The intermediate frequency in a dual sideband spectrum IF
"
centre frequency"
is the topocentric frequency in Hz corresponding to the
current value of the DSBCentre attribute. The value of the IF attribute may be positive
or negative: a positive value results in the LO frequency being above the central
frequency, whilst a negative IF value results in the LO frequency being below the
central frequency. The sign of the IF attribute value determines the default value for
the SideBand attribute.
When setting a new value for this attribute, the units in which the frequency value is
supplied may be indicated by appending a suitable string to the end of the formatted
value. If the units are not specified, then the supplied value is assumed to be in
units of GHz. For instance, the following strings all result in an IF of 4 GHz being
used: "
4.0"
, "
4.0 GHz"
, "
4.0E9 Hz"
, etc.
When getting the value of this attribute, the returned value is always in units of GHz. The default value for this attribute is 4 GHz.