How is MDC preamble on keyup possible?
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How is MDC preamble on keyup possible?
I just heard one of the news agency here that does that. The radio transmits MDC with preamble enabled after keyup. Isn't the preamble option available only for keydown? What radio is capable of this?
MDC on dekey....
Depends on RSS version, the older ver. 5, like I have, is keyup only, but my version 7XXX has the option in the radio options menu, when MDC is selected, you are directed to enter ID and then you will see the selection listed as follows: 1-keyup, 2-Both, 3-dekey.
Enter your ID and how you want MDC to actuate.
I've tried Ver. 4 and earlier as well, and only Ver. 7XXX appears to have the option to select MDC keying options.
My SysSaber has the option/s as well, and I have one of the latest and a few of the earlier also.
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Enter your ID and how you want MDC to actuate.
I've tried Ver. 4 and earlier as well, and only Ver. 7XXX appears to have the option to select MDC keying options.
My SysSaber has the option/s as well, and I have one of the latest and a few of the earlier also.
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Most radios
Most radios have the option of keying up before, after or both. The Jedi series, the Astro radios, the Pro Series all key up that way.
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I think its a question of confusing terms
Key-up, Key-Down, Pre or Pre-key all mean the same thing
PTT-ID (with or without preamble) inserted after PTT is pressed and before voice comms begin.
preamble was designed to allow faster and more complete muting of MDC data packets.
Key-up, Key-Down, Pre or Pre-key all mean the same thing
PTT-ID (with or without preamble) inserted after PTT is pressed and before voice comms begin.
preamble was designed to allow faster and more complete muting of MDC data packets.
"Some men just don't know their limitations"
So since preamble is designed for a higher decoding rate, is it correct that inserting preamble on keyup serves no purpose?
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The jedi's call it pre-able. The CDM/HT's call it "Bitsync packets" It's the same thing.
The CDM/HT's will send the preamble on a Post-ID (dekey) and it is quite pointless. Other radios will only use the preamble on Pre-ID where is a very underused and useful option.
The act of pressing the transmit button can be refered to as keyup or keydown. The act of releasing the transmit button would be de-key or unkey. I think there is a lot of backwards interchangement of these terms in this thread.
The CDM/HT's will send the preamble on a Post-ID (dekey) and it is quite pointless. Other radios will only use the preamble on Pre-ID where is a very underused and useful option.
The act of pressing the transmit button can be refered to as keyup or keydown. The act of releasing the transmit button would be de-key or unkey. I think there is a lot of backwards interchangement of these terms in this thread.
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PJ,Pj wrote:No, the other way around. Turning on preamble will help mute hearing any MDC packets when recieved by the other radios.
I thought the digitally operated squelch (dos) settings determined how much of the MDC packet you would hear on the receiving radio- basically all you would hear is a "chirp" if anything at all - as opposed to the full MDC packet. I'm still sure that "preamble" settings have no bearing on what a receiving radio mutes.
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Preamble causes the radio to mute faster with or without DOS settings enabled.
You can basically set DOS to 0 with preamble enabled and get none of the MDC chrip coming through. This is especially nice because DOS if not set exactly right can clip off the first part of a transmission
You can basically set DOS to 0 with preamble enabled and get none of the MDC chrip coming through. This is especially nice because DOS if not set exactly right can clip off the first part of a transmission
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