The Alludium Q-36 PSK31 Modulator.
by WA4DQS (and every other playful ham!)

After several years -- minutes of design, construction and testing, I finally perfected the world's first-- umpteenth audio coupled, cheap, sorry-excuse-for-an-interface so that I could grace -- pollute the popular PSK haunts with my very own QPSK transmissions -- noise, and marry -- insult my Icom 756 Pro II with this cheap set up.

Actually, as evidenced by the 20 meter PSK QSO below, it works very well. Hey, man, who says you need the latest and greatest? (answer: HRO!!) Of course, I ended up buying a Rigblaster M8 (hey, just doing my part to support the economy!) But it sure was nice logging my first PSK31 contacts with this amusingly simple setup. (Trivia question: who invented the REAL "Alludium Q36 ______ Modulator" ? Hint: "Eh, what's up, doc?")

Golly gee whiz. Here's my first PSK31 QSO:

<> CQ CQ CQ de WA4DQS/6 WA4DQS/6 CQ CQ CQ de WA4DQS/6 WA4DQS/6 CQ CQ CQ de WA4DQS/6 WA4DQS/6 k k k

<> WA4DQS/6 WA4DQS/6 WA4DQS/6 de KC5GNB K rNB KC5GNB K K tn

<> KC5GNB de WA4DQS/6 hello and thanks for the call. Name here is John. Los Angeles, California. First time on PSK. What's my copy?

<> WA4DQS de KC5GNB Hi John the name here is Bill Bill and the QTH is Plano TX. about 22 miles north of Dallas...... good copy. .. 1��% and a nice clean signal...you have been doing a little reading from the looks of your signal. I'll try to get an IMD for you on the next over but you RST is 599 599.... BTU John WA4DQS de KC5GNB K K k

<> That's pretty amazing considering my setup. Ready to laugh? I've simply set my mike to vox, and ran my computer's headphone to the mic. Sound insulated... by a simple sound setup. HA. btu...

<> WA4DQS de KC5GNB My first attempts at PSK used the "Audio Coupling" techinques as well , but I just laid the mic in front of the computer speakers and vice versa...worked until I got an interface put togeather....welcome to the world of PSK... BTU John WA4DQS de KC5GNB K K

<> Yeah, I'm using my cat's bed as sound insulation. I've got a Rigblaster M8 on order. But got to tinkering just a few minutes ago and thought, OK, let's see what this does... Uh-oh. Girlfriend just came in the door, and the mic might get vox'd any moment now, so I should stop before it get's ugly. hi hi. Thanks again, though, Bill. You're copy is excellent. I'm on 756 Pro 2, about 25 watts. BTU... KC5GNB de WA4DQS/6 kn

<> WA4DQS de KC5GNB I didnt think about doing that (cat bed)....good idea!!!....you really do have a nice clean sig, not being overdriven at all....nice to have met you and hope to see you on the screen again.....runing a PII on this end as well...at 25 watts..... Thanks for the contact and look forward to the next time.. (((73))) WA4DQS de KC5GNB SK SK SK

<> Well, I did read up a bit. Still more to learn....!!! I love my rig. Thanks back to you, and maybe next time i'll be using a "real" interface. 73's sk sk KC5GNB de WA4DQS/6cl

<> Give the girlfriend a hug from a dir ueoad man... see ya de kc5gnb sk sk sk

<> ROger wilco...hi hi! 73's sk sk KC5GNB de WA4DQS/6cl <>

WA4DQS 1024 x 768 home

WA4DQS 800 x 600 home