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From: Andy Talbot <andy.g4jnt@gmail.com>
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Subject: LF: Old "Coherent" mode
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Back in the last millennium, on 73kHz I remember using a BPSK mode called "
*Coherent*"  by VE1IQ.   I do remember generating raw unfiltered BPSK and
casually  'ignoring' its sidebands, and also that the abrupt phase
transition led to audible clicks from my antenna loading coil

Purely out of interest (and because I thought I'd include it in a talk on
LF operation I'm giving in a couple of weeks) I searched for any details on
t'web.   VE2IQ's page still seems to exist, but all references date back to
that era - I didn't try downloading the software.

In those pre-soundcard days we had to use hardware audio digitisers on
receive, and I remember doing a PIC based one to replace the board of TTL
logic otherwise needed.   Still have a PCB on a shelf here labelled "VE2IQ
Interface";  it's just an A/D converter and serial interface to a PC, with
8 bit sampling at 7200Hz.

Did *Coherent *morph into Wolf?  As  they both use the same modulation /
baud rate it seems more than coincidence...

Andy  G4JNT

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