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PSK31
A Handbook for PSK31 Users,
complete with dozens of transceiver
to PC sound card interface diagrams.
© 2000 By
Buck Rogers K4ABT
IT’S A “RAVE:”
To speak of it any other way, or in any manner other than; It’s a rave, would be understating its presence and impact
on the world of hobby communications. PSK31 is sweeping through the SWL and Amateur Radio ranks like a
brushfire. Not since the early days of FM repeaters has any mode inspired so much interest in HAM radio and short
wave radio monitoring than PSK31.
If you have a short-wave receiver that supports single-sideband reception, and a PC (486/100 MHz or above)
equipped with a Creative Labs™ compatible SoundBlaster (SB16 or later) sound card, then you have the ingredients
to receive PSK31.
SLEEVE
TIP
To External Speaker
(3.5 mm)
BucK4ABT
RING NOT USED.
SB16 Sound Card "LINE IN"
3.5 MM Stereo
3.5 MM Mono
Shielded Audio Cable, or Mono to Stereo cable.
BucK4ABT
TIP
SLEEVE
RING N/C
"A"
RING NOT USED.
SB16 Sound Card "LINE IN"
3.5 MM Stereo
BucK4ABT
SLEEVE
RING N/C
TIP
TIP
To External Speaker
BucK4ABT
3.5 MM Mono
SLEEVE
BUXFMR1K8
N/C
FERRITE BEAD
1000 ohm to 8 ohm
isolation transformer.
SHIELD
SHIELD
"B"
8
ohm1k ohm
N/C
Figure 1
At figure one, I’ve drawn a very simple and basic interface diagram that makes receiving PSK31 easy for anyone
with the two basic items I’ve listed above. You’ll need the FREE software which I’ll talk about later in the text, but
first, I need to explain what PSK31 is.
What is PSK31?
As the name implies, PSK (phase shift keying) modulates the phase of a carrier, and the number ''31'' references the
actual bandwidth (31 Hz) occupied by the PSK31 signal.
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Page 1 - "B"

PSK31 A Handbook for PSK31 Users, complete with dozens of transceiver to PC sound card interface diagrams. © 2000 By Buck Rogers K4ABT IT’S A “

Page 2

Photo “D” SOFTWARE, SOFTWARE, EVERYWHERE: There’s plenty of software to help you get on the air with PSK31. You can choose the one you like best a

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Page 4

During an idle moment, you can read the IMD of the selected station on the lower feature bar in DigiPan. The IMD reading of the station displayed in

Page 5 - SHIELD/GROUND

BucK4ABT156 971N4148 or 1N914DB9 FEMALEGNDRTSSOUND CARD "LINE IN"SOUND CARD "LINE OUT"TIPSLEEVERING NOT USEDTI

Page 6

Have fun communicating via PSK31. 73 de Buck Rogers K4ABT Visit: www.packetradio.com or www.amateuradio.org * Sound Blaster 16 and progressive rel

Page 7

ISO-KIT-1 for Alinco and Kenwood transceivers with standard (screw-on) 8 pin mic connector.

Page 8 - TX "PTT"

ISO-KIT-2 A Universal parts kit for various transceivers with the standard 8 pin screw-on microphone connector. ISO-KIT-3 for YA

Page 9 - 4700 ohms

ISO-KIT-5 for ICOM IC-746, IC 756, IC-775 ...etc, and similar transceivers with 8 pin DIN ACC(1) data I/O jack. ISO-KIT-75767

Page 10

ISO-KIT-TR7A for the Drake TR7 and TR-7A transceivers with standard 4 pin mic connector. ISO-KIT-1K990 for YAESU and transceive

Page 11 - DB25 FEMALE

ISO-KIT-11 for ICOM, YAESU, Kenwood, and similar transceivers with 8 pin screw-on ''standard'' microphone port. ISO-

Page 12 - IMPORTANT NOTE !

The software that implements PSK31 with a Windows PC and soundcard is a program written and developed by Peter Martinez G3PLX. Two of the most signif

Page 13 - 6 9

ISO-KIT-K505DSP for KACHINA 505 DSP, HF, CPU based transceivers with DB25 Data I/O port connectors. ISO-KIT-AR25008P for the RAN

Page 14

ISO-KIT-TTOMNI for the Ten-Tec OMNI series with RCA ''Patch IN, Patch OUT, and PTT'' jacks. ISO-KIT-TT25S

Page 15

ISO-KIT-UHR5P for the UNIDEN HR-2510 and HR-2600 5 pin mic and similar I/O ISO-KIT-FTMDIN for the Yaesu FT-100 6 pin Mini DIN a

Page 16

ISO-KIT-KW13PD (kit includes the 13 pin DIN male connector.) for the Kenwood transceivers with 13 pin DIN ACC2 accessory I/O ports.

Page 17

I’ll go into more detail later about the use of DigiPan II and how we interface our computer sound card and our transceiver. For now, take a moment

Page 18

This process can be thought of as equivalent to sending information by swapping-over the two wires to the antenna, although, of course, the keying is

Page 19

THE QUICK BROWN “VOX” For this discussion, we will NOT consider using the VOX (voice operated relay) circuits in our transceiver to control PSK31 cha

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Photo “B” If you cannot use the sound card “Control Panel” in Windows (or Digipan, see Photo B) to decrease the output level of your sound card to me

Page 21

Photo “C” Similarly, you can use the DigiPan II “configure” Icon on the task bar and select “Spectrum Drive” (Photo C) to set the receive level to t

Page 22

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Because I am most familiar with the DigiPan 1.2/1.4 PSK31 software, I will use it as a reference during my explanation for setting up the transceiver

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