Unanswered Questions
48 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How can I do direct digital synthesis of a 630m WSPR signal?
I want to do direct digital synthesis of a 630m band WSPR signal.
Specifically I'd like to use an Atmega 328 chip running at 20 MHz to produce such a signal.
I will use standard phase accumulator ...
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overhead power-line safety
A set of utility lines, and above them some high voltage power lines, run almost directly over the backyard fence. Some radio antennas are situated so that they can't fall onto the utility or power ...
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UHF FM power amplifier design without expensive software
I'm designing a small UHF data transceiver for the 70cm band, based on a Silicon Labs EZRadioPro Si4463 IC. Modulation is FM, 12.5kHz channel step. The concept is similar to SiLabs' AN656 application ...
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Beyond Maximum Stable Gain of a transistor
I was plotting constant-gain circles on the Smith chart the other day for a potentially unstable RF transistor.
I recently read on-line that for a potentially unstable transistor the maximum gain ...
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ISS APRS Digipeater with Kam XL and ICOM IC-910H
I am trying to use the ISS APRS digipeater which transmits at 437.55MHz.
Hardware setup consists of the following
ICOM IC-910H.
The transceiver has been connected to a Windows PC running a HAM ...
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Doppler Shift Compensation in Inter Satellite Communication
I am currently doing a project in the area of optical inter-satellite communication (GEO-LEO).
I am using a optical carrier of 281 THz, and the Doppler shift corresponding to it is ±7 GHz. I ...
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High-resolution GIS datasets of groundwave conductivity of the United States, besides the FCC?
The FCC publishes a map of estimated groundwave conductivity of the United States, but the resolution is quite low:
Are there any GIS datasets that include groundwave conductivity at a higher ...
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SNR measurement for a BPSK/QPSK signal
I have created a software (gnuradio) that performs modulation/demodulation and supports a number of modulation schemes and error correcting codes. I'm in the process of evaluating the BER vs SNR for ...
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What is the main source of error for SWR meters?
A swr meter is designed to work with a specific impedance transmission line, that usually being 50 ohms. The meter is calibrated to be correct for 50 ohms and it won't read correctly if the ...
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Kenwood TS-50 and USB to Serial
I paired my old Kenwood TS-50 with serial, by using FTDI TTL-232-5V-AJ USB to serial converter.
I used ideas from here:
http://steeman.be:8080/posts/TS-50%20USB%20Interface/
and here
http://i.imgur....
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What is the external mic/speaker pinout for the Yaesu FT-4XR / FT-65R / FT-25R / SSM-16B?
These newer HTs seem to have a different pinout than the older Yaesu HTs. The older HTs used a single 3.5mm TRRS plug - these use a two-plug connector, with a 2.5mm jack and a 3.5mm jack, similar to ...
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OFDM spectrum, HACKRF, and GNUradio companion
I am trying to analyze the spectrum of wifi spectrum.
I getting a good OFDM spectrum with my HackRF at 2.412 GHz (from my first QTGUI Sink).
But I get nothing out of OFDM Receiver. I was wondering ...
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TS-590 Antenna Tuner Protocol
I'm looking for the protocol used by Kenwood's TS-590S antenna tuner port. I've worked as far as I can with Kenwood's tech support. They know what the pins are labeled, but don't have any information ...
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CML FX919B Forward Error Correcting
I would like to decode de-interleaved demodulated 4FSK symbols that were transmitted using the CML FX919B chip.
The datasheet only gives the following information:
Forward Error Correction In ...
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GnuRadio alternative for Selector Block
Hi I want to switch between tx and rx in a flow graph with my HackRF.
I found this video that shows how it could be done.
The key component is the Selector block which is now deprecated.
Is there a ...
