Well to muddy the waters more, my not so great memory from
1960-ish, it was mark low for both AFSK for VHF AM/FM and HF. My
reasoning for that is that "we" started out switching in a
capacitor to lower the frequency -- closed keyboard contacts --
cap switched in -- lower the frequency. That's pretty much how I
remember modifying a surplus HF transceiver for Army Mars
participation. (man that was a heavy beast and I put casters on
the separate PS so I could move it).
--- ---- You said "tomorrow" yesterday. The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk. John, W9DDD
I have read how ham RTTY evolved based on the simple LSMFT technique for FSK, tones for VHF AM, and then LSB operation.
But my question is focused on military/commercial practice, initially FSK shifted up/down from a center freq. Post-WW2, the military converted existing CW (and on-off RATT) transmitters to true FSK with add-on converters. New transmitters also used the same scheme, a master oscillator followed by a 200kc section that shifted up-down from that center. Operation was evidently mark-high.
So why the later change to mark-low?? What possible benefits offset the disruption to existing networks?
Yes military gear is often USB only. But that’s no reason to change to mark-low. It is just a simple matter of choosing the right tone pair for the AFSK keyer. What’s the big deal? Surely it wasn’t because the military just copied TU plans from RTTY Journal?
Nick, still mystified.
p.s. at some point as the military moved from FSK to USB AFSK they shifted from 2500Hz tone center to 2000Hz center. I’m guessing probably because 2925 was getting knocked down by the voice passband filtering?--
On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 8:52 PM Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, November 20, 2022 3:52 pm, Nick England wrote:
> Evidently, earlier military HF radioteletype (RATT) transmitters were
> designed to produce mark high. Later military gear produces mark low. When
> and why did this change occur? It is a puzzlement to me that anyone would
> have created such confusion on purpose. Nets would have been a nightmare.
> Note- I am talking about the RF frequency being low or high.
> Cheers
> Nick
> --
Interesting question. Back in the 1960s, I learned LSMFT (low space makes
fine teletype). Back then, we would FSK the transmitter directly shifting
the frequency low for space. We received with an LSB receiver so space was
the high tone. I think a lot of commerical and military equipment only
runs USB, so with audio space high, space ended up high on RF. Note, for
example, the SEA 245 ( https://w6iwi.org/SEA245/SEA_245.pdf ) that I use.
In normal maritime mode, it only supports USB. It does have an amateur
mode that adds LSB.
That is my GUESS, but I would be interested in hearing the actual history.
Harold
https://w6iwi.org
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