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Receiving Pulse-Code Modulation on AM radio at 3 Mhz?
Mike Gathergood (G4KFK) wrote: Radium wrote: Mike Gathergood (G4KFK) wrote: Radium wrote: My question: Will the received PCM audio signal remain noticeably "clean" to the listener or will he/she notice the EMI, RFI, and heterodynes affecting the audio? I ask because I think -- but definitely don't know -- that because the received signal is digital, it is less likely that the EMI, RFI, and heterodynes would cause noticeable auditory disruptions when compared to analog. Do I guess correct? You guess correct, assuming that FEC is applied to the digital signal before it is used to modulate the transmitter. What if FEC is not used? With no FEC, your receiver would be more prone to those errors that you were worried about in the first place. What would these errors sound like? But you wouldn't do it that way anyway. Raw PCM is too bandwidth inefficient. You'd use MPEG layer 2, or apt-X, or something like that to reduce the bandwidth without noticeably degrading the audio quality. You'd probably also multiplex several different channels (programmes) together onto one RF carrier as well, to make better statistical use of the RF bandwidth. Just to amplify on this, anything that you can do to reduce the bandwidth of the digital signal before it's used to modulate the transmitter will help. One very big advantage is that you can wind down the bandwidth of the receiver, thus reducing the level of background noise in the system. Why did you choose 3MHz? 44,100 X 24 = 1,058,400 1,058,400 bps requires that the frequency of the carrier be at least 2,646,000 Hz. To make it safe, use 3 MHz. What's the application? Well, my application was more to do with reception than transmission. I'd like to know what I would hear on a 3MHz AM carrier whose receiver [both the AM and the linear PCM part] is at its maximum bandwidth. The 3 Mhz AM receiver is attached to a linear-PCM receiver [once again, both receivers have the maximum bandwidth possible for them]. The linear-PCM receiver is attached to a DAC which converts the linear-PCM signal to analog. This analog signal [which was PCM] is then sent to a loudspeaker. Just to make things more interesting, the antennae and receivers are so sensitive that they can pick signals as low as ..00000001 dB. Most likely, what would I hear? Cheers Mike |
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Receiving Pulse-Code Modulation on AM radio at 3 Mhz?
Radium wrote: What would these errors sound like? An error in a PCM system would manifest itself as a difference between what you put in at the analogue input to the transmitter, and what you got out of the analogue output of the receiver. The magnitude and polarity of the difference would depend entirely on whether the bit error was the MSB (polarity would be wrong), or one of the LSBs (the amplitude would be wrong). It wouldn't "sound" like anything in particular. Well, my application was more to do with reception than transmission. I'd like to know what I would hear on a 3MHz AM carrier whose receiver [both the AM and the linear PCM part] is at its maximum bandwidth. The 3 Mhz AM receiver is attached to a linear-PCM receiver [once again, both receivers have the maximum bandwidth possible for them]. The linear-PCM receiver is attached to a DAC which converts the linear-PCM signal to analog. This analog signal [which was PCM] is then sent to a loudspeaker. Just to make things more interesting, the antennae and receivers are so sensitive that they can pick signals as low as .00000001 dB. Most likely, what would I hear? Have a look he http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375210/ :-) Seriously though, I have no idea. Why don't you try it and post the results here? Cheers Mike |
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Receiving Pulse-Code Modulation on AM radio at 3 Mhz?
Mike Gathergood (G4KFK) wrote: Radium wrote: What would these errors sound like? An error in a PCM system would manifest itself as a difference between what you put in at the analogue input to the transmitter, and what you got out of the analogue output of the receiver. The magnitude and polarity of the difference would depend entirely on whether the bit error was the MSB (polarity would be wrong), or one of the LSBs (the amplitude would be wrong). It wouldn't "sound" like anything in particular. What about the heterodyne tones present on analog AM radio? Would they be audible on a linear-PCM receiver that receives PCM signals on an AM station? Well, my application was more to do with reception than transmission. I'd like to know what I would hear on a 3MHz AM carrier whose receiver [both the AM and the linear PCM part] is at its maximum bandwidth. The 3 Mhz AM receiver is attached to a linear-PCM receiver [once again, both receivers have the maximum bandwidth possible for them]. The linear-PCM receiver is attached to a DAC which converts the linear-PCM signal to analog. This analog signal [which was PCM] is then sent to a loudspeaker. Just to make things more interesting, the antennae and receivers are so sensitive that they can pick signals as low as .00000001 dB. Most likely, what would I hear? Have a look he http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375210/ :-) Seriously though, I have no idea. Why don't you try it and post the results here? Easy for you to ask. I doubt any store has the device. And the equipment required to amplify .00000000001 dB to an audible level would take up the entire room. So the best I could do -- at least for the moment -- is guess. I am aware though that just because the PCM-receiver is digital does not mean its completely immune to heterodynes, EMI, or RFI. If the heterodyne, EMI or RFI has a waveform that sufficiently resembles a PCM signal, it may very well be picked up by the PCM-receiver that is connected to the AM receiver. Physically, the digital reciever is still an electronic device and hence it has some reception of EMI, RFI, and heterodynes. Its just not affected as much as an analog receiver would be. Cheers Mike I've seen that "white noise" movie. But thats more like Sci-Fi. Yet it is one thing that gave me the interest to hear whatever is buried DEEP in background noise. |
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Receiving Pulse-Code Modulation on AM radio at 3 Mhz?
