[digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread g4ilo
Is the random or pseudo-random manner of generating the tones or carriers an 
essential element of spread-spectrum? If so, and if the aim of using such a 
method is not to obfuscate the message but only to provide better immunity to 
interference and path variations, would you be any worse off using a repeated 
pattern of tones instead of a pseudo-randomly generated one? And if you did 
that, would it still be spread-spectrum?

Julian, G4ILO

--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, KH6TY kh...@... wrote:

 I can't fathom the reason for doing that, but if the tone frequencies 
 are pseudo-randomly generated and then modulated by either on/off keying 
 or some other way, you will have a spread spectrum system, similar to 
 what is done in the ROS 2200 Hz-wide modes. The tones in a ssb 
 transmitter simply generate rf carriers, so varying the tone frequencies 
 is no different than varying a vfo frequency as far as the outside world 
 sees. The distinction in spread spectrum is the generation of the tone 
 frequencies independently of the data. I.e., you first generate a tone 
 frequency in a psudo-random manner and then convey intelligence by 
 modulating the resulting rf carriers.
 
 73 - Skip KH6TY




Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread KH6TY
The difference between spread spectrum and other systems is the 
pseudo-random generating of the frequencies and not frequencies 
determined by the data. It was originally done to prevent decoding 
without the synchronization code. It is only disallowed under FCC 
regulations on that basis. SSB also uses frequency spreading as has 
already been noted, but the frequencies are determined by the code. That 
is why there is no reason not to allow ROS except that technically the 
frequencies are independently determined by pseudo-random code 
generator. Modify the regulations to limit the bandwidth and require 
third-party monitoring and ROS would be legal, but as the regulations 
stand, rightly or wrongly, we are required to abide by them. The 
petition process with public comment prevents harmful emissions from 
being used.


Glad we are at the point you wanted to make. I have spent much to much 
time on this FHSS vs regulations issue, so I have to go on to something 
else now. The FCC has spoken, and correctly so, and if anyone wants to 
petition to change the regulations, they can do so.


73 - Skip KH6TY




rein...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
 


Hi Skip,

Thanks, we have arrived at the point I wanted to get to,

So lets go a little further on this path, suppose I changed the
tones in a not so random fashion. Like I had a way to generate
tones as I do when I speak or make music or like some of those 
synthesizers

or whatever they are, do not know the details exactly, but they
generate tones that make up language that it understandable, with training
would that be spread spectrum?

You say varying the tones is the same as varying the VFO to the
outside world, is that science?

Would it make a difference if feed the balance modulator with 100 Hz
or 2500 Hz. lets switch between to tunes, teletype, is that SS?

If I produce speech it is speech if the tones do not form speech, it
is ss modulation?

Are you seeing that SSB is SS? as A kid I use to build oscillators
I could speak to them, and they would swing, and could hear speach
in a radio, unstability or FM , SS?

Lets get to the core is WSJT spread spectrum and please explain to me
why. I just do not seem to get it... Explain me the physics of it. please

I just like to understand this.

73 Rein W6SZ

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From: KH6TY kh...@comcast.net mailto:kh6ty%40comcast.net
Sent: Mar 9, 2010 7:04 PM
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

I can't fathom the reason for doing that, but if the tone frequencies
are pseudo-randomly generated and then modulated by either on/off keying
or some other way, you will have a spread spectrum system, similar to
what is done in the ROS 2200 Hz-wide modes. The tones in a ssb
transmitter simply generate rf carriers, so varying the tone frequencies
is no different than varying a vfo frequency as far as the outside world
sees. The distinction in spread spectrum is the generation of the tone
frequencies independently of the data. I.e., you first generate a tone
frequency in a psudo-random manner and then convey intelligence by
modulating the resulting rf carriers.

73 - Skip KH6TY




Ralph Mowery wrote:



 Correct but you still have not answered my question. Indeed If I
 use one tone and key it on / off I have a cw transmitter, transmitting
 on the VJO frequebcy = or - the audio frequency.

 What do I have if I just change the tones in a random fashion?

 73 Rein W6SZ

 If a total random fashion, then you have a bunch of junk. It will
 not convey any useful information and probably illeagle in the ham 
bands.


 There must be order to it to convey any useful information.






[digitalradio] Re: 1976 FCC - Delete all Emission Types from Part 97

2010-03-10 Thread la7um
Excactly!. But this also is an inherent possiblility/advantage running PACTOR 
1, in FSK mode both ARQ and PACTOR FEC mode.

And the Fec mode, defaulted with 2 repeats, can at the cost of speed be 
increased to 5 to increase robustnes.

An extra advantage is fully 8bit information both in ARQ and Fec modes.

The special IC 706 350hz narrow filter proved to be ideal for the porpose, even 
running  300baud GTOR FSK. I was surprised, testing both 500hz and 350hz. But 
of course you needed to be right on target.

WHY HASNT THIS BEEN USED MORE ALL THESE YEARS before you could move filters 
around in LSB and USB modes?

Just a question.
73 de la7um Finn  

--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Dave AA6YQ aa...@... wrote:

 The advantage of using FSK is that one can take advantage of the excellent
 RTTY filters built into some transceivers. These filters are generally not
 available when operating in USB/LSB. This is particularly important to
 contesters operating in a crowded environment and DXers dealing with weak
 signals.
 
  
 
 73,
 
  
 
 Dave, 8P9RY
 
  
 
 From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On
 Behalf Of g4ilo
 Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:54 PM
 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [digitalradio] Re: 1976 FCC - Delete all Emission Types from Part
 97
 
  
 
   
 
 It also doesn't suffer from the ridiculous printing up garbage because a
 shift character was lost. If there ever was an outdated mode, it's RTTY.
 
 Unfortunately logic or technical arguments play very little part in the
 reason why people choose to use particular modes. Many RTTY operators insist
 on actually FSK-ing their radios instead of using AFSK, even though it means
 they have to accurately tune in every signal instead of just clicking on a
 waterfall, which would surely be quicker.
 
 Julian, G4ILO
 
 --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com
 , KH6TY kh6ty@ wrote:
 
  The hope was that PSK63 could replace RTTY, being both spectrally more 
  efficient, and more usable for a panoramic presentation for contesters 
  to see who is on the band, but it never came about. Too bad, I think, 
  because it would help reduce congestion during contests. PSK63's overall 
  time to complete an exchange is roughly equal to RTTY (twice as fast as 
  PSK31), which is considered too slow for RTTY contesting, but I don't 
  understand why it has not been adopted. I even wrote an article on PSK63 
  for the National Contest Journal, but there appeared to be little 
  interest and few comments.
  
