ahhhh :) see i knew i was missing something or else someone else would
already be doing it.
I'm still tempted to look at the rf envelope on a scope just to see for
myself (into a dummy load of course) because i'm a college student and i
want to learn.
Thanks!
KC0NPF, Bj
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 17:52 -0500, Byron J. Watts wrote:
>
>> Ok first let me state that I've got a Tentec Omni D, so this is somewhat
>> related to this list. I have a VST host program on this computer that
>> allows me to use a "hard" limiter on microphone audio in real time, it's
>> a wonderful tool, I can get probably 20db of limiting with no distortion
>> due to the look-ahead design. it doesn't sound pretty, very
>> "compressed" as you can imagine, but there's no distortion. I also have
>> a VST for a 5 band limiter for fm broadcast. with some modifications it
>> could be band-limited to 300-3khz and be adjusted for SSB. have any of
>> you ever used the most powerful processor you probably have in your
>> shack, the PC, to do your compression/equalization for you and then
>> interface the sound output into your rig?
>>
>> KC0NPF, BJ
>>
>> PS: I'm not a fan of highly compressed audio, it ONLY makes sense when
>> you can't quite get through.
>>
>
> Unfortunately the audio envelope isn't the RF envelope and severely
> clipped audio results in peakier RF than unprocessed audio. Gives it a
> splatter characteristic, so saith the book on SSB by Collins gurus,
> Papenfus, Bruene, and Shoeneke.
>
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