<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div>Now from a real keyboard..<br><br></div>The conventional method for DTMF is 100mS per digit, 50 of tone and 50 of silence.<br></div>1-2-3-4-4-3-2-1 with the dashes being silence (not very critical about noise during that interval)<br>
</div>The fast way is to reduce or eliminate the space between different digits:<br></div>1.2.3.4-4.3.2.1 with the dash being 50ms and the dots being 0-10mS<br><br></div>How far you can shrink that timing depends on the decoder involved, I have seen 0 work perfectly.<br>
<br></div>In my experience, the biggest hindrance to proper DTMF decoding is bad twist values. <br><br></div><div>This link has some good information on rates and twist.<br><a href="http://www.genave.com/dtmf.htm">http://www.genave.com/dtmf.htm</a><br>
</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 4:16 PM, david vanhorn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kc6ete@gmail.com" target="_blank">kc6ete@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Ssb would be a problem. S/n ratio can be pretty poor, but the one thing most decoders hate is twist. Telco lines attenuate the higher pitches more than the low. Check the datasheet of the decoder you plan to use. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Fwiw, you can almost eliminate the interdigit silence if the digits are different. More later</p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Jan 10, 2014 3:43 PM, "Robert Bruninga" <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div>
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<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone had any experience with any success at DTMF working on HF for some rudimentary commands?</p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">I know tuning is critical as well as inter-tone noise must be way down.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Just thought maybe someone has experimented with it.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">Bob, WB4aPR</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div>
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