  73 - Skip KH6TY
 





[digitalradio] Content vs Mode Re: 1976 FCC - Delete all Emission Types from Part 97

2010-03-10 Thread expeditionradio
Mode is not equivalent to emission type, 
Phone is not a mode.
Phone is not an emission type.

Content is what the emission contains or what 
is carried by the emission. 

Content can often be part of the emission type, 
but not always.
 
Sub-bands are demarcated primarily by content, 
not substantially by mode or bandwidth. Bandwidth 
has very little to do with the demarcation of HF sub-bands.

A mode, such as AM or FSK or FM can easily contain  
or carry voice or image or text or data as its 
content... even simultaneously!

However, the FCC rules demarcate the sub-bands by 
content, so ye shalt not allow any text to be 
contained in your AM or FSK or FM mode transmission 
while in the phone/image sub-band (with few exceptions). 

Bonnie Crystal KQ6XA

--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, KH6TY kh...@... wrote:

 No, not by content, except for unallowed transmission 
 of music, pornography, business communications, etc., 
 there is no regulation by content.  
 73 - Skip KH6TY 



[digitalradio] 80M RS ID Usage..survey

2010-03-10 Thread Andy obrien
Another survey of RS ID usage, this time on 80M. This was unattended
monitoring, I suspect the RS IDs were not from numerous stations.


14  MT63-500-LG
13  BPSK250
4OLIVIA-8-500
2OLIVIA-4-500
1BPSK31

Ideally, it would be  useful to know how may transmissions were made
that did not involve RS-ID . so we can get a measure of the RS ID
prevalence .  It would be useful to also know the callsign of the
station that used the RS-ID , but I am not sure if this is possible in
Multipsk in SDR mode, or not.  I may also not be realistic in my
thought that there should be lots of non-PSK31/RTTY digital signals
to listen to on any given day.  This unscientific band survey might
indicate that over a two period on 80M, there are only 3-4 stations
active using non-RTTY/PSK31 modes (also excluding JT65A and ALE).

Andy K3UK


05:41:56 UTC BPSK31  7.0221 M
05:07:55 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
04:56:49 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:55:13 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:52:00 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:51:20 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:50:24 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:49:44 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:47:12 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:47:00 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
04:44:55 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:42:23 UTC OLIVIA-4-5007.0230 M
04:41:52 UTC OLIVIA-4-5007.0230 M
04:39:56 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:39:16 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:38:20 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:37:40 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:36:44 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:36:04 UTC MT63-500-LG 7.0230 M
04:14:08 UTC OLIVIA-8-5007.0240 M
04:09:24 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
04:03:07 UTC OLIVIA-8-5007.0240 M
04:02:14 UTC OLIVIA-8-5007.0240 M
03:46:36 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
03:40:45 UTC OLIVIA-8-5007.0240 M
03:35:22 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
03:34:52 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
03:34:43 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
03:33:24 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
03:31:49 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
03:06:53 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
03:06:38 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
03:06:24 UTC BPSK250 7.0280 M
02:57:33 UTC OLIVIA-8-5007.0240 M


Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread KH6TY

Julian,

By definition, it is SS if the pattern is independently generated from 
the data. The original intent of FHSS was to make third-party decoding 
impossible without knowledge of the code that generated the tones or 
carriers. FCC rules disallow encryption because we are required to 
police the bands ourselves. As long as there is not a pattern to the 
frequencies generated, that is independent of the data, one of the 
necessary and sufficient conditions to qualify as FHSS is missing. 
However, in the case of ROS, the repeated pattern is not there, so, 
until the regulations are changed, ROS is illegal FHSS, even though the 
spreading is limited and capable of third-party monitoring. That is a 
result of a historical attempt to prevent encryption, but this can 
probably be changed through the petition process with public comment. 
Until then, hams in the US have no choice but to abide by the 
regulations as written.


In the author's own words, three necessary and sufficient elements make 
it SS, and a search of the literature says the same:


1. The signal occupies a bandwidth much in excess of the minimum 
bandwidth necessary to send the information.
2. Spreading is accomplished by means of a spreading signal, often 
called a code signal, which is independent of the data.
3. At the receiver, despreading (recovering the original data) is 
accomplished by the correlation of the received spread signal with a 
synchronized replica of the spreading signal used to spread the information.


The operative phase here is independent of the data.

It is just unfortunate that the FCC regulations, as currently written, 
do not allow ROS on HF and that they really need to be updated. Note 
that SS is already permittted above 222 MHz, where there is plenty of 
space to use for spreading that does not exist on HF. In fact, the 
encryption aspect is not even mentioned, except in other parts of the 
regulations disallowing encryption. The regulations were obviously 
written to prevent extremely wide SS signals from interfering with other 
users. Since ROS is no wider than a phone signal, there is no reason the 
regulations should not be modified to allow it (perhaps with other 
necessary limitations), but until then, and right now, ROS is illegal 
below 222 Mhz. It is that simple!



Compare the repeated pattern of MFSK64 to the random pattern of ROS as 
data is applied. Substituting a 2- page technical description which is 
COMPLETELY different from the 7-page description of ROS as FHSS in an 
obvious attempt to circumvent FCC regulations is simply not believable, 
as an apparent twisting of the FCC's statement of illegality was 
apparently not true either. Which version is to be believed? Well, we 
don't need to decide that, and you apparently cannot believe anything 
the author claims since he keeps claiming something else! Anyone, 
including the FCC, can simply observe the differences in the spectral 
footprint of each, which is plainly shown here in a comparison of MFSK64 
and ROS 1 baud at 2200 Hz width:


http://home.comcast.net/~hteller/compare.zip

Note how the repetitive sending of data () does not result in 
any repetitive pattern on ROS, but it does in MFSK64, and MFSK64 idles 
with a repeated pattern, but ROS does not. The ROS tones are obviously 
not determined by the data and are also pseudo-randomly generated - 
definitely FHSS.


The FCC regulations describe permitted and not permitted (i.e. SS and 
others) emissions. They could care less about what a mode is called or 
how it is described by someone, because in the final analysis, we are 
required to maintain our EMISSIONS per the regulations, or have the 
regulations changed through the petition and public comment process.


Had the author not tried so hard to convince everyone that ROS was 
Spread Spectrum, this debate would probably never have occurred. It was 
the term, Spread Spectrum that raised red flags among US hams who are 
knowledgeable of the regulations we operate under, and they were right 
in realizing that, as a result, ROS is illegal on HF unless the 
regulations are changed. The FCC then confirmed that through the ARRL.


73 - Skip KH6TY




g4ilo wrote:
 

Is the random or pseudo-random manner of generating the tones or 
carriers an essential element of spread-spectrum? If so, and if the 
aim of using such a method is not to obfuscate the message but only to 
provide better immunity to interference and path variations, would you 
be any worse off using a repeated pattern of tones instead of a 
pseudo-randomly generated one? And if you did that, would it still be 
spread-spectrum?


