From W7CQ at teleport.com Thu Oct 13 21:02:29 2016 From: W7CQ at teleport.com (Jimmy Oldaker W7CQ) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 01:02:29 +0000 Subject: [DSP-10] Test by W7CQ Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20161014010115.043e2250@teleport.com> Just checking out the system. Jimmy W7CQ Manager of the DSP-10 reflector From k6pzb at sonic.net Thu Oct 13 22:28:26 2016 From: k6pzb at sonic.net (K6pzb) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:28:26 -0700 Subject: [DSP-10] DSP 10 for sale In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <42225CF9-7FF7-46A9-BF4D-3989E030605F@sonic.net> I have a complete DSP 10 that is free to a good home. k6pzb jwatrous at sonic.net 707 360 5496 K6PZB > On Apr 24, 2016, at 22:35, Clayton Smith wrote: > > Hi i was wondering if you still had the DSP 10 and kit for sale? > Clay > VE5CTM > ______________________________________________________________ > DSP-10 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > From tfbiii2002 at gmail.com Thu Oct 13 22:45:13 2016 From: tfbiii2002 at gmail.com (Fred Buecker) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 02:45:13 +0000 Subject: [DSP-10] Test by W7CQ In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20161014010115.043e2250@teleport.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20161014010115.043e2250@teleport.com> Message-ID: 5x5 On Thu, Oct 13, 2016, 9:03 PM Jimmy Oldaker W7CQ wrote: > Just checking out the system. > > Jimmy W7CQ > Manager of the DSP-10 reflector > > ______________________________________________________________ > DSP-10 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > From ponyoop41 at wildblue.net Thu Oct 13 22:15:23 2016 From: ponyoop41 at wildblue.net (Bill Grogan) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 22:15:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [DSP-10] dsp-10 project In-Reply-To: <840272390.26054458.1476411316977.JavaMail.zimbra@wildblue.net> Message-ID: <1516720435.26054510.1476411323289.JavaMail.zimbra@wildblue.net> does anyone out there have a complete kit for building thd DSP-10 project? From w3sz73 at gmail.com Thu Oct 13 23:10:17 2016 From: w3sz73 at gmail.com (Roger Rehr W3SZ) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 23:10:17 -0400 Subject: [DSP-10] dsp-10 project In-Reply-To: <1516720435.26054510.1476411323289.JavaMail.zimbra@wildblue.net> References: <1516720435.26054510.1476411323289.JavaMail.zimbra@wildblue.net> Message-ID: <89c365b0-cde1-0e75-b2f1-2ad92e09cf38@w3sz.net> Hi Bill, I have a complete original unbuilt TAPR Kit as well as new, never used EZ-Kit Lite. If you are interested in purchasing, let me know and we can discuss terms off-list. 73, Roger Rehr W3SZ On 10/13/2016 10:15 PM, Bill Grogan wrote: > > does anyone out there have a complete kit for building thd DSP-10 project? > > ______________________________________________________________ > DSP-10 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From tfbiii2002 at gmail.com Thu Oct 13 23:16:40 2016 From: tfbiii2002 at gmail.com (Fred Buecker) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 03:16:40 +0000 Subject: [DSP-10] dsp-10 project In-Reply-To: <89c365b0-cde1-0e75-b2f1-2ad92e09cf38@w3sz.net> References: <1516720435.26054510.1476411323289.JavaMail.zimbra@wildblue.net> <89c365b0-cde1-0e75-b2f1-2ad92e09cf38@w3sz.net> Message-ID: I'm interested in picking one up. I have a Linux system, running Suse, so I should be able to get it up and working. (I hope!) Is the EZ-Kit also unassembled? Fred KC3HMS On Thu, Oct 13, 2016, 11:10 PM Roger Rehr W3SZ wrote: Hi Bill, I have a complete original unbuilt TAPR Kit as well as new, never used EZ-Kit Lite. If you are interested in purchasing, let me know and we can discuss terms off-list. 73, Roger Rehr W3SZ On 10/13/2016 10:15 PM, Bill Grogan wrote: > > does anyone out there have a complete kit for building thd DSP-10 project? > > ______________________________________________________________ > DSP-10 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ DSP-10 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From ponyoop41 at wildblue.net Fri Oct 14 12:49:57 2016 From: ponyoop41 at wildblue.net (Bill Grogan) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:49:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [DSP-10] Test by W7CQ In-Reply-To: References: <7.0.1.0.2.20161014010115.043e2250@teleport.com> Message-ID: <1686079988.27044497.1476463797666.JavaMail.zimbra@wildblue.net> working ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Buecker" To: "Discussion of DSP-10 2-meter transceiver" Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 10:45:13 PM Subject: Re: [DSP-10] Test by W7CQ 5x5 On Thu, Oct 13, 2016, 9:03 PM Jimmy Oldaker W7CQ wrote: > Just checking out the system. > > Jimmy W7CQ > Manager of the DSP-10 reflector > > ______________________________________________________________ > DSP-10 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ DSP-10 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From courtney.duncan.n5bf at gmail.com Sat Oct 15 02:20:46 2016 From: courtney.duncan.n5bf at gmail.com (Courtney Duncan) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 23:20:46 -0700 Subject: [DSP-10] Sun Noise Measurement Message-ID: <0002219B-AB7B-4E3A-8CCD-059A05AAF2DD@gmail.com> The sun noise I measure on 1296 is lower than VK3UM predicts. System improvements may be indicated, but I wonder if I?m measuring the sun noise reasonably accurately. I use a DSP-10 for this which has a 4 KHz noise bandwidth at the 144 MHz IF. In the lower right corner of the screen is the total noise in the noise bandwidth in dB over the last previous update interval. I do a 60-second measurement on the sun and a 60-second measurement on ?cold sky.? Subtracting ?sun minus cold? gives the sun Y-factor in dB. in a df*dt sense, this should be roughly equivalent to listening to a quarter MHz for one second, and one minute is not enough to get into pointing problems with a 5 degree beam width so it seems like a reasonable approach. Question is, is this a good enough way to do this measurement and am I thinking about it right? When I use a similar DSP-10 technique with a calibrated noise source I get pretty close to the noise figure measurements I expect, for example. A possible hint is that when I point at ?Cold Sky North (Leo)? I get a higher reading than I do if I point at some other random place in the sky up out of the trees. If my ?cold sky? is too high as a result, for whatever reason, my sun Y factor will be too low. I wonder if, overlooking the Los Angeles basin, I?m seeing some QRM? I know we have radars sometimes and I see some increased noise floor and other crummy signals that seem to be associated with a hospital about a mile away. 73, Courtney, N5BF From boblark at proaxis.com Sat Oct 15 13:47:48 2016 From: boblark at proaxis.com (Bob Larkin) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:47:48 -0700 Subject: [DSP-10] Sun Noise Measurement Message-ID: <6db7eba4-853d-6646-1397-21495278cc7b@proaxis.com> Hi Courtney, Great to hear from you. As for the measurements, what you are doing should be valid. The number in the corner is the sum of the powers in the DFT bins, converted to dB after adding. But, there is provision to do better. In the FM mode (of all things) the s-meter reading is the average noise power in the 12 kHz bandwidth. In addition, the ALT-F3, ALT-F4 averaging also applies to this measurement, so you can adjust the averaging time from 0.6 sec on up. This is block averaging over the chosen time interval. Because of this "instrumentation" use, the s-meter changes to show the dBm power to 3 decimal places. This is generally excessive, but might be useful. See, also, http://www.proaxis.com/%7Ekd7ts/v396/1CH1.HTM#sun_noise The ALT-F data record in FM is different, and has several data items useful for this kind of measurement. I can't find where we wrote that data format down. Am I missing it? Finally, I did a paper at the 2003 Microwave Update on Sun-Quiet Sky-Earth noise measurements that has some comments on noise pickup. I will see if I can get permission to post it. It tries to summarize the general art of such measurements, and also adds info on using the three measurements to estimate both receiver noise figure and antenna gain. I think some of that relates to what you are doing. 73, Bob W7PUA From kd7ts at comcast.net Sat Oct 15 15:46:10 2016 From: kd7ts at comcast.net (Mike) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 12:46:10 -0700 Subject: [DSP-10] Sun Noise Measurement In-Reply-To: <6db7eba4-853d-6646-1397-21495278cc7b@proaxis.com> References: <6db7eba4-853d-6646-1397-21495278cc7b@proaxis.com> Message-ID: <20161015124610.a06df2e158dab32b25712961@comcast.net> On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:47:48 -0700 Bob Larkin wrote: > I can't find where we wrote that > data format down. Am I missing it? There is this page: http://www.proaxis.com/~kd7ts/v396/fileform1.htm but I don't think the format is described here. -- Mike An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true. From kd7ts at comcast.net Sat Oct 15 15:49:56 2016 From: kd7ts at comcast.net (Mike) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 12:49:56 -0700 Subject: [DSP-10] Sun Noise Measurement In-Reply-To: <6db7eba4-853d-6646-1397-21495278cc7b@proaxis.com> References: <6db7eba4-853d-6646-1397-21495278cc7b@proaxis.com> Message-ID: <20161015124956.8779d15e5d20e6b12e37c07f@comcast.net> On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:47:48 -0700 Bob Larkin wrote: > In addition, the ALT-F3, ALT-F4 averaging also applies to this > measurement, so you can adjust the averaging time from 0.6 sec on up. Hi Bob, Maybe this relates ? Data Record - The logged power data after non-coherent integration can be saved directly to disk. This is toggled on and off by the Alt F command. It is saved to a file called UHFA1.DAT and if the file exists, it is appended to the end of the existing data. The data is time and date stamped for future use. It is not compacted, though and can produce some big files. To reduce the file size increase the non-coherent integration (Alt F4). The beginnings of a companion program EDFILE01.C and EDFILE01.EXE is available. It reads the data file and replays the data allowing additional smoothing as well as Doppler slope correction and various other feaures. EDFILE is not documented except through the C listing, but the program listing comments do much to describe the operation. -- Mike An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true. From boblark at proaxis.com Sat Oct 15 18:25:29 2016 From: boblark at proaxis.com (Bob Larkin) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 15:25:29 -0700 Subject: [DSP-10] Sun Noise Measurement In-Reply-To: <20161015124956.8779d15e5d20e6b12e37c07f@comcast.net> References: <6db7eba4-853d-6646-1397-21495278cc7b@proaxis.com> <20161015124956.8779d15e5d20e6b12e37c07f@comcast.net> Message-ID: Thanks Mike. Those are not the ones, so here goes. I don't think this got written down :-) ------------------------------------------------------------- In the FM mode, the data-dump file written by the ALT-F command (a toggle) is named UHFA_1.DAT. This file is appended to when used, and never cleared. So, you get to manage the data on the file, including deleting it to keep the size more manageable. HFM records are appended to the same file as other ALT-F data saves. A record is written every time the the spectral averaging (ALT-F3, ALT-F4) time is up, which is every 0.6 seconds or more. The 19 fields of the record are comma separated and as follows: HFM Identifies record type, differentiates from HL records year as 2016 month 1 to 12 day 1 to 31 hour minute 0 to 2359, UTC Time second 0 to 59 Seconds fft_bw DFT noise bandwidth always 2 rf gain 0 to 6, 0=full gain or 100 noncohave Number of DFT in ave* do_window window type, 0 to 3 2ndLO Not Used mode Not Used 0 Not used 0 Not used 0 Not used 16 Not used fm_log_power S-meter power, dBm deltaf Discriminator output, Hz**, every 0.6 seconds or more. The 19 fields of the record are comma sep fmf Received freq, Hz * The DFT overlap 50% to minimize windowing losses. Thus, the number of DFT being averaged is twice the number that time would allow. ** The discriminator output will not usually be zero with no signal present. This is due to asymmetries in the crystal filter passband. However, as the S/N increases, the correct deviation from tuned frequency will be shown. Note that the Sigma-Delta ADC is inherently extremely linear, and the power measurements can be used over a wide dynamic range. Likewise, the phase measurements used in the "FM discriminator" are accurate to better than a Hz across the +/- 6 KHz, assuming adequate S/N. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 73, Bob On 10/15/2016 12:49 PM, Mike wrote: > On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:47:48 -0700 > Bob Larkin wrote: > >> In addition, the ALT-F3, ALT-F4 averaging also applies to this >> measurement, so you can adjust the averaging time from 0.6 sec on up. > > > Hi Bob, > > Maybe this relates ? > > Data Record - The logged power data after non-coherent integration can be saved directly to disk. This is toggled on and off by the Alt F command. It is saved to a file called UHFA1.DAT and if the file exists, it is appended to the end of the existing data. The data is time and date stamped for future use. It is not compacted, though and can produce some big files. To reduce the file size increase the non-coherent integration (Alt F4). The beginnings of a companion program EDFILE01.C and EDFILE01.EXE is available. It reads the data file and replays the data allowing additional smoothing as well as Doppler slope correction and various other feaures. EDFILE is not documented except through the C listing, but the program listing comments do much to describe the operation. > From W7CQ at teleport.com Tue Oct 18 19:06:43 2016 From: W7CQ at teleport.com (Jimmy Oldaker W7CQ) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 23:06:43 +0000 Subject: [DSP-10] Manager Testing Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20161018230131.042fb3d8@teleport.com> Hi all. MORE TESTING! Doing some updating of the web information for the reflector. Trying to clean up the mailing list. If you are receiving DSP-10 info and no longer desire it please drop me a line. w7cq at teleport.com Jimmy W7CQ reflector manager for DSP-10 From steveb_75 at ameritech.net Tue Oct 18 19:36:51 2016 From: steveb_75 at ameritech.net (Steve Bunch) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:36:51 -0400 Subject: [DSP-10] Manager Testing In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20161018230131.042fb3d8@teleport.