Re: [Elecraft] Technical question on keying of an SDR radio

2019-04-09 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
And  some of today's software applications {HRD}  have provision for MCW.  One must be careful how the interface between the computer and radio is constructed so as not to have anything in the audio path which would contribute to less than a pure sinewave signal.    Actually this is exactly

Re: [Elecraft] Technical question on keying of an SDR radio

2019-04-09 Thread Fred Jensen
A technique pioneered by Art Collins many years ago in the KWM2 and S-line. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 4/9/2019 3:08 AM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote: Oh no! NOW you tell me that all these years that I have believed that I have been operating CW, it's really SSB!

Re: [Elecraft] Technical question on keying of an SDR radio

2019-04-09 Thread EricJ
Not to worry, Victor. The really important part of generating and demodulating CW happens in your head. Eric KE6US On 4/9/2019 3:08 AM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote: Oh no! NOW you tell me that all these years that I have believed that I have been operating CW, it's really SSB! (Disclaimer

Re: [Elecraft] Technical question on keying of an SDR radio

2019-04-09 Thread Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
Oh no! NOW you tell me that all these years that I have believed that I have been operating CW, it's really SSB! (Disclaimer to avoid the otherwise inevitable explanations that a pure audio tone transmitted via SSB is identical with CW: I know that). 73, Victor, 4X6GP Rehovot, Israel

Re: [Elecraft] Technical question on keying of an SDR radio

2019-04-08 Thread Phil Hystad via Elecraft
Wayne, Thanks for the explanation. I should have realized that it might have been documented. My question was prompted by the appearance of a question posted to the "ham radio" formum of Stack Exhange on-line. The OP (original post) of the question mentioned looking at a 1976 ARRL Handbook

Re: [Elecraft] Technical question on keying of an SDR radio

2019-04-07 Thread Wayne Burdick
By the way, a similar explanation can be found in the Theory of Operation section of any of our transceiver manuals. Wayne N6KR > On Apr 7, 2019, at 9:58 PM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft > wrote: > > If you look at various old circuit diagrams of ancient radios made from > electronic circuits

Re: [Elecraft] Technical question on keying of an SDR radio

2019-04-07 Thread Wayne Burdick
Hi Phil, In the K2 the sidetone starts off as a squarewave created by the microcontroller. This is then shaped and injected into the AF amplifier. The sidetone is turned on/off at the same time as the carrier, which is generated by the LO (PLL synth) mixing with a gated TX BFO signal. In our

[Elecraft] Technical question on keying of an SDR radio

2019-04-07 Thread Phil Hystad via Elecraft
If you look at various old circuit diagrams of ancient radios made from electronic circuits you find that the telegraph keying for the radio involves switching on and off the driving oscillator frequency or something similar. However, with an SDR, you have other options and I have no idea how