Julian, G4ILO

--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com 
mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, KH6TY kh...@... wrote:


 I can't fathom the reason for doing that, but if the tone frequencies
 are pseudo-randomly generated and then modulated by either on/off 
keying

 or some other way, you will have a spread spectrum system, similar to
 what is 

[digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread g4ilo
Skip.

Thank you for the comprehensive explanation. I understand why ROS is illegal 
under your rules.

The point of my question was, if FHSS is illegal, why not simply modify the 
mode (which after all is experimental and does not have a large number of 
users) to use a non random way of generating the tones? Instead of rewriting 
the description to falsely claim ROS is not SS, why could he not have changed 
the mode so that it really was not SS?

What does ROS gain by using SS over another mode that carries the same amount 
of data at the same speed using the same bandwidth and the same number of tones 
but uses an entirely predictable method of modulation?

Julian, G4ILO

--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, KH6TY kh...@... wrote:

 Julian,
 
 By definition, it is SS if the pattern is independently generated from 
 the data. The original intent of FHSS was to make third-party decoding 
 impossible without knowledge of the code that generated the tones or 
 carriers. FCC rules disallow encryption because we are required to 
 police the bands ourselves. As long as there is not a pattern to the 
 frequencies generated, that is independent of the data, one of the 
 necessary and sufficient conditions to qualify as FHSS is missing. 
 However, in the case of ROS, the repeated pattern is not there, so, 
 until the regulations are changed, ROS is illegal FHSS, even though the 
 spreading is limited and capable of third-party monitoring. That is a 
 result of a historical attempt to prevent encryption, but this can 
 probably be changed through the petition process with public comment. 
 Until then, hams in the US have no choice but to abide by the 
 regulations as written.
 
 In the author's own words, three necessary and sufficient elements make 
 it SS, and a search of the literature says the same:
 
 1. The signal occupies a bandwidth much in excess of the minimum 
 bandwidth necessary to send the information.
 2. Spreading is accomplished by means of a spreading signal, often 
 called a code signal, which is independent of the data.
 3. At the receiver, despreading (recovering the original data) is 
 accomplished by the correlation of the received spread signal with a 
 synchronized replica of the spreading signal used to spread the information.
 
 The operative phase here is independent of the data.
 




Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread KH6TY
He did, I guess, when he added a 500Hz-wide mode. The footprint of that 
mode indicates it is probably FSK as he tried to claim for the 2200 
Hz-wide mode. He says he submitted a technical description to the FCC 
but will not release it until he gets an OK. Don't know what to believe 
from him these days, though!


A further problem is the the new mode is included under the ROS name, 
and the 2200Hz-wide mode still looks like spread spectrum, unchanged 
from earlier. So if the FCC approves ROS on the basis of the new 500 
Hz-wide mode, operators may think the 2200Hz-wide mode is now legal also.


Still not a good situation!

73 - Skip KH6TY




g4ilo wrote:
 


Skip.

Thank you for the comprehensive explanation. I understand why ROS is 
illegal under your rules.


The point of my question was, if FHSS is illegal, why not simply 
modify the mode (which after all is experimental and does not have a 
large number of users) to use a non random way of generating the 
tones? Instead of rewriting the description to falsely claim ROS is 
not SS, why could he not have changed the mode so that it really was 
not SS?


What does ROS gain by using SS over another mode that carries the same 
amount of data at the same speed using the same bandwidth and the same 
number of tones but uses an entirely predictable method of modulation?


Julian, G4ILO

--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com 
mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com, KH6TY kh...@... wrote:


 Julian,

 By definition, it is SS if the pattern is independently generated 
from

 the data. The original intent of FHSS was to make third-party decoding
 impossible without knowledge of the code that generated the tones or
 carriers. FCC rules disallow encryption because we are required to
 police the bands ourselves. As long as there is not a pattern to the
 frequencies generated, that is independent of the data, one of the
 necessary and sufficient conditions to qualify as FHSS is missing.
 However, in the case of ROS, the repeated pattern is not there, so,
 until the regulations are changed, ROS is illegal FHSS, even though the
 spreading is limited and capable of third-party monitoring. That is a
 result of a historical attempt to prevent encryption, but this can
 probably be changed through the petition process with public comment.
 Until then, hams in the US have no choice but to abide by the
 regulations as written.

 In the author's own words, three necessary and sufficient elements make
 it SS, and a search of the literature says the same:

 1. The signal occupies a bandwidth much in excess of the minimum
 bandwidth necessary to send the information.
 2. Spreading is accomplished by means of a spreading signal, often
 called a code signal, which is independent of the data.
 3. At the receiver, despreading (recovering the original data) is
 accomplished by the correlation of the received spread signal with a
 synchronized replica of the spreading signal used to spread the 
information.


 The operative phase here is independent of the data.





Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread Jose A. Amador
El 10/03/2010 7:57, g4ilo escribió:
 What does ROS gain by using SS over another mode that carries the same amount 
 of data at the same speed using the same bandwidth and the same number of 
 tones but uses an entirely predictable method of modulation?

Processing gain. Signals correlated with the hopping sequence add up, 
non correlated signals do not add up.

It does not mean that SS is not a predictable modulation method, you 
just need to know the key, in the USA, the key must be one of a few 
specific codes, and if you don't have the key, security by obscurity 
applies.

73,

Jose, CO2JA






Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread KH6TY

Jose,

If you were going to design a mode that filled 2200 Hz, but did not use 
SS, and was as sensitive as possible in that bandwidth, how would you do 
it? It would have to be highly resistant to fast Doppler shift also, but 
minimum S/N would be the most important parameter, as it would be used 
at UHF. So far, Olivia 16-500 seems to be the best compromise between 
minimum S/N and Doppler shift survival at UHF. The more narrow Olivia 
modes, even though more sensitive, do not decode as well if there is 
noticeable fast Doppler shift, and sometimes, not at all. DominoEx is 
completely destroyed by the Doppler shift and MFSK16 is not tolerant 
enough to drift to be usable at UHF. MT63-2000 covers 2000 Hz, has 
highly redundant FEC, but the minimum S/N is only -2 dB, so that is not 
an alternative.


What I am looking for is a mode that will copy under the visible and 
audible noise on UHF during deep fades, but survives fast Doppler shift. 
Olivia 16-500 makes it down to the noise, but not under, during deep 
fades. CW by ear is just slightly better than Olivia 16-500, and the 
note is very raspy sounding - much like Aurora communications.


