SPREAD 51

General Information

SPREAD 51 is a synchronous FEC system which was used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Romania.

Usage:

§ Data communication over HF.

Mode Details

 

Item

Value

Standard

Modulation

FSK

 

Number of tones

2

 

Shift (Hz)

400

 

Symbol rate (Bd)

102.7

 

Coding

10 Bit Bauer code, Interleaving

 

Alphabet

ITA-2

Demodulator Settings

Demodulator

FSK 2 matched

 

Symbol rate (Bd)

102.7

 

SR tolerance (Bd)

1

 

Shift (Hz)

400

 

Shift tolerance (Hz)

10

 

Modem type

Synchronous

Features

Demodulation

yes

 

Recognition

yes

 

Decoding

yes

 

Automatic Polarity Adjustment

yes

 

Combination with other modems (modem list)

yes

Tuning

The tuning frequency is the center of the signal

Table 204: SPREAD 51

Figure 70: SPREAD 51 Spectrogram