[hpsdr] Penny Power

[Bill Tracey]

Ken -- re power out on CW -- try the latest code (28 Feb 2009).

As to AM and FM -- I think this is by design, 
although I can't say I've looked into it in any 
great detail.  I've not changed any of the power 
handling code for Penelope, so I think this is the default PowerSDR behavior.

Regards,

Bill  (kd5tfd)

At 08:19 PM 3/14/2009, Ken wrote:
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>First – I would like to say that I have my Penny 
>group-buy kit assembled and transmitting.  Ta Da.
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>Now I have some questions about how the power output is supposed to work.
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>(I am using PowerSDR 1.10.4/2025 (10 Jan) and Penelope_V1.1)
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>”TUN” on SSB and CW produces 100% power output 
>with the tune drive setting at 100% – I can 
>adjust the actual power  using the calibration 
>screen. But the TX meter on the main menu only 
>indicates the power on sideband modes; it shows 
>zero on CW, when in fact there really is power coming out.
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>On transmit (MOX) I observed the following:
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>On FM, power is automatically set from 100% down 
>to 40% - I guess this is OK, except that there 
>does not seem to be any way to set it, for 
>example to 50%. The 40% is indicated in the 
>drive control box on the main screen.
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>On AM, the carrier power is automatically set to 
>25%.  I understand the reason for this, but I 
>note that this is with the AM carrier level set 
>to 100% (on the transmit menu). If I set that 
>control to 25%, I get 25% of 25%  (6.3%) and 
>while the output is at this extreme low level, 
>the drive control is showing 100%.
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>I searched the Flex Radio manual on this topic 
>but very little info is supplied and perhaps 
>Penelope responds differently, in any case.
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>Thanks and 73
>
>Ken
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