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- 24847 PN 2477 KA9SCF WB9MJN --- 921009 56 KB...
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- Hi, To do 56 kb in the legal spectrum permitted by the FCC on 220 , and
- 440, a special kinda modulation is required. It s called MSK for medium
- shift keying, or sometimes FFSK for fast FSK. This is what a WA4DSY modem
- is all about. To achieve the narrow enuf spectrum, which fits in a 100 Kc
- channel, and is about 60 KC wide at -10 dB, a Inphase, and Quadurature
- modulators are used, in the 30 Mhz range. The outputs of these modulators
- is combineed, to generate the modulation. Each modulator is driven by
- a digital function generator. Sound allot like a phasin SSB modulator?
- Yes, it is, except the waveform applied to the modulators is derived from
- a PROM lookup table, instead of voice.
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- The WA4DSY modem kit costs 250 dollars. That puts out a signal around 30
- Mhz. Then the signal has to be translated to 220 or 440. That usually takes
- a 300 to 400 dollar transverter. Thats the radio side of things. To do
- 56 KB packet, u need a controller that can go that fast. TNC2 s can t,
- even tho they were used in the early testing of the WA4DSY modem, and there
- is a KISS56 prom image that comes along with the modem. DMA cards available
- from Gracillis, or the Ottawa Ontario Canada packet club are probably the
- most appropriate for the user station. These are around 200 to 250. The
- PacketTEN was developed initially for our Cellnet project. It has 3 ports
- that can do 56 KB. Actually allot faster, but the three fast ports can
- handle 56 KB all simultaneously, full duplex, no problem. It s around
- 1000 dollars.
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- So, yes, the stuff is expensive. Probably the minimal station , providing
- u have an AT already, is 800 dollars. And u have to build up and package
- the modem, urself.
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- At this point in time, there is no 56 KB user support access in the area.
- There are no plans for it either. There are a few people expermimenting
- with simplex 56 KB stations, but not in a very active manner. The one
- link, the CELLNET prototype would be jammed if users tried to access it,
- since its full duplex. That s part of the CELLNET idea. Being full duplex,
- it can t be used for access, at least not legally. Since transmitting on-
- top of one of the active channels, that run all the time while in use, is
- an act of malicious interferance.
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- 73, Don.
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