Re: LF: WSPR without an SSB TRX ? FRM Joe Taylor NPwinner

[Chris Osborn <g3xiz@yahoo.co.uk>]

Many thanks for all the contributions and suggestions.
I have been reading them and trying to understand but I am no 'boffin'.

Basically I have a 'decent' PC and appear to be receiving WSPR ok.
My rig is home built with a DC receiver and a simple CW type TX with VCO facility.

I am not at home with PIC's or programming and was hoping someone would come
up with an analogue solution.
I know I need to do more 'reading up' but was trying the lazy-man's approach.

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 adjusted and thence
to the TX VCO input.

Ready and awaiting the brickbats.

73 Chris G3XIZ

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From: M0FMT <m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Sent: Wed, 7 April, 2010 21:41:02
Subject: RE: LF: WSPR without an SSB TRX ? FRM Joe Taylor NPwinner

Hi Group 

 

I think we have been here before but this is my contribution:-

 

Do the whole thing with software WSPR - VAC - SDR software - Hardware Tayloe detector in reverse using a Multiplex chip.

This may not be the simplest technique taking the Applications involved i.e. writing the software. but it already exists so it is just a matter of integrating them to make a system. The Tayloe detector exists as a kit by Softrock. You do need however to amplify linearly from the detector output up to final o/p power level.

 

I use the reverse for WSPR RX on MF and LF. And have played with the TX side on 30m at about 1Watt O/P.

 

I can demonstrate this method if you are interested Chris, assuming watching paint drying (srri I mean WSPR) is the new attraction...hee. 

 

73 es GL petefmt



t@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

From: M0FMT <m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: RE: LF: WSPR without an SSB TRX ? FRM Joe Taylor NPwinner
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Date: Wednesday, 7 April, 2010, 20:55

Please see below reply from Joe Taylor on this very subject September last year, This is the guy who actually wrote this application (you might say from the Horse Mouth) and he said :-

 

On Mon, 7/9/09, Joe Taylor <joe@Princeton.EDU> wrote:

From: Joe Taylor <joe@Princeton.EDU>
Subject: Re: WSPR
To: "M0FMT" <m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Monday, 7 September, 2009, 1:47 PM

Hi Peter,

> Does your Software have a data output that gives a hi lo i.e 0,1 on the serial port other than the PTT Hi Lo?

No.

> If the software doesn't have this facility why not?

Because there is no standard, nor even anything remotely approaching one, that would permit hard-keying an oscillator to produce continuous-phase 4-FSK with offset 1.465 Hz between tones.

The WSPR program, as distributed, is essentially a sound card mode.

With that said, it should be noted that a number of people have built special-purpose WSPR transmitters that implement the necessary 4-tone FSK capability in hardware.  Their keying is typically controlled from a  microprocessor, with the encoded message (sequence of tones) stored in ROM.
    -- 73, Joe, K1JT

73 es GL petefmt

--- On Wed, 7/4/10, Rik Strobbe <Rik.Strobbe@fys.kuleuven.be> wrote:

From: Rik Strobbe <Rik.Strobbe@fys.kuleuven.be>
Subject: RE: LF: WSPR without an SSB TRX ?
To: "rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org" <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Date: Wednesday, 7 April, 2010, 14:23

hello Chris, Jim, group,

an alternative to a transverted would be a divider, let's say from 5MHz (from a HF tranceiver) to 500kHz.
That would limit the hardware to some resistors an a single CMOS or TTL IC.
I have written a small apllication that generates the appropriate WSPR audio signal based on the input frequency, output frequency and divider ratio.
It worked fine for some local tests, but due to lack of I did no real "DX tests" so.
But if anyone wants to try this route I will be happy to send the software.

73, Rik  ON7YD - OR7T

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Van: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] namens James Moritz [james.moritz@btopenworld.com]
Verzonden: woensdag 7 april 2010 15:09
Aan: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Onderwerp: Re: LF: WSPR without an SSB TRX ?

Dear Chris, Andy, LF Group,

What Andy suggests is fine for generating a WSPR signal, but receiving WSPR
via the PIC might be a bit more difficult...

But also at http://www.g4jnt.com/LFUpconv.pdf is Andy's simple phasing
up-converter, which could be used to convert a PC audio output to 500kHz and
be used in place of the VCO in your TX.

Trawling through the Forum topics on the WSPRnet.org website (you might have
to sign up to see all the material) will reveal many designs for homebrew HF
WSPR beacons that could mostly be adapted to 500k.

Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU