COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF DIGITAL DATA MODEMS FOR HF RADIO

Abstract

The comparative performance of several digital data modems over a high-frequency (HF) radio link is described in this document. During April and June 1964, field testing of evaluation models of new phase-shift keyed (PSK) modems was conducted over a leased 6900-nautical mile HF radio circuit from Pretoria, South Africa, to Riverhead, New York. The superior bandwidth economy of PSK over frequency-shift keyed (FSK) modulation was demonstrated. This work was accomplished as part of the ESD program to improve missile test range HF digital data transmission.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0610675

Entities

People

  • F. N. Nelson Jr.
  • R. E. Greim
  • W. R. Menges

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Communication Systems
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Transmission
  • Delay Lines
  • Demodulation
  • Digital Data
  • Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Transmission
  • Radio Transmitters
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Radio communications and signal processing.