Re: [wsjt-devel] Acoustic vs. Audio Frequency

2019-04-26 Thread Deisher, Michael
OK.  I used the word incorrectly.  Thanks for pointing that out.

73, Mike KK7ER


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From: Jim Brown [mailto:k...@audiosystemsgroup.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 11:33 AM
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Subject: [wsjt-devel] Acoustic vs. Audio Frequency

On 4/26/2019 11:14 AM, Deisher, Michael wrote:
> I realized that just after pressing send.  The 90Hz bandwidth (I call 
> it acoustic bandwidth since it is encoded as a PCM audio signal)

You're confusing the vibration of air with an electrical signal at audio 
frequencies. The word "acoustic" and the science of acoustics apply to the 
pressure waves in air or some other medium (like water), NOT in an electrical 
circuit.

The signal generated and decoded by WSJT-X, and other software, is an audio 
frequency signal. It takes a loudspeaker or earphones to convert that 
electrical signal to pressure waves that we can hear. Humans can hear these 
pressure waves vibrating at frequencies between about 20 Hz and 20 kHz.

73, Jim K9YC


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[wsjt-devel] Acoustic vs. Audio Frequency

2019-04-26 Thread Jim Brown

On 4/26/2019 11:14 AM, Deisher, Michael wrote:

I realized that just after pressing send.  The 90Hz bandwidth (I call it 
acoustic bandwidth since it is encoded as a PCM audio signal)


You're confusing the vibration of air with an electrical signal at audio 
frequencies. The word "acoustic" and the science of acoustics apply to 
the pressure waves in air or some other medium (like water), NOT in an 
electrical circuit.


The signal generated and decoded by WSJT-X, and other software, is an 
audio frequency signal. It takes a loudspeaker or earphones to convert 
that electrical signal to pressure waves that we can hear. Humans can 
hear these pressure waves vibrating at frequencies between about 20 Hz 
and 20 kHz.


73, Jim K9YC


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