Hi Carl,
Thanks greatly for your response!!
I wonder if I could monitor the op frequency anywhere inside then?
I'm still toying with the idea of controling an external tunner with a
PIC circuit.
I used to have this with my old icom, but the Jupiter has no external
band output signal.
I had thought about polling the rs232 with the PIC and then deriving the
band from there.
But then I thought it might be easier to tap onto the op frequency
somewhere inside with the PIC and send some control signal out to one of
the unused ports.
The MFJ intelli-tuners derive settings from a combination of swr,
frequency and complex Z.
But this requires a tune xmit, as the tuner has no other way of knowing
op frequency.
I guess, If I had to, I could do likewise, but it would be nice to have
the tuner move with the rig when in recieve mode also, like the other
rigs do.
Thanks,
Duane
Thanks,
Duane
On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:47:58 -0500, "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@arrl.net>
said:
> The first local osc outputs a frequency of 45 to 75 mhz (45 mhz higher
> than
> the operating frequency) in 2.5 khz steps depending on the operating
> frequency. This frequency is controlled by the onboard firmware. After
> the
> first mixer, this produces an IF frequency of 45 mhz. Then local osc 2
> runs
> at a fixed 44.5425 mhz and converts the 45 mhz IF to a 455 khz IF. Then
> local osc 3 runs at a fixed 467 khz and converts the the 455 khz IF to 12
> khz. This frequency then goes into the DSP section for detection and 1
> hertz resolution. There is no way to monitor any of the oscillators
> externally and determine the frequency closer then 2.5 khz because the
> fine
> adjustment to 1 hertz resolution is all done in DSP. Such is the nature
> of
> DSP radios. The old analog schemes of the past are gone.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Drive
> Bell Mountain
> Hays, NC 28635
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dw" <bw_dw@fastmail.fm>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 5:46 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] A question for those who know whats going on under
> thehood
> :)
>
>
> > Hey Gang,
> > Here is a Jupiter (under the hood) question.
> >
> > The local oscillator 'A' , is it continuously outputting the frequency
> > which is displayed?
> > or is it outputting an IF frequency?
> >
> > If answer is yes, it is outputting continuously, the displayed
> > frequency,
> > then next question is.....
> > Is there a way to tap onto a board and monitor the current frequency?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Duane
> > N1BBR
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