[TenTec] Pegasus/Jupe Band Scope Questn

[Carl Moreschi]

I don't know.  It sounds like the internal sweep can read signal strength
directly.  The program can only read S meter level which is really the AGC
level and not true signal strength.  I would guess they could add a command
to the firmware to read actual antenna voltage.  This would not have as much
residual in it as AGC does.  Or maybe they could add another AGC rate that
was called "super fast".

73,

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, NC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus/Jupe Band Scope Questn


> Thanks Carl. It makes sense. When the Jupiter does it's own scan, it's
much
> faster. 2 questions:
>
> Does the agc not affect the Jupe in standalone mode scanning?
>
> Could a firmware change take care of this?
>
> Steve Ellington
> N4LQ at iglou.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py at earthlink.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus/Jupe Band Scope Questn
>
>
> > Steve,
> >
> > I experimented with this a lot in developing the software.  The limiting
> > factor is the speed of the AGC.  If I run the sweep faster, the AGC does
> > not
> > change quickly enough to give any decent resolution.  The program has a
> > loop
> > that goes ike this:
> >
> > 1) Set a frequency
> > 2) read S meter
> > 3) plot a point on the graph
> > 4) Go to step 1
> >
> > If you do this too fast, the returned S meter reading does not change
> > enough
> > from the previous reading for good resolution.  I hope this explanation
is
> > clear.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Carl Moreschi N4PY
> > Franklinton, NC
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
> > To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:21 PM
> > Subject: [TenTec] Pegasus/Jupe Band Scope Questn
> >
> >
> >> What limits the speed of the Peg/Jup's band scope? When I used the
> > Jupiter's bandscope it was fairly fast but when using it in Peg mode, it
> > is
> > really s l o wwww.
> >> Is this the fault of the rig, firmware, comm port, pc processor,
software
> > (N4PY) or what?
> >> I want the sucker to really fly but I want to see it on the computer,
not
> > the Jupe's little green display. What would it take? Has anyone found
> > anything that makes a difference?
> >>
> >> Steve Ellington
> >> N4LQ at iglou.com
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