:)
73
Jim W7RY
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From: "David VE3VID" <ve3vid@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 6:38 PM
To: "RTTY contest group" <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] INRAD filter question
........but Joe, I'm the guy you want sewing your face back on when you
flip your sled over somewhere north of 60. If you have to wait for me to
find a pair of NPN transistors first, well, it might not go so
well.............hihihi :) :)
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>> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:07:33 -0400
>> From: lists@subich.com
>> To: rtty@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] INRAD filter question
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>> > The TS-450 has a +/-2.2Khz IF shift. This may not be quite enough to
>> > get the RTTY signal inside the passband. The 450 also has a menu
>> > option to change the receiver tone from 2125 to 1275hz. This may be
>> > irrelevant though as it is for FSK mode.
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>> If the narrow filter is centered at 600 Hz in LSB, a 2.2 KHz offset
>> should get you to 2800 Hz which should be more than enough. Check
>> it though.
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>> > PLAN-B if this fails, is there a simple& inexpensive interface
>> > that I can use to do true FSK. USB to 13pin DIN...........??
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>> See the information on AA5AU's web page:
>> http://www.aa5au.com/rtty.html.
>> You will need a pair of NPN transistors driven from the RTS/DTR
>> lines of a typical USB to serial converter with EXTFSK to generate
>> the FSK/PTT signal. You can continue to use the Signalink USB for
>> PSK31/other digital modes and for receiving RTTY.
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>> 73,
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>> ... Joe, W4TV
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>> On 9/26/2010 11:11 AM, David VE3VID wrote:
>> >
>> > Confusion is clearing a bit, check my thinking on
>> > this.................. The 400hz filters are listening over a
>> > portion of the band away from the section where the mark and space
>> > tones will be heard. So the reason it sounds so beautifully quiet is
>> > because I'm listening to the null outside the filters bandpass.
>> > Yes?
>> >
>> > The TS-450 has a +/-2.2Khz IF shift. This may not be quite enough to
>> > get the RTTY signal inside the passband. The 450 also has a menu
>> > option to change the receiver tone from 2125 to 1275hz. This may be
>> > irrelevant though as it is for FSK mode.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I'll be back in the op chair this afternoon and give these options a
>> > try then get back to the email thread. PLAN-B if this fails, is
>> > there a simple& inexpensive interface that I can use to do true FSK.
>> > USB to 13pin DIN...........??
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > David
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>> >
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