<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi John,</div><div><br></div><div>Some of the distortion you show, especially the ones Dire Wolf shows the volume level over 100, look a lot like what one sees when overdriving the inputs on an audio capture device.</div><div><br></div><div><div>How much of the distortion you are seeing is caused by the capture and recording process? How much is due to the radio used to capture the signal? Those seem to be unknowns and ought to be accounted for.</div></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">Kind Regards,<br><br>Rob Riggs WX9O<br>Mobilinkd LLC<br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 8:07 PM, John Langner WB2OSZ via aprssig <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig@tapr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">How can we compare how well different TNCs decode less-than-ideal APRS<br>
signals? The de facto standard of measurement is the number of real-world<br>
frames decoded from WA8LMF's TNC Test CD.<br>
<br>
Let's take a closer look at some of the frames on the TNC Test CD in hopes<br>
of gaining some insights into why some are easily decoded and others are<br>
more difficult.<br>
<br>
WARNING!<br>
<br>
This document contains images of really ugly APRS radio signals that some<br>
will find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/blob/dev/doc/A-Closer-Look-at-the-WA8LMF-
TNC-Test-CD.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/blob/dev/doc/A-Closer-Look-at-the-WA8LMF-<br>
TNC-Test-CD.pdf</a><br>
<br>
There are a lot of ugly signals out there. Many can be improved by<br>
decreasing the transmit volume. Others are just plain weird and you have<br>
to wonder how they are being generated.<br>
<br>
<br>
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