Return-Path: Received: from mtain-db11.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-db11.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.64.95]) by air-dd04.mail.aol.com (v128.1) with ESMTP id MAILINDD041-860a4bbd0a6b173; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:42:51 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-db11.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 5B35D38000047; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 18:42:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1NzdwV-0008QS-DQ for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:41:51 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1NzdwU-0008QJ-UN for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:41:50 +0100 Received: from web28104.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.146.182.124]) by relay1.thorcom.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NzdwU-0007E6-Qq for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:41:50 +0100 Received: (qmail 97698 invoked by uid 60001); 7 Apr 2010 22:41:44 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.co.uk; s=s1024; t=1270680104; bh=YwJKa8Y2bFz7pz2hPJcH6dog4fcE5EYQwdUurcsaR7o=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=dnPiaiipwPMunZw9DHW/WgdiGm35OJ/V5jxclLC7FzuF51AjSiXu7AQH+9EAkeB+5Hecx0TOEAfdxnm/cS8OMJyzMGcV2ZHDlvBgq6k5JwsWCUBIHb8ydre3FwsaoZyyVboepeDVcB2hI3RjusJ167OJFIJBk357wcVHT5ZhLyo= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.co.uk; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=wBqtPNs3FwUFqfDrJU/qKf6vASsjfmNTEY2sP/SLEYqXChD9F+LbrMEfO53To2e9BXQrTSNvhk88matBFwOxhxCokE+8wO+zNNVhHNSgwAPH00J+MrZKo2O27MpzDayni5+o9ZCBE7beA2lfshLPc9IR3maitmaCfjzMT7BN5KM=; Message-ID: <613358.97685.qm@web28104.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: OgW1MRgVM1mduPF5HFe0cU8hUjpy6TwgYSAxu6QKPlexlgO 7yFMWUXp1EkE1jXwspuGgik.iueRPYbcFWbfW6q4VLCd9tdOK2oq5zAAzzxc jrvMdQ_5DUBFIUz8MDOIBDEi__Xy1ooaeVFK3_6ESg99Xgqf2E7nRv0kJFSa mqEjiJFDn3XyjBuuXWzz1F0lXkOkbrG6HpuKkHfW.3xdX67EMg.O4uLR70Jy hM6E36V4VkxGsTXCCxplUWHuMlOrtP3hWTOsunHXTwRwh039bRXfdRSWj Received: from [86.147.176.209] by web28104.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:41:44 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/10.0.8 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:41:44 -0700 (PDT) From: M0FMT To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org In-Reply-To: <2C18FDA91B0849C5958253F77FE7EF50@JimPC> MIME-Version: 1.0 DomainKey-Status: good (testing) Subject: Re: LF: WSPR without an SSB TRX ? Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1922025933-1270680104=:97685" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: mail_rly_antispam_dkim-d304.1 ; domain : yahoo.co.uk DKIM : pass x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d405f4bbd0a697167 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 --0-1922025933-1270680104=:97685 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jim =A0 If you mix the 1500hz tone up to 500 kc/s conventionally don't you get +/-= 1500hz tone as the product. i.e. upper and lower sideband? Even if a doub= le sideband signal was acceptable on 500 it would only fit in the band exa= ctly and the sidebands on the side bands would be out of band or have I mi= ssed something? =A0 Thus the reason I suggested a Tayloe (for the want of a better description= ) detector in reverse which resolves the unwanted sideband issue. I dont= think a straight forward product mixer will do. =A0 A simple phase modulator using two 8meg xtals by G3ZJO is shown on=A0a web= page the URL in my last mail.=A0 73 es GL petefmt --- On Wed, 7/4/10, James Moritz wrote: From: James Moritz Subject: Re: LF: WSPR without an SSB TRX ? To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Wednesday, 7 April, 2010, 23:25 Dear Chris, LF Group, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Osborn" ...>My initial thoughts were that the PC is giving out a 1500 Hz tone + /= - 5 Hz. This is used to generate USB signals from an SSB TX (?) I was hoping to mix these tones with a stable frequency of 1400 Hz (say)= ending up with 100 Hz + / - 5 Hz - thence to an F-V converter - gain / level adjuste= d and thence to the TX VCO input....> That is probably feasible, if quite tricky - but much easier just to mix= the 1500Hz tone up directly to 500kHz to generate the VFO drive for your= existing TX PA; that way only a simple fixed oscillator is required (one= using a ceramic resonator would be adequately stable and "pullable" over= a sufficient range). You then avoid all the business of having to calibra= te the f/V gain, VCO frequency shift and so on. Plus, you can tune the fre= quency by changing the centre frequency setting in the software, and use= it to transmit all sorts of other soundcard mFSK modes, RTTY etc.,=A0 too= . Cheers, Jim Moritz 73 de M0BMU=20 =20 --0-1922025933-1270680104=:97685 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Jim
 
If you mix the 1500hz tone up to 500 kc/s conventionally don't you ge= t +/- 1500hz tone as the product. i.e. upper and lower sideband? Even if= a double sideband signal was acceptable on 500 it would only fit in the= band exactly and the sidebands on the side bands would be out of band or= have I missed something?
 
Thus the reason I suggested a Tayloe (for the want of a better descri= ption) detector in reverse which resolves the unwanted sideband issue. I= dont think a straight forward product mixer will do.
 
A simple phase modulator using two 8meg xtals by G3ZJO is shown on&nb= sp;a web page the URL in my last mail. 

73 es GL petefmt
--- On Wed, 7/4/10, James Moritz <james.moritz@btopenworld.com&= gt; wrote:

From: James Moritz <james.moritz@btopenworl= d.com>
Subject: Re: LF: WSPR without an SSB TRX ?
To: rsgb_lf_gro= up@blacksheep.org
Date: Wednesday, 7 April, 2010, 23:25

Dear Chris, LF Group,

----- Original Message= ----- From: "Chris Osborn" <g3= xiz@yahoo.co.uk>

...>My initial thoughts were that the PC= is giving out a 1500 Hz tone + / - 5 Hz.
This is used to generate USB= signals from an SSB TX (?)
I was hoping to mix these tones with a stab= le frequency of 1400 Hz (say) ending up
with 100 Hz + / - 5 Hz - thence= to an F-V converter - gain / level adjusted and thence
to the TX VCO= input....>

That is probably feasible, if quite tricky - but muc= h easier just to mix the 1500Hz tone up directly to 500kHz to generate the= VFO drive for your existing TX PA; that way only a simple fixed oscillato= r is required (one using a ceramic resonator would be adequately stable an= d "pullable" over a sufficient range). You then avoid all the business of= having to calibrate the f/V gain, VCO frequency shift and so on. Plus, you can tune= the frequency by changing the centre frequency setting in the software,= and use it to transmit all sorts of other soundcard mFSK modes, RTTY etc.= ,  too.

Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU


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