Trust me, a GPS-discipline OCXO isn’t enough in your overlap areas. Mine have 50+ ,miles between overlap zones (transmitters are 100+ miles apart) and you’ll still hear garbled signals in the overlap.
Keep in mind, public safety spends tens even hundreds of thousands of dollars to do this very same thing!
Am I saying don’t try it. Not even a little! Experiment and have fun! I’m just sharing my own experiences.
I had the rare opportunity to speak with Jim on the phone a while back and this came up. If I could only remember, comprehend and apply even 25% of what we talked about I’d be light years ahead!
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Today’s Topics:
Re: RTCM Simulcast question (David McGough)
Current signal strength (Skyler F)
Re: App_rpt-users Digest, Vol 88, Issue 16 (Jeff Carrier)
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 12:06:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: David McGough kb4fxc@inttek.net
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] RTCM Simulcast question
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If you GPS-discipline that OCXO, I think it would be more than adequate.
Since you’ve already got the 1 PPS GPS signal, all that should be needed
in addition to the OCXO/Si5351 is a little $3 Arduino board (like:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/131702108124 ) to program the desired output
frequency(s) and perform compensation.
$16 for an OCXO —NICE! …The whole project maybe $25!
On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Joe Moskalski wrote:
I mentioned this to someone else, QRP Labs has a kit that creates a OCXO
around the Si5351 chip. here is the link:
If you couple this with another kit of theirs you can program it it any
frequency you want. My only thought is would it be accurate/stable enough.
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:36 AM, David McGough kb4fxc@inttek.net wrote:
Hi Joe,
While on the subject of the Si5351 chips, the application of converting
one reference clock to a secondary frequency is what they were designed
for. So, since you’ve already got a GPS reference, this -might- be an
inexpensive starting point…For this application, you obviously won’t
need all the bells and whistles presented in this article! See:
Note that I would replace the Si5351 25MHz reference with a decent TCXO
(available on ebay, etc.)…Note that I haven’t used the Si5351 with an
RTCM, there may be simpler/better ways???
73, David KB4FXC
On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Joe Moskalski wrote:
It seems clear that in order for simulcast to work properly with the
RTCM
I will need to clock the CPU to the GPSDO. Is there a device available
to
give you the 9.6 mhz reference from the 10 mhz out from the GPSDO or
does
anyone have a schematic available so that I can build them myself?
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 10:23:34 -0600
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Subject: [App_rpt-users] Current signal strength
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So I just had this idea to analyze 2 meter band openings, find a weak
162MHz weather station and have a dummy app_rpt node Receive that signal.
Using DSP, Then print the current strength to a file, and graph it.
Is there any way to get the current signal strength and store it in a bash
variable or something?
73
Skyler kd0whb
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From: Jeff Carrier k0jsc.jeff@gmail.com
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The RTCM and simulcast DOES work. As mentioned before, you have to be
using a transmitter that can accept a 10 mHz (or whatever) reference
signal. You also need 1 PPS for your receivers and transmitter. You also
need to sync the RTCM to your GPSDO (which I have not done). If you have
not done all this you WILL hear some “funk” in the overlap areas.
That “funk” can go from usable to un-usable depending on how strong the
transmitters are in the overlap region.
Pardon the “non-technical” terms. It does work but the law of physics do
apply here.
de K0JSC
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Today’s Topics:
- Re: audio for direct VCO FM (Joe Leikhim) (Steve Wright)
- Re: RTCM Simulcast question (Steve Wright)
- Re: audio for direct VCO FM: Si5351B (David McGough)
- Re: RTCM Simulcast question (Joe Moskalski)
- Re: RTCM Simulcast question (David McGough)
- Re: RTCM Simulcast question (Joe Moskalski)
Message: 1
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 19:40:50 +1200
From: Steve Wright info@meshnetworks.co.nz
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] audio for direct VCO FM (Joe Leikhim)
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On 04/06/16 04:00, Joe Leikhim rhyolite@leikhim.com wrote:
Assuming the VCO is part of a PLL, the PLL will tend to “correct” the
modulation, […]
Was planning to use the Si5351B - has VCO input.
S
Message: 2
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 20:22:36 +1200
From: Steve Wright info@meshnetworks.co.nz
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] RTCM Simulcast question
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On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Joe Moskalski kc2irv@gmail.com wrote:
I will be setting up a 2 site UHF simulcast system in the coming months
Huh? I was told (on this list) that simulcast TX “doesn’t work”.
