[App_rpt-users] App_rpt-users Digest, Vol 99, Issue 9

Mon May 8 03:10:21 UTC 2017

Jeff,
Yes it is getting its 10 MHz reference from a GPSDO, the BG7TBL unit to be
exact.

On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Jeff Carrier <k0jsc.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joe,
>
> Did you lock it to a GPSDO?  Jim mentioned this mod to me about a year ago
> and I never had a chance to give it a try.  My previous overlap area was
> tolerable but I've added a third transmitter so it may be time to try this
> finally.
>
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>>    1. RTCM Simulcast and 9.6 MHz Phase locking (Joe Moskalski)
>>    2. Re: RTCM Simulcast and 9.6 MHz Phase locking (Joe Leikhim)
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>> Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 03:13:26 -0400
>> From: Joe Moskalski <kc2irv at gmail.com>
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>> Subject: [App_rpt-users] RTCM Simulcast and 9.6 MHz Phase locking
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>> I wanted to throw this email out to the group for all those who want to
>> simulcast with the RTCM. For those who don't know, in order to make the
>> RTCM suitable for simulcast you must have a more accurate 9.6 MHz clock
>> for
>> the RTCM in order to ensure the audio sounds acceptable in the overlap
>> areas. I did this a few months ago using 9.6 MHz OCXO's. This worked
>> reasonably well. Not as well as I would have liked but the system was very
>> usable, but of course I wanted it to be better. Since the PCGM
>> (Programmable Clock Generation Module) is no longer available, I decided
>> to
>> roll my own as some say.
>> I created a PLL circuit that can accept a 10 MHz, 1 MHz or 100 KHz
>> reference input and produce a phase locked 9.6 MHz out for the RTCM. I
>> have
>> been testing this over the past few days and it has made an great
>> improvement in the audio quality in the overlap. The quality of the audio
>> in the overlap areas sounds very, very good, it's very similar to what I
>> expect to hear in commercial simulcast systems. My circuit is heavily
>> based
>> off of an old Motorola MSF5000 HSO PLL circuit that I was able to adapt
>> and
>> modify to my needs.  There are other uses for this circuit that make it
>> attractive for simulcasting but I wont get into them here. I am will to
>> share my schematic and bill of materials (digikey) with anyone. Please
>> send
>> me an email and I will be willing to share all of my information on the
>> project.
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>> Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 03:42:25 -0400
>> From: Joe Leikhim <rhyolite at leikhim.com>
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>> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] RTCM Simulcast and 9.6 MHz Phase locking
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>> Thanks Joe;
>>
>> I would certainly be interested in your documentation. Does this solve
>> the problem of transmit PL tone jumping phase on key up, as Hayden
>> encountered?
>>
>> Joe L
>>
>> On 5/7/2017 3:13 AM, Joe Moskalski wrote:
>> > I wanted to throw this email out to the group for all those who want
>> > to simulcast with the RTCM. For those who don't know, in order to make
>> > the RTCM suitable for simulcast you must have a more accurate 9.6 MHz
>> > clock for the RTCM in order to ensure the audio sounds acceptable in
>> > the overlap areas. I did this a few months ago using 9.6 MHz OCXO's.
>> > This worked reasonably well. Not as well as I would have liked but the
>> > system was very usable, but of course I wanted it to be better. Since
>> > the PCGM (Programmable Clock Generation Module) is no longer
>> > available, I decided to roll my own as some say.
>> > I created a PLL circuit that can accept a 10 MHz, 1 MHz or 100 KHz
>> > reference input and produce a phase locked 9.6 MHz out for the RTCM. I
>> > have been testing this over the past few days and it has made an great
>> > improvement in the audio quality in the overlap. The quality of the
>> > audio in the overlap areas sounds very, very good, it's very similar
>> > to what I expect to hear in commercial simulcast systems. My circuit
>> > is heavily based off of an old Motorola MSF5000 HSO PLL circuit that I
>> > was able to adapt and modify to my needs.  There are other uses for
>> > this circuit that make it attractive for simulcasting but I wont get
>> > into them here. I am will to share my schematic and bill of materials
>> > (digikey) with anyone. Please send me an email and I will be willing
>> > to share all of my information on the project.
>> >
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