Write-Log, Binary Phase Shift

Keying (PSK31), Digital

Panoramic Tuning (DigiPan)
an !aio Set-"#$
Write-Log
%lic& her to o#en this 'o($
Set the fre)uency an moe
'efore o#erating$
%lic& *SK for PSK-31 %ontacts$
Please try not to forget to a+oi
unnecessary eiting$

Write-Log
Super Check Partial
,nter %all, -#erating %lass an Section$
Ta' o+er 'y using S#ace Bar
%lic& %ontest
then
.ulti#liers
%lic& Wino/
then
Su#er %hec& Partial
01lt W2 %lears this entire ro/$ Left, !ight 1rro/s an Bac&s#ace allo/s for eiting$
%lic& Wino/
then
Ban Summary$
3et/or&ing /ill
is#lay all
Stations$
Logge Stations
What is PSK314
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PSK31 /as e+elo#e 'y Peter .artine6 (73PL8) an
introuce to the amateur community in Decem'er 199:$
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PSK31 /as also &no/n as ;aricoe .oe (;aria'le
3um'er of Bits)
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*rom the #ers#ecti+e of the transmitter, this amounts to
little more than some'oy /histling into the micro#hone$
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PSK31 ra#ily shifts the #hase of the auio signal
'et/een t/o states$ These shifts ser+e the same function
as t/o *SK tones traitionally use 'y !TT<$ Instead
of shifting frequency were shifting phase.
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PSK31=s 'an/ith of 31$>? @6 /as chosen 'ecause a
normal ty#ing s#ee of a'out ?A /ors #er minute
re)uires a 'it rate of a'out 3> 'its #er secon (1BitB@6)$
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PSK31Cs 31$>? @6 can 'e eri+e from the : K@6 sam#le
rate use 'y the DSP chi#s in com#uter soun cars
What is PSK314
BDT ;alue 1mount of
Shift
Degrees of
Shift
A 3one A
A
1 1B> 1:A
A
*re)uency Domain
Time Domain
PSK 31 +s$ !TT<
5 The chart at the right sho/s
the BDT ,rror !ate (B,!) as a
function of Signal-to-3oise
ratio in a noiseless
en+ironment$
5 3oteE B,! is the num'er of BDTCs
recei+e in error$ *or e(am#le, a
B,! of 10
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is 1 erroneous BDT
recei+e in error out of 1AA,AAA$
5 *or Signal-to-3oise (SB3)
ratios greater than 1A B,
PSK-31 is +irtually error free$
5 SB3F1ALog(Po/er of the Signal G
Po/er of the 3oise)$ Dn other
terms, if the noise le+el is 1u;
then you nee 3$1Hu; for 1AB
SB3
5 1t #oor SB3 ratios the B,! of
PSK-31 is fi+e times 'etter
than !TT<
5 3ote the cur+e that re#resents
IPSK-31$
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PSK-31
PSK31 - !eal Worl Performance
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The #o/er in a PSK-31 signal is concentrate in a 31$>?
@6 'an/ith +ersus >?A @6 (BW not fre)uency shift) for
!TT< an 33AA @6 for SSB$
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1ssuming 1AA /atts of transmit #o/er, the PSK-31
signal has 3$> /attsB@6 +s$ 3AmWB@6 for SSB$
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Df a signal #ro+ies >A B SB3 ratio at the recei+er using
SSB, the same SB3 ratio is achie+e /ith :W using
!TT< an only 1 using PSK-31J
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Lo/er %ase characters are more efficient than u##er
case ue to ;aricoe (not to 'e confuse /ith 1S%DD or
Binary coe)$ PSK31 characters contain a +aria'le
num'er of 'its$
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Lo/er-case PSK31 characters ha+e fe/er 'its than their
u##er-case e)ui+alents, so lo/er-case te(t transmits
faster an ecoes 'etter
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*or e(am#le, the letter 0a2 has the ;aricoe 1A11$ The
ca#ital letter 0!2 has a ;aricoe of 11111A1$
K The letter 0a2 has four BDTCs
*<DE The 'etter alternati+e
IPSK31
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IPSK31 has *,% con+olutional coeL lo/ers
the num'er of errors
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*or/ar ,rror %orrection (*,%) is /hen
reunant ata is sent 9A
A
out of #hase /ith the
#rimary ata stream$
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1 ;iter'i Decoer ecoes the 'it stream an
estimates li&elihoo the ata is correct or not$ Df
not it corrects the error$
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"ner +ery #oor #ro#agation conitions (li&e
no/)L 1 out of ? PSK-31 characters get thru
com#are to 1 out of > IPSK-31 characters$
DigiPan K Signal %hannel
!ight %lic& to #ut
cursor on the signal
you /ant to
recei+e$
This is the
Transmit Wino/
This is the
!ecei+e
Wino/
DigiPan K .ultichannel
%I
%lic& %all
7oes here
"! ##$
Preset *D
.acro=s
D.D
!aio Set "#
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PSK-31 is a 1AAM uty cycle moe$ *or all raioCs
reuce #o/er 'y ?AM
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Turn 1uio %om#ression -**
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With .D% 7ain +ery lo/ an #o/er +ery lo/ clic& TB!
'utton on DigiPan to Transmit
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1Nust .D% gain so 1L% has little or no neele mo+ement
K This is to #re+ent Dnter-.oulation Distortion from 'eing transmitte$
Digital /a+eforms inherently #rouce D.DCs$
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1Nust #o/er to O?AW (ty#ical)$
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!e-aNust .D% gain for little or no 1L% neele mo+ement
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!e-aNust #o/er out#ut$
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%lic& TB! again to go 'ac& to !ecei+e
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<ou can o#erate any moe that you #leaseL SSB, %W or
PSK-31$ 1ll three @* stations /ill ha+e full three moe
ca#a'ility$
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Df you onCt &no/ 1SKJJJ DonCt guessJJJ