PENELOPE

PENELOPE - Companion Exciter to Mercury

block diagram of the Penelope DUC

The Penelope digital up converter (DUC) is a 1/2-watt transmitter/exciter board. It makes a good companion to the Mercury HF direct sampling receiver board. When connected to the Atlas (bus) it will process the I and Q signal from the personal computer.

The project leader for the board was Phil VK6APH with KK7P doing the PCB layout.

NOTE: Penelope is no longer available from TAPR. It is now being manufactured by Gerd, DJ8AY.

Wide band spurious output by John N8UR. Penelope producing 0.25w out on 14.1MHz

Phase noise plot by John N8UR. Penelope producing 0.25w out on 14.1MHz and phase locked to on board 10MHz TCXO

Verilog block diagram

See Also

Penelope - Development History‎

Penelope - Manufacturing

Penelope - Trouble_Shooting

Never Short a Penelope