Another observation - most stations I copy on ROS 16 are reading a 
metric of -12 dB or greater. Only once have I copied a station (using 1 
baud ROS) that was measuring a metric under -25 dB. Is the ROS metric 
supposed to correlate with the path S/N? I ask this because even the 
weakest ROS tones at 1 baud are still visible on the waterfall, whereas 
weak Olivia 32-1000 signals with a -12 dB minimum S/N stop decoding just 
about the time the tones become hard to see in the noise, but still can 
be heard faintly. It is a long way from even -25 dB S/N to -12 dB S/N, 
so I would expect if the metric is just another way to say S/N, I would 
not be able to see the tones, yet I can, and not only on the ROS 
waterfall, but on the DigiPan waterfall as well.



73 - Skip KH6TY




Jose A. Amador wrote:
 


El 10/03/2010 7:57, g4ilo escribió:
 What does ROS gain by using SS over another mode that carries the 
same amount of data at the same speed using the same bandwidth and the 
same number of tones but uses an entirely predictable method of 
modulation?


Processing gain. Signals correlated with the hopping sequence add up,
non correlated signals do not add up.

It does not mean that SS is not a predictable modulation method, you
just need to know the key, in the USA, the key must be one of a few
specific codes, and if you don't have the key, security by obscurity
applies.

73,

Jose, CO2JA




Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread Jose A. Amador

El 10/03/2010 10:51, KH6TY escribió:


Jose,

If you were going to design a mode that filled 2200 Hz, but did not 
use SS, and was as sensitive as possible in that bandwidth, how would 
you do it? 


Tough question. I believe that on HF the best solution so far is Pactor-III

It would have to be highly resistant to fast Doppler shift also, but 
minimum S/N would be the most important parameter, as it would be used 
at UHF. So far, Olivia 16-500 seems to be the best compromise between 
minimum S/N and Doppler shift survival at UHF. The more narrow Olivia 
modes, even though more sensitive, do not decode as well if there is 
noticeable fast Doppler shift, and sometimes, not at all. 


As you add more tones the bin width reduces. The only hope I see is 
using wide bins to accomodate Doppler, and perhaps, more tones, but that 
is not possible with 3 kHz radios. Perhaps it is a task for some SDR. I 
believe wider modes are not a problem in UHF. It may take more CPU 
power, and higher powered radios for simultaneous tones.


DominoEx is completely destroyed by the Doppler shift 


Doppler is parasitic noise to DominoEx...

and MFSK16 is not tolerant enough to drift to be usable at UHF. 
MT63-2000 covers 2000 Hz, has highly redundant FEC, but the minimum 
S/N is only -2 dB, so that is not an alternative.


Both seem to have been designed for HF, and MT63 seems to require a 
single ray dominant path. At times it works well, but I have not had 
luck with MT63, overall. MT63 has many carriers and narrow bins, not 
good for multipath with doppler.


What I am looking for is a mode that will copy under the visible and 
audible noise on UHF during deep fades, but survives fast Doppler 
shift. Olivia 16-500 makes it down to the noise, but not under, during 
deep fades. CW by ear is just slightly better than Olivia 16-500, and 
the note is very raspy sounding - much like Aurora communications.


But CW requires well trained operators...

There is a paper by Tim Giles about multitone modems for high latitude 
HF paths (PhD publication in Sweden) and he avoided sending  in 
contiguous bins in wide Doppler spread conditions, and reassigned 
contiguous bins on the side to have a wider hat to catch the path 
shifted tones. That sacrifices thruput, but nevertheless, it is 
worthless to push nature. In that case, it is better to become its ally, 
and to me, wider spaced tones and reusing contiguous bins seems a good 
idea. I read it a long time ago and maybe I am not remembering all 
details, but it was interesting enough so I haven't lost the big picture.


The 3 kHz channel limit on HF is a straitjacket that might be avoided on 
VHF - UHF if clear frequencies are available and you need speed.


Another observation - most stations I copy on ROS 16 are reading a 
metric of -12 dB or greater. Only once have I copied a station (using 
1 baud ROS) that was measuring a metric under -25 dB. Is the ROS 
metric supposed to correlate with the path S/N? I ask this because 
even the weakest ROS tones at 1 baud are still visible on the 
waterfall, whereas weak Olivia 32-1000 signals with a -12 dB minimum 
S/N stop decoding just about the time the tones become hard to see in 
the noise, but still can be heard faintly. It is a long way from even 
-25 dB S/N to -12 dB S/N, so I would expect if the metric is just 
another way to say S/N, I would not be able to see the tones, yet I 
can, and not only on the ROS waterfall, but on the DigiPan waterfall 
as well.


I really don't know what does METRIC mean in the ROS case, Skip. I 
really did not pay much attention to it, as most times there was packet 
or pactor QRM, being ROS so wide. What caught my attention is how bad it 
performs under QRM, having seen Olivia 500-16 under similar conditions 
unaffected. I believe I know the reasons, as you may as well know, but 
won't elaborate further about it on this list.


73,

Jose, CO2JA







[digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread graham787


--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Jose A. Amador ama...@... wrote:

 El 10/03/2010 7:57, g4ilo escribió:
  What does ROS gain by using SS over another mode that carries the same 
  amount of data at the same speed using the same bandwidth and the same 
  number of tones but uses an entirely predictable method of modulation?
 
 Processing gain. Signals correlated with the hopping sequence add up, 
 non correlated signals do not add up.
 
 It does not mean that SS is not a predictable modulation method, you 
 just need to know the key, in the USA, the key must be one of a few 
 specific codes, and if you don't have the key, security by obscurity 
 applies.
 
 73,
 
 Jose, CO2JA


 security by obscurity  applies  

Oh gosh , the  Bells  the Bell's egor ... this is quite amazing , a sort of 
Concorde  moment , but this  baby  don't  make loud sonic boom's  ..Eg  from a  
time forgot :- 

''When the US ban on JFK Concorde operations was lifted in February 1977, New 
York banned Concorde locally. The ban came to an end on 17 October 1977 when 
the Supreme Court of the United States declined to overturn a lower court's 
ruling rejecting the Port Authority's efforts to continue the ban (The noise 
report noted that Air Force One, at the time a Boeing 707, was louder than 
Concorde)''


 Yes if the  key gen is  secret, then its a security hazard but as its not  and 
everyone uses the  same thing  .. even the  Bell-ringers  can download it and 
dis assemble it ..  may be the  problem is not  in the  '''Source Code'''  .. 
but  perhaps  in the  ''Source of the Code'' ..  may be he  could  rename it 
H2S  ? 

G .. 




RE: [digitalradio] Higher Data Rates - MIL-ST-188-110C

2010-03-10 Thread Simon HB9DRV
Off the top of my head - you'll be needing a SDR transceiver for that mode Sir?

