# Mini FYI: Calibrated vs Not

**URL:** <https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/mini-fyi-calibrated-vs-not/3937>\
**Category:** LimeSDR\
**Created:** [30 December 2018 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/mini-fyi-calibrated-vs-not/3937 "2018-12-30T14:04:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![en1gma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@en1gma](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/en1gma)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2018 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/mini-fyi-calibrated-vs-not/3937/1 "2018-12-30T14:04:09Z")

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i did a couple 2Ghz to 3.5Ghz sweeps with my mini using QspectrumAnalyzer.  
both Tx and Rx are 50ohms terminated and i used device arguments of:  
driver=lime,soapy=0  
20msps  
20mhz bandwidth  
the rest of the info is in the pictures  
[pictures](https://imgur.com/a/ZLXnO1y)

each picture shows 0 gain and auto gain settings  
i did that calibration with limesuite “calibrate all” and saved that as “Default.ini”  
i loaded the calibrated “Default.ini” before i ran the “calibrated” sweep

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**Author:** ![ricardas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/discourse.myriadrf.org/ricardas/32/86_2.png) [@ricardas](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/ricardas)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2018 17:22 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/mini-fyi-calibrated-vs-not/3937/2 "2018-12-30T17:22:31Z")

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Just FYI, calibration is valid only for the center frequency that it was done on, it will not be suitable for whole range of frequencies. Calibration should be done with each frequency change.

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**Author:** ![en1gma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@en1gma](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/en1gma)\
**Post date:** [31 December 2018 13:29 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/mini-fyi-calibrated-vs-not/3937/3 "2018-12-31T13:29:39Z")

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what is the correct method to calibrate the mini with 50ohm terminations on the Rx and Tx for the whole freq range?

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**Author:** ![romsdr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@romsdr](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/romsdr)\
**Post date:** [7 January 2019 08:17 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/mini-fyi-calibrated-vs-not/3937/4 "2019-01-07T08:17:03Z")

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> [@ricardas](#):
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> Calibration should be done with each frequency change.

How would you do that with the SoapySDR API please ?