Re: [wsjt-devel] Specification for side band attenuation

2018-12-07 Thread Joe Taylor
Hi Simon, Richard, and all, As Bill stated, the phase of an FT8 signal is continuous. The first derivative of phase (i.e., the frequency) has discontinuous steps at symbol boundaries. The attached plot shows the average spectrum of ten simulated FT8 signals carrying different messages. Sma

Re: [wsjt-devel] Specification for side band attenuation

2018-12-07 Thread Simon
Afer performing web info list of "good" adjustments, how can i verify that it is performing as "practically should be", not absolute perfect. 1. I checked the audio in wsjtx spectrum. What "click" on the slider is how many dB per division? 2. For local transmission to dummy load and received 3 fo

Re: [wsjt-devel] Specification for side band attenuation

2018-12-07 Thread Bill Somerville
On 07/12/2018 12:29, Richard Lamont wrote: FT8 does not use Gaussian keying. Instead, the tone frequency is switched instantaneously at a zero-crossing point. This produces a wideband transient between symbols. It's comparable to frequency modulating a carrier with a square wave. There's also a

Re: [wsjt-devel] Specification for side band attenuation

2018-12-07 Thread Richard Lamont
On 07/12/2018 02:46, Simon wrote: > What is the guideline or specification for audio frequency signal > attenuation outside of the 50Hz (plus and minus 25 Hz from centre) band > width?   > > For example, signal should be x dB below carrier, at frequency plus > and minus 50 Hz from centre? In