Simon Brown, HB9DRV
http://sdr-radio.com


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[digitalradio] SS definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Alan Barrow
I'll preface this by saying that I'm not trying to defend or crucify
ROS. But when we are dealing with definitions  the FCC, it's very
important we be clear  accurate on our definitions.

KH6TY wrote:
 By definition, it is SS if the pattern is independently generated
 from the data. 
One test, but not the only test

 The original intent of FHSS was to make third-party decoding
 impossible without knowledge of the code that generated the tones or
 carriers. 
True, emphasis on original intent. There are many, many SS
implementations  usages that are not done to prevent third party
decoding. It's actually a very good way to share spectrum with
dissimilar usages. And nearly all FHSS can be easily decoded independent
of knowing the code now unless the data itself is highly encrypted.
 FCC rules disallow encryption because we are required to police the
 bands ourselves. As long as there is not a pattern to the frequencies
 generated, that is independent of the data, one of the necessary and
 sufficient conditions to qualify as FHSS is missing. 

This is overly simplistic. I have first hand experience with FCC
dealings with regard to code generators used for randomization of
amateur digital signals. All that is required is to make available upon
demand the code sequence. You don't have to offer a decoder, nor do OO's
have to be able to monitor it, etc. Just make the code sequence
available upon request.
 However, in the case of ROS, the repeated pattern is not there, so,
 until the regulations are changed, ROS is illegal FHSS, even though
 the spreading is limited and capable of third-party monitoring.

Sorry, this is overly simplistic. Many US legal codec/modems do not meet
this test. ROS may  or may not be legal, but it's not your repeated test
definition that makes it so.

The most legit issue that technically makes it SS is that a single data
bit is sliced into smaller bits when sent. IE: the code rate is much
greater than the data rate. (which directly correlates with spreading
factor as well).

 That is a result of a historical attempt to prevent encryption, but
 this can probably be changed through the petition process with public
 comment. Until then, hams in the US have no choice but to abide by the
 regulations as written.

First hand experience: It does not take petition with public comment.
Just professional dialog with the FCC, and a willingness to provide
details on the encoding sequence if requested.

 In the author's own words, three necessary and sufficient elements
 make it SS, and a search of the literature says the same:

 1. The signal occupies a bandwidth much in excess of the minimum
 bandwidth necessary to send the information.
 2. Spreading is accomplished by means of a spreading signal, often
 called a code signal, which is independent of the data.
 3. At the receiver, despreading (recovering the original data) is
 accomplished by the correlation of the received spread signal with a
 synchronized replica of the spreading signal used to spread the
 information.

This is close to, but not exactly the ITU (and thus US Federal)
definition of SS. But I agree with you, ROS by the author's description
met the legal definition of SS. But the real question is, should it be
treated the same as traditional SS which normally uses a much larger
(100x or more) spreading factor and thus would negatively impact an
entire HF amateur allocation.

 The operative phase here is independent of the data.
So how bout randomizers used to maximize average power? (used reduce
crest factor).  Viterbi encoders?
 It is just unfortunate that the FCC regulations, as currently written,
 do not allow ROS on HF and that they really need to be updated. Note
 that SS is already permittted above 222 MHz, where there is plenty of
 space to use for spreading that does not exist on HF. In fact, the
 encryption aspect is not even mentioned, except in other parts of the
 regulations disallowing encryption. The regulations were obviously
 written to prevent extremely wide SS signals from interfering with
 other users. Since ROS is no wider than a phone signal, there is no
 reason the regulations should not be modified to allow it (perhaps
 with other necessary limitations), but until then, and right now, ROS
 is illegal below 222 Mhz. It is that simple!


 Compare the repeated pattern of MFSK64 to the random pattern of ROS as
 data is applied. 
Invalid test. Do the same with P3 with compression turned on.


I understand what you are trying to do, and agree with some points. But
also see a very simplistic approach to SS tests that will ultimately
do us a dis-service.

Have fun,

Alan
km4ba


Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread Alan Barrow
Jose A. Amador wrote:
 It does not mean that SS is not a predictable modulation method, you 
 just need to know the key, in the USA, the key must be one of a few 
 specific codes, and if you don't have the key, security by obscurity 
 applies.

   
And the FCC does not consider a code used to create modulation
patterns as encryption as long as that code is available for review upon
demand. Not the program code itself, but the algorithm.

I have stashed away somewhere a copy of the document used for that exact
exercise in the mid-80's with the FCC.

This could be a convolutional code as used in several modems, or a
randomizer, or even one to improve decoding (viterbi).

Another example: One of the gripes about P3 is that it is difficult to
monitor. But that does not make it illegal, as the code algorythm has
been published. Not the trade secret codecs themselves, just the method.
And that's all that's required.

Have fun,

Alan
km4ba




Re: [digitalradio] SS definitions

2010-03-10 Thread KH6TY
Alan, though we may disagree as to the amount or nature of FHSS in ROS, 
the bottom line is that the FCC engineers, as well as the ARRL 
engineers, reviewed both the documentation and the signal footprint, and 
have concluded it is FHSS. While their opinion might be changed through 
dialog, that is unlikely at this point, so the most sure approach is 
just to agree it is FHSS and petition for a variance with necessary 
limitations. It is highly unlikely that the FCC will reverse their 
decision, especially since the author, whom the FCC expected to tell the 
truth, wrote a 9-page paper claiming it was FHSS, titles, INTRODUCTION 
TO ROS: THE SPREAD SPECTRUM. To try to re-characterize it as something 
else in order to get approval puts the credibility of the author in 
serious doubt, especially after the fiasco over the posting of an FCC 
announcement that it was legal that the FCC claims they did not make.


Admit it is FHSS, but petition for a variance or modification of the 
rules to allow it on the basis that it is not harmful to other modes, 
and that will probably be granted. It is too late, and too much dirty 
water has passed under the bridge, to even imagine that any other way 
can be successful.


I think we have beat this horse to death at this point and should move 
on to another topic.


73 - Skip KH6TY




Alan Barrow wrote:
 


I'll preface this by saying that I'm not trying to defend or crucify
ROS. But when we are dealing with definitions  the FCC, it's very
important we be clear  accurate on our definitions.

KH6TY wrote:
 By definition, it is SS if the pattern is independently generated
 from the data.
One test, but not the only test

 The original intent of FHSS was to make third-party decoding
 impossible without knowledge of the code that generated the tones or
 carriers.
True, emphasis on original intent. There are many, many SS
implementations  usages that are not done to prevent third party
decoding. It's actually a very good way to share spectrum with
dissimilar usages. And nearly all FHSS can be easily decoded independent
of knowing the code now unless the data itself is highly encrypted.
 FCC rules disallow encryption because we are required to police the
 bands ourselves. As long as there is not a pattern to the frequencies
 generated, that is independent of the data, one of the necessary and
 sufficient conditions to qualify as FHSS is missing.

