Re: 80dB now but still needs improvement at 1KHz [OT]

Nov 08, 2024 Last reply: 1 year ago 5 Replies
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Thst is a 90 degrees phase shifter over the speech audio range for
> generating I and Q signals for SSB modulation. design is not mine, used
> trimpots to test it :-)

After reading through some back issues of 'Rad Com', I had been thinking along similar lines for generating SSB. I was also intrigued by the Weaver method and wondered if modern multi-stage filters between the inverted and non-inverted audio sidebands could reduce the audio notch effect and allow a wider frequency response.


I let my licence lapse many years ago and had been thinking about taking it out again before the call-sign got issued to someone else. The problem is that they need to see my certificate to prove I passed the Radio Amateurs' Exam and I don't know where to find it.

You'd ace it. It's been dumbed down so much over the years you'd have to be some kind of imbecile not to pass. I'm not sure if they still have it in two parts: technical and legal. However, the legal bit is pretty Janet & John as well.

The Rad Com magazines from the 1960s include reprints of recently set exam papers, some of the questions are quite mathematical. In those days it was recognised that radio was just another branch of electrical engineeing, so you were expected to be able to do calculations on A.C. networks and understand PI tank circuits.

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Maybe here: HamCall.net

Ed

That site is really only or checking current licences, it doesn't even have a record of my old callsign. Ofcom wants to see the actual paper certificate I was awarded at the time.

In the UK, the exam was administered by the City & Guilds Institute and I took it a very long time ago.and there have been several major changes since then.

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