On 7/27/2024 8:26 PM, Glenn Williams AF8C via wsjt-devel wrote:
I previously asked for the tone frequencies and received no answer.
So today I calculated them using this existing email.

Using this email and the quotations:

"at audio tone frequency 750 Hz and 127 polar code symbols at tone frequencies 750 Hz +  n*11.71875 Hz, where n is in the range 1-128"

"the 1512 Hz bandwidth of the SuperFox signal"

"the SuperFox signal (750 Hz - 2262 Hz audio) "

Is "and 127 polar code symbols"  a typo?

No, not a typo.  The Q-ary polar code has parameters (n,k) = (127,50).

        -- Joe, K1JT

A bit of arithmetic was used in a spreadsheet.
 From the spreadsheet:
----------------------------------
SUPERFOX FREQUENCIES

Stated Bandwidth    1512    750 + 1512 =     ~2262
Slot width    11.71875
Beginning of tones    750
End of tones     ~2262
Try every n from 0 to 128
          n*width    Left Edge to    Right Edge
0    0        750    to    761.71875
1    11.71875    761.71875    to    773.4375
2    23.4375    773.4375    to    785.15625
...
...
126    1476.5625    2226.5625    to    2238.28125
127    1488.28125    2238.28125    to    2250
128    1500    2250    to    2261.71875     ~2262

     Uses n=128    tone slots
     and slot 0 i.e. 750 Hz
-----------------------------------------------

On 7/23/2024 12:16 PM, Steven Franke via wsjt-devel wrote:
On Jul 23, 2024, at 10:41 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:

Was looking at this example SuperFox transmission using Audacity

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/stohwy3veidevmwr4j517/240605_181330.wav?rlkey=85h1c9riskq1mmbqzex9hpov3&dl=1
 
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/stohwy3veidevmwr4j517/240605_181330.wav?rlkey=85h1c9riskq1mmbqzex9hpov3&dl=1>

It looks like there is amplitude modulation going on which would seem to be undesirable. For example, analyzing this one section there is a 1697Hz signal. But if the amplitude drops the SNR will drop too limiting the decoding ability.
Is amplitude modulation part of the Q-ary polar code?

The SuperFox audio waveform produced by WSJT-X is a constant-envelope Gaussian frequency shift keyed (GFSK) signal with bandwidth-time product BT=8.  The GFSK waveform includes 24 sync symbols at audio tone frequency 750 Hz and 127 polar code symbols at tone frequencies 750 Hz + n*11.71875 Hz, where n is in the range 1-128.

If the transmitter’s upper-sideband audio-to-RF frequency response is flat over the bandwidth of the SuperFox signal (750 Hz - 2262 Hz audio) then the transmitted signal will also have constant envelope. What you are seeing in the example that you posted is the result of frequency-selective fading, i.e. the propagation channel’s frequency response is not flat over the 1512 Hz bandwidth of the SuperFox signal. Most signals will exhibit this effect so some extent.

Steve K9AN


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