This is overly simplistic. I have first hand experience with FCC
dealings with regard to code generators used for randomization of
amateur digital signals. All that is required is to make available upon
demand the code sequence. You don't have to offer a decoder, nor do OO's
have to be able to monitor it, etc. Just make the code sequence
available upon request.
 However, in the case of ROS, the repeated pattern is not there, so,
 until the regulations are changed, ROS is illegal FHSS, even though
 the spreading is limited and capable of third-party monitoring.

Sorry, this is overly simplistic. Many US legal codec/modems do not meet
this test. ROS may or may not be legal, but it's not your repeated test
definition that makes it so.

The most legit issue that technically makes it SS is that a single data
bit is sliced into smaller bits when sent. IE: the code rate is much
greater than the data rate. (which directly correlates with spreading
factor as well).

 That is a result of a historical attempt to prevent encryption, but
 this can probably be changed through the petition process with public
 comment. Until then, hams in the US have no choice but to abide by the
 regulations as written.

First hand experience: It does not take petition with public comment.
Just professional dialog with the FCC, and a willingness to provide
details on the encoding sequence if requested.

 In the author's own words, three necessary and sufficient elements
 make it SS, and a search of the literature says the same:

 1. The signal occupies a bandwidth much in excess of the minimum
 bandwidth necessary to send the information.
 2. Spreading is accomplished by means of a spreading signal, often
 called a code signal, which is independent of the data.
 3. At the receiver, despreading (recovering the original data) is
 accomplished by the correlation of the received spread signal with a
 synchronized replica of the spreading signal used to spread the
 information.

This is close to, but not exactly the ITU (and thus US Federal)
definition of SS. But I agree with you, ROS by the author's description
met the legal definition of SS. But the real question is, should it be
treated the same as traditional SS which normally uses a much larger
(100x or more) spreading factor and thus would negatively impact an
entire HF amateur allocation.

 The operative phase here is independent of the data.
So how bout randomizers used to maximize average power? (used reduce
crest factor). Viterbi encoders?
 It is just unfortunate that the FCC regulations, as currently written,
 

Re: [digitalradio] SS definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Trevor .
--- On Wed, 10/3/10, KH6TY kh...@comcast.net wrote:
 Alan, though we may disagree as to the amount or nature of FHSS in ROS, 
 the bottom line is that the FCC engineers, as well as the ARRL engineers,
 reviewed both the documentation and the signal footprint, and have 
 concluded it is FHSS. 

Who are these FCC Engineers ? All we've has is a response from someone that 
may be assumed to be an office clerk who simply quoted back the words in Part 
97. 

73 Trevor M5AKA



  


Re: [digitalradio] SS definitions

2010-03-10 Thread KH6TY
Engineers that work for the FCC, of course. Their names are not 
ordinarily revealed and the mouthpiece of the FCC is a customer service 
agent (and for some amateur matters, the ARRL, who relays information 
from the FCC offices). This structure should be fairly obvious to anyone 
with experience in business.


Trevor,

Ask Toyota for the names of the engineers investigating the unexpected 
acceleration and I doubt that you will get an answer! Ask the President 
who is responsible for reports from the White House and you will only 
find out through a legal action. I am sure these walls are set up to 
protect employees from frivolous attacks.


However, there is a Freedom of Information Act that can be invoked 
through legal action to obtain some internal documents of the 
government, but they are generally not offered to the public without a 
court order, for obvious reasons. The FCC customer service agent is the 
person who relays decisions to the public, and that agent probably does 
not make the decisions personally or without consultation. This is 
analogous to the Press Secretary of the White House.


If you want to verify the originator of a decision, you have a right to 
do so through the appropriate legal process.


The FCC's customer service agent has relayed a FCC decision to reaffirm 
that ROS is indeed FHSS and that, under current rules, as docemented in 
Part 97, SS is only allowed above 222 MHz.


That is generally the way it works on this side of the pond, and we have 
no choice but to abide by the system or petition for change.


73 - Skip KH6TY




Trevor . wrote:
 

--- On Wed, 10/3/10, KH6TY kh...@comcast.net 
mailto:kh6ty%40comcast.net wrote:

 Alan, though we may disagree as to the amount or nature of FHSS in ROS,
 the bottom line is that the FCC engineers, as well as the ARRL 
engineers,

 reviewed both the documentation and the signal footprint, and have
 concluded it is FHSS.

Who are these FCC Engineers ? All we've has is a response from 
someone that may be assumed to be an office clerk who simply quoted 
back the words in Part 97.


73 Trevor M5AKA




Re: [digitalradio] SS definitions

2010-03-10 Thread KH6TY
Trevor, I might add that it is often the practice in this country for a 
higher court just to either reaffirm or remand a lower court decision, 
instead of issuing a differing decision itself. I am sure that the FCC, 
as a government body, also adheres to this practice. That is why the 
original decision of the FCC, as originally related by the customer 
service agent, simply reaffirms the original finding. The official word 
from the FCC, through one of their spokesmen, is that ROS is spread 
spectrum and that will stand until modified by the petition process.


73 - Skip KH6TY




Trevor . wrote:
 

--- On Wed, 10/3/10, KH6TY kh...@comcast.net 
mailto:kh6ty%40comcast.net wrote:

 Alan, though we may disagree as to the amount or nature of FHSS in ROS,
 the bottom line is that the FCC engineers, as well as the ARRL 
engineers,

 reviewed both the documentation and the signal footprint, and have
 concluded it is FHSS.

Who are these FCC Engineers ? All we've has is a response from 
someone that may be assumed to be an office clerk who simply quoted 
back the words in Part 97.


73 Trevor M5AKA




Re: [digitalradio] SS definitions (here are the ITU, NITA, and Fed Std)

2010-03-10 Thread Alan Barrow
KH6TY wrote:


 Alan, though we may disagree as to the amount or nature of FHSS in ROS,
Actually, I think we agree, just for different reasons. I really don't
care about ROS. But do care about dangerous precedents. :-)

 the bottom line is that the FCC engineers, as well as the ARRL
 engineers, reviewed both the documentation and the signal footprint,
 and have concluded it is FHSS. 
I think we all agree it's a micro form of FHSS. I'm not sure I agree the
FCC engineers have ruled. If Bill Cross or similar commented, that'd
be definitive. But the ARRL interpretation of the FCC dialog still is
pretty ambiguous. Lot's of the author stated and each operator has
to

Compare it with the ruling on Pactor 3 when challenged on a similar
crusade. That's clear  unambiguous, it was not FDM, even though it
could be construed as such on a micro scale. And that crusade had
similar arguments  mis-statements.

