[TenTec] speech processing idea

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 15:41 -0400, Martin AA6E wrote:
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> Hey, the "solution" to equalize peak-to-average is to use CW, PSK31, 
> RTTY, or if you must, digital voice!  I suppose you could also use NBFM 
> if you want to keep your linear busy.

CW works for me and I work far weaker paths on CW than on SSB whether HF
or microwave. But the discussion was SSB.
> 
> Seriously, the Orion v1 software has "real" RF signal compression 
> (increased average talk power w/o much distortion), while v2 "SP" seems 
> to be more like an audio compressor that does not change the fast peak 
> to average ratio much.  It's easy to verify this by watching an output 
> power meter.  That's one important reason I'm still on v1.
> 
> 73 Martin AA6E


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73, Jerry, K0CQ,
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