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20161018230131.042fb3d8@teleport.com> Message-ID: <033F01EE-4B91-4CF5-917F-80132AA3B4DB@ameritech.net> Hi, Jimmy, Thanks for maintaining the list! I sold off my DSP-10 a few years ago, so might as well save you the trouble of keeping me on the list. 73, Steve K9SRB > On Oct 18, 2016, at 7:06 PM, Jimmy Oldaker W7CQ wrote: > > Hi all. MORE TESTING! > > Doing some updating of the web information for the reflector. > > Trying to clean up the mailing list. > > If you are receiving DSP-10 info and no longer desire it please drop me a line. > > w7cq at teleport.com > > > Jimmy W7CQ > reflector manager for DSP-10 > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > DSP-10 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From jloldaker at teleport.com Tue Oct 18 21:38:11 2016 From: jloldaker at teleport.com (Jimmy Oldaker) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:38:11 +0000 Subject: [DSP-10] Manager Testing In-Reply-To: <033F01EE-4B91-4CF5-917F-80132AA3B4DB@ameritech.net> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20161018230131.042fb3d8@teleport.com> <033F01EE-4B91-4CF5-917F-80132AA3B4DB@ameritech.net> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20161019013738.0239d8a8@teleport.com> Steve you are removed. Good luck Jimmy W7CQ At 11:36 PM 10/18/2016, you wrote: >Hi, Jimmy, > >Thanks for maintaining the list! > >I sold off my DSP-10 a few years ago, so might as well save you the >trouble of keeping me on the list. > >73, >Steve K9SRB > > > On Oct 18, 2016, at 7:06 PM, Jimmy Oldaker W7CQ wrote: > > > > Hi all. MORE TESTING! > > > > Doing some updating of the web information for the reflector. > > > > Trying to clean up the mailing list. > > > > If you are receiving DSP-10 info and no longer desire it please > drop me a line. > > > > w7cq at teleport.com > > > > > > Jimmy W7CQ > > reflector manager for DSP-10 > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > DSP-10 mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >______________________________________________________________ >DSP-10 mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From courtney.duncan.n5bf at gmail.com Mon Oct 31 23:58:43 2016 From: courtney.duncan.n5bf at gmail.com (Courtney Duncan) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 20:58:43 -0700 Subject: [DSP-10] Sun Noise Measurement In-Reply-To: <6db7eba4-853d-6646-1397-21495278cc7b@proaxis.com> References: <6db7eba4-853d-6646-1397-21495278cc7b@proaxis.com> Message-ID: <6CE02719-4EB1-418A-A258-CB5BEB5DCD29@gmail.com> Hi Bob and Mike, Yes, I plan to use this method next try. Also, several have suggested that I should get the coldest visible place on the sky to work from, something which I hadn?t been careful enough about before. I used the Alt-F data in my 10,000 second EME2 analysis for my 2006 AMSAT Symposium paper so I?m pretty familiar with the EME2 version anyway. I may have reverse engineered it at the time. I?ll look around and see if I can find that MUD paper. Thanks for the help, 73, Courtney, N5BF > On Oct 15, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Bob Larkin wrote: > > Hi Courtney, > > Great to hear from you. As for the measurements, what you are doing should be valid. The number in the corner is the sum of the powers in the DFT bins, converted to dB after adding. > > But, there is provision to do better. In the FM mode (of all things) the s-meter reading is the average noise power in the 12 kHz bandwidth. In addition, the ALT-F3, ALT-F4 averaging also applies to this measurement, so you can adjust the averaging time from 0.6 sec on up. This is block averaging over the chosen time interval. Because of this "instrumentation" use, the s-meter changes to show the dBm power to 3 decimal places. This is generally excessive, but might be useful. See, also, > http://www.proaxis.com/%7Ekd7ts/v396/1CH1.HTM#sun_noise > > The ALT-F data record in FM is different, and has several data items useful for this kind of measurement. I can't find where we wrote that data format down. Am I missing it? > > Finally, I did a paper at the 2003 Microwave Update on Sun-Quiet Sky-Earth noise measurements that has some comments on noise pickup. I will see if I can get permission to post it. It tries to summarize the general art of such measurements, and also adds info on using the three measurements to estimate both receiver noise figure and antenna gain. I think some of that relates to what you are doing. > > 73, Bob W7PUA > > > ______________________________________________________________ > DSP-10 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dsp-10 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DSP-10 at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html