 While their opinion might be changed through dialog, that is unlikely
 at this point, so the most sure approach is just to agree it is FHSS
 and petition for a variance with necessary limitations. 

Again, I think the real area to petition is not about ROS itself. That
has been so badly handled from all sides it's probably tainted. And  to
be clear: Amateur radio was the net loser.

The real issue is around applying macro definitions (like ITU SS,
traditionally broadband, wide spreading factor) to a micro (SSB, non
broadband) implementation like ROS.

Put another way, what would an HF optimized SS mode do that other modes
do not? What would be the negative? And factor in the potential (done
right) of improved interoperation with other modes, signal processing
gain, etc. And potential channel sharing (concurrent users).

 I think we have beat this horse to death at this point and should move
 on to another topic.

Well, that would be great, except you keep refering to the must have
idle tones like my grand-dad's rtty test.

Again, I don't really care about ROS. This dialog is about the idea of
using carrier patterns at idle or steady zero's/ones (like ancient RTTY)
as a test for SS. That's just not it. We *are* allowed to encode data in
a pseudo-random pattern, as long as the other SS tests are not triggered.

Instead of concocting our own definitions, let's refer to the standards.
ITU, which is referenced by NTIA, which is referenced by Fed Std, which
is also reference by some FCC commercial definitions. It's the closest
we have and is attached below.

What's still not 100% is whether a SSB signal with a fixed dial
frequency (and implied fixed carrier frequency) would be considered SS
just because the audio sent changed in a SS fashion. It's back to is FSK
 AFSK the same mode, or just happen to look the same.

Which is becoming tiresome, and makes me think reminisce about the
traditional anti new mode (PSK, Pactor, ALE, whatever) crusades. :-)
Remember, PSK was going to ruin the world as well. So was SSB in it's day!

Have fun,

Alan
km4ba


Here are the ITU definitions. Note the spreading factor definitions, etc:


*Term* : spread spectrum (SS) system *Definition* : System in which the
average energy of the transmitted signal is spread over a bandwidth
which is much wider than the information bandwidth (the bandwidth of the
transmitted signal is wider than the information bandwidth by at least a
factor of two for double sideband AM and typically a factor of four or
greater for narrow-band FM, and 100 to 1 for a linear SS system).

*Term* : Direct sequence (DS) spread spectrum *Definition* : signal
structuring technique utilizing a digital code spreading sequence having
a chip rate 1/Tsin much higher than the information signal bit rate
1/Ts. Each information bit of the digital signal is transmitted as a
pseudo-random sequence of chips, which produces a broad noise-like
spectrum with a bandwidth (distance between first nulls) of 2 Bsin ?
2/Tsin. The receiver correlates the RF input signal with a local copy of
the spreading sequence to recover the narrow-band data information at a
rate 1/Ts.

***Term* : Frequency-hopping (FH) spread spectrum *Definition* : signal
structuring technique employing automatic switching of the transmitted
frequency. Selection of the frequency to be transmitted is typically
made in a pseudo-random manner from a set of frequencies covering a band
wider than the information bandwidth. The intended receiver
frequency-hops in synchronization with the transmitter in order to
retrieve the desired information.

Here's the NTIA redbook definitions, which is also reference in
Fed-Std 1037c:

Spread Spectrum: A signal structuring technique that employs direct
sequence, frequency hopping
or a hybrid of these, which can be used for multiple access and/or
multiple functions. This technique
decreases the potential interference to other receivers while achieving
privacy and increasing the
immunity of spread spectrum receivers to noise and interference. Spread
spectrum generally makes use
of a 

RE: [digitalradio] SS definitions

2010-03-10 Thread Dave AA6YQ
8P9RY comments below

 

From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On 
Behalf Of Trevor .
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:21 PM
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] SS definitions

 

  

--- On Wed, 10/3/10, KH6TY kh...@comcast.net mailto:kh6ty%40comcast.net  
wrote:
 Alan, though we may disagree as to the amount or nature of FHSS in ROS, 
 the bottom line is that the FCC engineers, as well as the ARRL engineers,
 reviewed both the documentation and the signal footprint, and have 
 concluded it is FHSS. 

Who are these FCC Engineers ? All we've has is a response from someone that 
may be assumed to be an office clerk who simply quoted back the words in Part 
97. 

What a convenient assumption. Have you spoken with the agent in question, 
assessed her technical skills, and inquired as to what effort went into the 
response she conveyed?

 73,

 Dave, 8P9RY

 

 



Re: [digitalradio] SS definitions (here are the ITU, NITA, and Fed Std)

2010-03-10 Thread KH6TY
Alan, please carry on the debate with someone else. I have spent a huge 
amount of time on this issue, trying to help in whatever way I can, 
although I do not have all the answers, obviously. I need to do 
something other than sit in front of this computer all day!


Have fun,

73 - Skip KH6TY




Alan Barrow wrote:
 


KH6TY wrote:


 Alan, though we may disagree as to the amount or nature of FHSS in ROS,
Actually, I think we agree, just for different reasons. I really don't
care about ROS. But do care about dangerous precedents. :-)

 the bottom line is that the FCC engineers, as well as the ARRL
 engineers, reviewed both the documentation and the signal footprint,
 and have concluded it is FHSS.
I think we all agree it's a micro form of FHSS. I'm not sure I agree the
FCC engineers have ruled. If Bill Cross or similar commented, that'd
be definitive. But the ARRL interpretation of the FCC dialog still is
pretty ambiguous. Lot's of the author stated and each operator has
to

Compare it with the ruling on Pactor 3 when challenged on a similar
crusade. That's clear  unambiguous, it was not FDM, even though it
could be construed as such on a micro scale. And that crusade had
similar arguments  mis-statements.

 While their opinion might be changed through dialog, that is unlikely
 at this point, so the most sure approach is just to agree it is FHSS
 and petition for a variance with necessary limitations.

Again, I think the real area to petition is not about ROS itself. That
has been so badly handled from all sides it's probably tainted. And to
be clear: Amateur radio was the net loser.

The real issue is around applying macro definitions (like ITU SS,
traditionally broadband, wide spreading factor) to a micro (SSB, non
broadband) implementation like ROS.

Put another way, what would an HF optimized SS mode do that other modes
do not? What would be the negative? And factor in the potential (done
right) of improved interoperation with other modes, signal processing
gain, etc. And potential channel sharing (concurrent users).

 I think we have beat this horse to death at this point and should move
 on to another topic.

Well, that would be great, except you keep refering to the must have
idle tones like my grand-dad's rtty test.

Again, I don't really care about ROS. This dialog is about the idea of
using carrier patterns at idle or steady zero's/ones (like ancient RTTY)
as a test for SS. That's just not it. We *are* allowed to encode data in
a pseudo-random pattern, as long as the other SS tests are not triggered.

