Pe 18 februarie 2010, 20:56 UTC a fost transmis pentru prima data un mesaj in noul mod digital ROS.
Acest mesaj a fost trimis de EA2LE din Vitoria (Spania) si receptionat la Universitatea Twente (Olanda), binecunoscuta pentru preocuparile in domeniul receptiei HF (webSDR).
Frecventa pe care a fost receptionat mesajul a fost 7.065 MHz iar distanta parcursa a fost de 1265 km.
Noul mod digital opereaza asemanator cu modul Domino, desi asemanarile se opresc la faptul ca este un mod MPSK.
Cu toate acestea, producatorul il anunta ca fiind un mod Spread Spectrum (FHSS), oarecum impropriu.
Din acest motiv, in USA nu va putea fi folosit deoarece FCC interzice FHSS in benzile HF.
Totusi, pe noi, radioamatorii europeni, nimic nu ne impiedica sa il experimentam, cu atat mai mult cu cat, YO4CVV din Galati deja a trecut la experimentari.
Mi se pare extraordinar faptul ca, in program, a fost implementata o rutina de confirmare a receptiei prin email. In acest sens, programul transmite un email la receptia corecta a mesajului.
Programul permite transmisia cu 16bd sau cu 1bd, acest din urma mod fiidn adecvat pentru raport semnal zgomot foarte mic (-35dbs S/N)!
Programul se poate descarca aici: http://www.box.net/shared/voqoxl976z
In atasament este documentatia aferenta dar si programul in arhiva zip.
Ca la orice mod digital, atentie mare la incarcarea etajului final! Adica, aveti grija ca indicatia power-metrului sa arate aproximativ 75% incarcare din puterea maxima dar indicatia ALC sa nu depaseasca 5%. Cel mai bine este ca ALC sa nu indice nimic.
Frecventele propuse sunt:
* 1.840
* 3.60360 (exclusiv 1 baud)
* 3.60605 (exclusiv 16 bauds)
* 7.053
* 14.101
* 28.300
Lista de discutii despre acest nou mod digital o gasiti aici.
Pagina oficiala.
22 February 2010
14 February 2010
HF Gateway Voice Operated Squelch
De multa vreme ma "bantuie" ideea de a interconecta undele scurte cu o retea locala in FM. Din nefericire, traficul in HF este, in principal, SSB iar declansarea retransmiterii semnalului SSB receptionat catre FM este destul de dificil de facut cu mijloacele traditionale.
Spre deosebire de circuitele standard de squelch utilizate in majoritatea statiilor radio si care sunt proiectate sa functioneze in relatie cu nivelul de semnal la borna de antena sau de componentele de audiofrecventa din afara spectrului audibil, aceasta schema are in vedere un raspuns la caracteristicile vocii umane. In esenta, este un discriminator FM care nu raspunde la zgomotele intalnite in benzile de unde scurte in modul de lucru SSB (heterodine, zgomot industrial etc).Pentru prima data, circuitul a fost prezentat de Frank Reid (W9MKV) si David Link (W9YAN) in revista 73 Magazine din august 1982.
Schema este o adaptare a schemei folosite de Motorola in transceiver-ele MICOMM (HF-SSB). Jan Tarsala (WB6VRN ) si Randy Hammock (KC6HUR) au adus unele modificari pentru a putea sa foloseasca circuitul la retransmiterea canalului audio de la NASA pe un repetor local.
Schema prezentata mai jos reprezinta versiunea "originala", adaptata pentru traficul SSB si nu versiunea modificata.
Schema este o adaptare a schemei folosite de Motorola in transceiver-ele MICOMM (HF-SSB). Jan Tarsala (WB6VRN ) si Randy Hammock (KC6HUR) au adus unele modificari pentru a putea sa foloseasca circuitul la retransmiterea canalului audio de la NASA pe un repetor local.
Schema prezentata mai jos reprezinta versiunea "originala", adaptata pentru traficul SSB si nu versiunea modificata.
31 January 2010
TH-D7 PG-4W programming cable diagram
Well, I just received a very nice Kenwood TH-D7G(II) portable VHF/UHF radio.
The main problem was the programming of my favourites frequencies. I started to grab informations from the internet regarding the software I need and, most important, what cable to use.
The internet is very poor in informations about PG-4W, the programming cable, but there are a lot of vendors (from 12 to 25 EUR/cable) which is quite inacceptable for me... I do know how to make a PC to Radio cable!
So, I prepared myself with a RS232<>TTL adapter (with MAX232), one 2,5mm stereo jack and some lenght of cable, a female DB9 COM port and some patience...
First step was to read carefully the User manual where it states that the radio conect directly to the PC.
To be sure I was measuring the voltage on the PC conector at the radio.
It was -6V (RS232 zero logic level) which means the radio has a RS232<>TTL level adapter inside. So, indeed, tha radio connect directly to the PC Com port...
I made the connections, but the software returns (over and over...) a communication error (Timeout).
So, I started to search for a reason. Maybe the software expect some signaling on the other ports of the COM...
I realise that, when I push the "Read Radio" command on PC, on the COM port RTS appeared a voltage swing. Hmmmm..... so, the Radio <> PC cable is not so simple...
So I connected the RTS with CTS and DCD with DTR and, BINGO!!!!, all was OK!
So, here is the diagram of the PG-4W programming cable for the Kenwood TH-D7 portable radio...

Later Edit: Tom, NV1U sent me the following diagram made on his tablet:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is NO ERROR!!! The 2,5 mm plug diagram is not reverted!!!
The manual states that the tip is TxD and the ring is RxD. The TxD and the RxD on the plug ARE FROM THE RADIO VIEW
The radio transmit data to the PC by the tip of the plug and the signal goes to the RxD on COM port at the PC!
The internet is very poor in informations about PG-4W, the programming cable, but there are a lot of vendors (from 12 to 25 EUR/cable) which is quite inacceptable for me... I do know how to make a PC to Radio cable!
So, I prepared myself with a RS232<>TTL adapter (with MAX232), one 2,5mm stereo jack and some lenght of cable, a female DB9 COM port and some patience...
First step was to read carefully the User manual where it states that the radio conect directly to the PC.
To be sure I was measuring the voltage on the PC conector at the radio.
It was -6V (RS232 zero logic level) which means the radio has a RS232<>TTL level adapter inside. So, indeed, tha radio connect directly to the PC Com port...
I made the connections, but the software returns (over and over...) a communication error (Timeout).
So, I started to search for a reason. Maybe the software expect some signaling on the other ports of the COM...
I realise that, when I push the "Read Radio" command on PC, on the COM port RTS appeared a voltage swing. Hmmmm..... so, the Radio <> PC cable is not so simple...
So I connected the RTS with CTS and DCD with DTR and, BINGO!!!!, all was OK!
So, here is the diagram of the PG-4W programming cable for the Kenwood TH-D7 portable radio...

Later Edit: Tom, NV1U sent me the following diagram made on his tablet:
TNX Tom!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is NO ERROR!!! The 2,5 mm plug diagram is not reverted!!!
The manual states that the tip is TxD and the ring is RxD. The TxD and the RxD on the plug ARE FROM THE RADIO VIEW
The radio transmit data to the PC by the tip of the plug and the signal goes to the RxD on COM port at the PC!
For programming the radio I use a IBM X61T with a USB<>COM adapter and the MCP-D7G, ver.1.01.
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