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==PENELOPE - Companion Exciter to Mercury==
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'''PENELOPE - Companion Exciter to Mercury'''
  
''' NOTE: Penelope is no longer available from TAPR. It is now being manufactured by Gerd, DJ8AY. Please contact him at g.loch@nt_electronics.de for further details. '''
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[[Image:DUC-v11.jpg|thumb|400px|block diagram of the Penelope DUC]]
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The '''Penelope''' digital up converter (DUC) is a 1/2-watt transmitter/exciter board. It makes a good companion to the [[MERCURY|Mercury]] HF direct sampling receiver board. When connected to the [[ATLAS|Atlas]] (bus) it will  process the I and Q signal from the personal computer.
  
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The project leader for the board was Phil VK6APH with KK7P doing the PCB layout.
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''NOTE: Penelope is being manufactured by Gerd, DJ8AY.  It has also been superseded by [[Pennylane]] which is available from [http://www.iquadlabs.com iQuadLabs]
  
 
[[Image:penny-5.png|thumb|300px|Wide band spurious output by John N8UR. Penelope producing 0.25w out on 14.1MHz]]
 
[[Image:penny-5.png|thumb|300px|Wide band spurious output by John N8UR. Penelope producing 0.25w out on 14.1MHz]]
  
 
[[Image:penny-spectrumplot.png|thumb|300px|Phase noise plot by John N8UR. Penelope producing 0.25w out on 14.1MHz and phase locked to on board 10MHz TCXO]]
 
[[Image:penny-spectrumplot.png|thumb|300px|Phase noise plot by John N8UR. Penelope producing 0.25w out on 14.1MHz and phase locked to on board 10MHz TCXO]]
 
[[Image:DUC-v11.jpg|thumb|400px|block diagram of the Penelope DUC]]
 
  
 
[[Image:Penelope_Verilog.jpg|thumb|400px|Verilog block diagram]]
 
[[Image:Penelope_Verilog.jpg|thumb|400px|Verilog block diagram]]
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
[[Penelope - Development History‎]]
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* [[Penelope - Development History‎]]
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* [[Penelope - Manufacturing]]
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* [[Penelope - Trouble_Shooting]]
  
[[Penelope - Manufacturing]]
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* [[Never Short a Penelope by AD9DP|Never Short a Penelope]]
  
[[Penelope - Trouble_Shooting]]
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[[Category:Penelope| ]]

Latest revision as of 12:49, 15 September 2011

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 being manufactured by Gerd, DJ8AY. It has also been superseded by Pennylane which is available from iQuadLabs

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