12 October 2017

OFDM modem 12+12 tones 48Bd (Marconi 25-tones)


Probably a simplex transmission heard on 6246.5 KHz/USB. Although the SNR is poor, it's possible to see a central un-modulated tone a + 1500Hz  that splits the signal in two identical parts which I analyzed separately. The results show an OFDM modulation of 12 + 12 tones at a rate of 48 symbols/sec; the on-air constellation seems to be QPSK on each channel.

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 The initial part exhibits an upper un-modulated tone and a short FSK

Fig. 4

 Modem name and users are unknown to me.

Update:
thanks to hf_linkz who pointed me to the correct identification of this modem: it's the "Marconi 25-tones" as depicted here:
http://signals.radioscanner.ru/base/signal125/ 
https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Marconi_Selenia_25-Tone_Modem  





2 comments:

  1. This is a nice QSL, to say so, Antonio ;-)
    And surely it is a sophisticated tribute to your always stunning work! 73 Nils, DK8OK, a fan

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  2. Thank Nils, I think you mean the Thales mention :)
    I too do love your posts and website!

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