · 6 min read

Measuring a VCO at 3 a.m.

On patience, on cables, on the particular solitude of a phase-noise sweep that will not converge.

Measuring a VCO at 3 a.m.

Forthcoming.

Field notes from a long night with a phase-noise analyzer. On the kind of patience the lab demands when the sweep will not converge and the only remaining variables are cable, temperature, and you.

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