Instead of concocting our own definitions, let's refer to the standards.
ITU, which is referenced by NTIA, which is referenced by Fed Std, which
is also reference by some FCC commercial definitions. It's the closest
we have and is attached below.

What's still not 100% is whether a SSB signal with a fixed dial
frequency (and implied fixed carrier frequency) would be considered SS
just because the audio sent changed in a SS fashion. It's back to is FSK
 AFSK the same mode, or just happen to look the same.

Which is becoming tiresome, and makes me think reminisce about the
traditional anti new mode (PSK, Pactor, ALE, whatever) crusades. :-)
Remember, PSK was going to ruin the world as well. So was SSB in it's day!

Have fun,

Alan
km4ba

Here are the ITU definitions. Note the spreading factor definitions, etc:

*Term* : spread spectrum (SS) system *Definition* : System in which the
average energy of the transmitted signal is spread over a bandwidth
which is much wider than the information bandwidth (the bandwidth of the
transmitted signal is wider than the information bandwidth by at least a
factor of two for double sideband AM and typically a factor of four or
greater for narrow-band FM, and 100 to 1 for a linear SS system).

*Term* : Direct sequence (DS) spread spectrum *Definition* : signal
structuring technique utilizing a digital code spreading sequence having
a chip rate 1/Tsin much higher than the information signal bit rate
1/Ts. Each information bit of the digital signal is transmitted as a
pseudo-random sequence of chips, which produces a broad noise-like
spectrum with a bandwidth (distance between first nulls) of 2 Bsin ?
2/Tsin. The receiver correlates the RF input signal with a local copy of
the spreading sequence to recover the narrow-band data information at a
rate 1/Ts.

***Term* : Frequency-hopping (FH) spread spectrum *Definition* : signal
structuring technique employing automatic switching of the transmitted
frequency. Selection of the frequency to be transmitted is typically
made in a pseudo-random manner from a set of frequencies covering a band
wider than the information bandwidth. The intended receiver
frequency-hops in synchronization with the transmitter in order to
retrieve the desired information.

Here's the NTIA redbook definitions, which is also reference in
Fed-Std 1037c:

Spread Spectrum: A signal structuring technique that employs direct
sequence, frequency 

[digitalradio] Re: SS definitions (here are the ITU, NITA, and Fed Std)

2010-03-10 Thread g4ilo
Well ROS is going to ruin digital operation if it catches on. It has already 
ruined Olivia on 20m. Just one transmission using this selfish wideband mode 
wipes out three frequencies that were used by Olivia. It is causing 
interference to packet networks as well. And, if the number of members of the 
ROS Yahoo group is anything to go by, there are currently only around 124 
users. That's a lot of disruption being caused by very few people.

I don't care whether it is spread spectrum or not. You cannot accommodate a 
reasonable number of users each requiring a 2.2kHz clear channel within the 
current allocation for digital modes. That is the only reason for my objection 
to it.

I do not see the point in experimenting with a mode that requires more spectrum 
space than exists to accommodate the expected number of users. If it is a 
success, and everyone wants to use it, then there will not be enough 
frequencies for them and it will be chaos. So we all have to hope it is a 
failure, otherwise it will be impossible for any of us to use anything else, 
except possibly PSK31 which uses little enough space that hopefully the ROSers 
can be persuaded to keep clear of it.

I am not against new modes but surely they should be developed taking account 
of the circumstances that they will be used under. It doesn't seem too likely 
to me that someone who was an experienced HF digital operator would consider 
developing a mode for HF use that required a 2.2kHz channel because they would 
understand that it isn't practical. It really doesn't matter what the possible 
benefits are if it is impossible for more than a handful of people to use it.

Julian, G4ILO

--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Alan Barrow ml9...@... wrote:

 Which is becoming tiresome, and makes me think reminisce about the
 traditional anti new mode (PSK, Pactor, ALE, whatever) crusades. :-)
 Remember, PSK was going to ruin the world as well. So was SSB in it's day!
 




Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

2010-03-10 Thread Ralph Mowery




- Original Message 
From: rein...@ix.netcom.com rein...@ix.netcom.com
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 11:51:52 PM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Question for experts

Hi Ralph,

You got me again. Indeed the Commission requires that it has to be intelligent
information, and certainly any ID needs to be made in the English language or
in Morse code, not quite sure about Morse only, or other methods allowed.

One could speak as a member of an Indian tribe as was done in WWII as long as 
the the ID was in English, Germans and Japanese had a lot of trouble with
that sort of communication, would that make it perhaps SS if it was done on
the wireless?

If I listen to smears of rattle, many Khz wide below 14.001 or so ,most of the 
time one can
hear at the end an Id in CW. When I run WSJT, I ID in CW every couple of 
minutes.


Lets say, it were a number of tones, no particular order looks like it, but I 
could 
down load a piece of nice freeware from the internet and it all became 
intelligent info
what then? 

73 Rein W6SZ.

*

The content of the signals and the modulation of the signals are getting 
confused.  

The tones you are sending out must conform to some type of acceptabel 
modulation.  The content does not even have to make sense.  Some examples are , 
you can not transmitt music, but you can send ascii characters.  If music is 
converted into ascii data or just a bunch of 1's and 0's and sent and then 
reconverted at the receiving end , you have just sent data as far as the FCC 
sees it.  In reality you have sent a music file , but not music.  It will 
become music when the computer converts the data file back to music.   Another 
example is a RTTY picuture or ascii art.  This looks like a random ammount of 
numbers and letters.  If you step back and look at the paper comming off a real 
teletype machine, you have a picture.  I have sent many of the rtty pix in 
years past.



  


[digitalradio] RECOMPENSE DE LA FONDATION MELINDA

2010-03-10 Thread morgane d
Bonjour,
Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncez que vous êtes l'un des heureux gagnants 
de la Fondation Melinda. Les résultats ont été libérés et vous fait bénéficier 
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Re: [digitalradio] RECOMPENSE DE LA FONDATION MELINDA

2010-03-10 Thread Andy obrien
oops, sorry...I press approve rather than delete on this moderated spam.

Andy K3Uk


2010/3/10 morgane d morgane-d-bij...@orange.fr



 Bonjour,
 Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncez que vous êtes l'un des heureux
 gagnants de la Fondation Melinda. Les résultats ont été libérés et vous fait
 bénéficier de 85.000,00€. Nous vous recommandons de fournir au Cabinet
 Robert DOSSOU les informations telles que : Nom - Prénom - Date de naissance
 - Profession - Téléphone (fixe) - Téléphone (mobile) -  Émail - Ville - Pays
 par email à l'adresse dos...@btinternet.com
 Merci de vite faire diligence