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Re: [TenTec] Sweep on Orion II

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Sweep on Orion II
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
Reply-to: geraldj@storm.weather.net,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:19:14 -0500
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On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 13:03 -0500, Ken Case wrote:
> I want to thank Gerry and Carl for their clear (and quick!) responses.  Their 
> responses were very enlightening from a technical point of view, and also 
> caused me to realize I had done a poor job (in addition to being too wordy) 
> of asking the question.
> 
> My real question was if the Orion and Orion II rigs have always had this 
> offset in the sweep (which appears to be technically proper), or if the 
> software in either rig in the past compensated for whichever sideband was 
> selected such that a natural sounding signal occurred when the sweep peak was 
> at 0.
> 
> It seemed to me that (in the past) if I tuned such that the peak of the sweep 
> was at 0, the station was right there in a natural sounding voice.  Or, 
> alternatively, if I was talking with somebody, the peak was right at the 0 
> point on the sweep screen.  Did I just imagine this?
> _______________________________________________

No, you didn't imagine that. That was AM with two side bands and full
carrier. SSB spectra don't work out that way.


-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ,
All content copyright Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer

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