Don Bowey wrote: On 9/12/06 3:57 PM, in article , "Radium" wrote: Mike Gathergood (G4KFK) wrote: Radium wrote: What would these errors sound like? An error in a PCM system would manifest itself as a difference between what you put in at the analogue input to the transmitter, and what you got out of the analogue output of the receiver. The magnitude and polarity of the difference would depend entirely on whether the bit error was the MSB (polarity would be wrong), or one of the LSBs (the amplitude would be wrong). It wouldn't "sound" like anything in particular. What about the heterodyne tones present on analog AM radio? Would they be audible on a linear-PCM receiver that receives PCM signals on an AM station? Well, my application was more to do with reception than transmission. I'd like to know what I would hear on a 3MHz AM carrier whose receiver [both the AM and the linear PCM part] is at its maximum bandwidth. The 3 Mhz AM receiver is attached to a linear-PCM receiver [once again, both receivers have the maximum bandwidth possible for them]. The linear-PCM receiver is attached to a DAC which converts the linear-PCM signal to analog. This analog signal [which was PCM] is then sent to a loudspeaker. Just to make things more interesting, the antennae and receivers are so sensitive that they can pick signals as low as .00000001 dB. Most likely, what would I hear? Have a look he http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375210/ :-) Seriously though, I have no idea. Why don't you try it and post the results here? Easy for you to ask. I doubt any store has the device. And the equipment required to amplify .00000000001 dB to an audible level would take up the entire room. There is no such thing as a .00000000001 dB signal Whats stops a .00000000001 dB signal from existing? So the best I could do -- at least for the moment -- is guess. I am aware though that just because the PCM-receiver is digital does not mean its completely immune to heterodynes, EMI, or RFI. If the heterodyne, EMI or RFI has a waveform that sufficiently resembles a PCM signal, it may very well be picked up by the PCM-receiver that is connected to the AM receiver. Physically, the digital reciever is still an electronic device and hence it has some reception of EMI, RFI, and heterodynes. Its just not affected as much as an analog receiver would be. In fringe areas, analog cell phones could be well understood despite the poor signal-to-noise ratio. Digital cell phones in a fringe area just quit working, or lose sync and you hear bits of other conversations. Cheers Mike I've seen that "white noise" movie. But thats more like Sci-Fi. Yet it is one thing that gave me the interest to hear whatever is buried DEEP in background noise. |
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Receiving Pulse-Code Modulation on AM radio at 3 Mhz?
On 2006-09-13, Radium wrote:
Easy for you to ask. I doubt any store has the device. And the equipment required to amplify .00000000001 dB to an audible level would take up the entire room. There is no such thing as a .00000000001 dB signal Whats stops a .00000000001 dB signal from existing? Nothing, it's just indistinguishable from a 0db signal. In other words it's about half the amplitide of a 3db signal... It's a logarythmic scale. Bye. Jasen |
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Receiving Pulse-Code Modulation on AM radio at 3 Mhz?
jasen wrote:
On 2006-09-13, Radium wrote: Easy for you to ask. I doubt any store has the device. And the equipment required to amplify .00000000001 dB to an audible level would take up the entire room. There is no such thing as a .00000000001 dB signal Whats stops a .00000000001 dB signal from existing? Nothing, it's just indistinguishable from a 0db signal. In other words it's about half the amplitide of a 3db signal... It's a logarythmic scale. Bye. Jasen No, without a reference, its use is meaningless. He was trying to use dB for an absolute signal level, not a ratio. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Receiving Pulse-Code Modulation on AM radio at 3 Mhz?
"Don Bowey" wrote in message
... There is no such thing as a .00000000001 dB signal Sure there is. It's very close in amplitude to a 0.0dB signal. ;-) Tim -- Deep Fryer: a very philosophical monk. Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms |
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Receiving Pulse-Code Modulation on AM radio at 3 Mhz?
Tim Williams wrote:
"Don Bowey" wrote in message ... There is no such thing as a .00000000001 dB signal Sure there is. It's very close in amplitude to a 0.0dB signal. ;-) dB without a reference is meaningless. How can you have a ratio without a reference? -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Receiving Pulse-Code Modulation on AM radio at 3 Mhz?
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
... dB without a reference is meaningless. How can you have a ratio without a reference? Easy. "dB" in general usually refers to acoustic power, where the reference is some ungodly small power level (10^-12W/m^2 IIRC?). I forget if there's a similar radio context used... Tim -- Deep Fryer: a very philosophical monk. Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms |
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