Hi Dani,

IIRC the highest rate LDPC code in codec2 is rate 0.8.  BTW codec2 or
LPCNet won't require any FEC at that BER.

QAM might be useful for that channel.

- David

> Hi David,
> 
> I did a real world test of the 8PSK modem the other day and got 7e-4 BER
> without FEC. I'm thinking about adding a very light FEC (very high rate,
> higher than 9/10) to correct the few errors that appear. Are there such
> very high rate LDPC codes in codec2? What I've seen is more reasonable
> and conventional, on the order of 8/9. If not, I'm thinking of adding
> something more simple, such as a Reed-Solomon code with only a few
> parity check bytes.
> 
> The idea is not only to be able to transmit codec2 through this modem
> (it is clear that this is very easy, since there is more than enough
> Eb/N0 on this channel), but also other kinds of data, such as images
> (people are using some old Japanese 1k2 GMSK modem to send digital SSTV,
> and this could be improved a lot in terms of speed with this modem).
> 
> The fun thing is that the channel of the QO-100 narrowband transponder
> is bandwidth limited rather than SNR limited. According to the "rules"
> we can use up to 2.7kHz and 52dB CN0.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Dani.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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