S
Message: 3
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 10:46:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: David McGough kb4fxc@inttek.net
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] audio for direct VCO FM: Si5351B
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Hi Steve,
We’re getting way off topic for the mailing list, but, I thought I’d post
this reply here if there are any other interested hams out there, perhaps
who are also experimenting in this area.
I haven’t played with the Si5351B version of this interesting chip, yet. I
wonder whether the voltage control input of this chip would be suitable
for AF FM modulation? Assuming that you could modulate the VCXO at audio
frequencies (the datasheet isn’t completely clear to me about that), an
immediate issue would be that everytime you change the fractional-N
division ratio, you’ll change the modulation index. This will have to be
compensated for, one way or another.
I’ve been playing with several boards with Si5351 chips. They’re pretty
neat. They’re also pretty noisy! …With both spurious and phase noise.
The phase noise can be improved somewhat with a better external crystal
oscillator, the spurs seem more challenging. Using the on-board VCXO with
the 5351B, you can’t use a high quality external oscillator, so phase
noise and overall frequency stability could be an issue, too.
Anyhow, for my applications, I’m following the Si5351 with a secondary
clean-up VCO/PLL, which was already in the radios. I just needed a
frequency-agile reference oscillator, so to speak. I think the Si5351 will
work well for this, based on my preliminary tests! (I’d certainly like to
hear the experiences from anyone who has already been down this road!)
I guess you’re not finding any local sources of surplus radios? Do you
have any 6m power amps available?
73, David KB4FXC
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On 04/06/16 04:00, Joe Leikhim rhyolite@leikhim.com wrote:
Assuming the VCO is part of a PLL, the PLL will tend to “correct” the
modulation, […]
Was planning to use the Si5351B - has VCO input.
S
Message: 4
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 11:03:11 -0400
From: Joe Moskalski kc2irv@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] RTCM Simulcast question
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It seems clear that in order for simulcast to work properly with the RTCM
I will need to clock the CPU to the GPSDO. Is there a device available to
give you the 9.6 mhz reference from the 10 mhz out from the GPSDO or does
anyone have a schematic available so that I can build them myself?
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From: David McGough kb4fxc@inttek.net
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Hi Joe,
While on the subject of the Si5351 chips, the application of converting
one reference clock to a secondary frequency is what they were designed
for. So, since you’ve already got a GPS reference, this -might- be an
inexpensive starting point…For this application, you obviously won’t
need all the bells and whistles presented in this article! See:
Note that I would replace the Si5351 25MHz reference with a decent TCXO
(available on ebay, etc.)…Note that I haven’t used the Si5351 with an
RTCM, there may be simpler/better ways???
73, David KB4FXC
On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Joe Moskalski wrote:
It seems clear that in order for simulcast to work properly with the
RTCM
I will need to clock the CPU to the GPSDO. Is there a device available
to
give you the 9.6 mhz reference from the 10 mhz out from the GPSDO or
does
anyone have a schematic available so that I can build them myself?
<
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 11:54:11 -0400
From: Joe Moskalski kc2irv@gmail.com
To: David McGough kb4fxc@inttek.net
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] RTCM Simulcast question
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I mentioned this to someone else, QRP Labs has a kit that creates a OCXO
around the Si5351 chip. here is the link:
If you couple this with another kit of theirs you can program it it any
frequency you want. My only thought is would it be accurate/stable enough.
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:36 AM, David McGough kb4fxc@inttek.net wrote:
Hi Joe,
While on the subject of the Si5351 chips, the application of converting
one reference clock to a secondary frequency is what they were designed
for. So, since you’ve already got a GPS reference, this -might- be an
inexpensive starting point…For this application, you obviously won’t
need all the bells and whistles presented in this article! See:
Note that I would replace the Si5351 25MHz reference with a decent TCXO
(available on ebay, etc.)…Note that I haven’t used the Si5351 with an
RTCM, there may be simpler/better ways???
73, David KB4FXC
On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Joe Moskalski wrote:
It seems clear that in order for simulcast to work properly with the
RTCM
I will need to clock the CPU to the GPSDO. Is there a device
available
to
give you the 9.6 mhz reference from the 10 mhz out from the GPSDO or
does
anyone have a schematic available so that I can build them myself?
<
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