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Subject: [TenTec] RE: More About Clix
From: paulc@mediaone.net (Paul Christensen)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 08:09:30 -0500
The operative word here is "reasonable."  Al, I don't disagree with your
statement in the least, but for most of us, securing a vector signal
analyzer simply isn't an option for our measurements.

-Paul, W9AC

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From: "LORONA,AL (A-USA,ex3)" <al_lorona@agilent.com>
To: "Ten Tec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 0:59 AM
Subject: [TenTec] RE: More About Clix


>
> I posted a reply about measuring "microchirp" yesterday but it never made
it
> to the list. Here's my second try:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> >>You can't.  In fact, I know of no electronic instrument capable of
> >>reasonably detecting it.  Sometimes the ear is the best judge.  The
 keyed
> >>waveform oscilloscope display has no association with frequency shift.
>
> >>-Paul, W9AC
>
>
> In fact, you can. You need an instrument that can capture a signal without
> missing any data and then play it back while displaying frequency vs.
time.
 > Such an instrument is called a vector signal analyzer.
 >
 > The VSA scrolls through a display of the spectrum of the signal. In this
 > way, the horizontal axis is frequency and the vertical axis is time. If
 the
 > plot is in color, the color can represent amplitude. This type of display
 > format is called a "spectrogram". I think some PSK-31 programs (like
 > Digipan?) show the spectrum; just imagine successive spectra scrolled in
 the
 > display. It's hard to describe.
 >
 > Markers can be used to measure delta freq and delta time. This is how
 folks
 > measure the start-up transient behavior of PLLs and other oscillators,
and
 > how law enforcement agencies positively identify a specific transmitter
by
 > it's start-up "fingerprint".
 >
 > Al  W6LX
 >
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