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Article #445Re: Voice channel beeps.
From: Steve Masticola
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1989 01:57
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1989 01:57
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Bill Bencze writes: ] What function do the ever present "beeps" serve in the voice ] communication between spacecraft and the ground? These are the ] 1~3 kHz beeps of about a half second in duration which seem to ] occur at random duning the transmissions. Are they electronic ] "Over" signals automatically sent at the end of a transmission or ] some other type of timing signal. They're not random. I believe they're sent when the speaking party's VOX times out (after about a half second of silence). - Steve (masticol@athos.rutgers.edu)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!gatech!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!masticol From: masticol@athos.rutgers.edu (Steve Masticola) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Voice channel beeps. Message-ID: <Jul.21.21.57.29.1989.15319@athos.rutgers.edu> Date: 22 Jul 89 01:57:30 GMT References: <474@bach.nsc.com> Distribution: usa Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 13