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- Modifying the TM-441E for 9600 baud
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- 1. Audio output from the receiver is brought out without de-emphasis to pin
- 6 of the microphone socket.
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- 2. Audio input to the Tx PLL can be inserted at the top of the max deviation
- pot on the main circuit board with a series resistor and capacitor.
- Remove the two screws securing the top cover, remove top cover and set
- aside. Remove the bottom cover in a similar way.
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- With the front panel of the radio towards you, lift out the speaker and
- set it aside to the left of the radio.
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- 3. Locate the deviation control (R02)
- On the underside of the ciruit board, locate the live end of R02, it
- connects directly to the collector of a surface mounting transistor.
- Solder a 6.8K resistor and 1uF Tantalum capacitor, in series, to this
- point, the positive end towards the pot.
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- 3. A thin screened audio cable can be taken out via a slot in the side of
- the rear heatsink below the 13v8 input cable grommet.
- This cable is passed to the underside of the board via a small hole
- at the rear of the main board, near to a mounting point and screw.
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- 4. Solder the inner of the screened cable to the end of the 6.8K and 1uF
- and its braid to earth.
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- Performance
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- Performance of this radio has not proved to be very good.
- The transmit waveform shows LF loss, probably due to the time
- constant of the PLL loop filter. I have not attempted to
- change this, as the noise output fron the synthesiser would suffer.
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- The recieve audio, from pin 6 of the mic. socket likewise is a lot
- worse than optimum. This is, however, the optimum point to take
- RX audio from.
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- Having said all this, it does work. I just think you should be
- aware of the shortcomings I have found.
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- Frank Johnson. g0gsr. Sept 1991