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Packet Modes

See also: https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/PACKET (though some of its information is dubious)

Spectral Efficiency Comparison

Mode Bitrate (kbps) RF b/w (kHz) kb/s per kHz
TETRA 28.80 25.0 1.1520
VARA FM narrow L11 12.75 12.5 1.0200
VARA FM wide L13 25.21 25.0 1.0084
4FSK in FM 19.20 25.0 0.7680
NPR (68k) 68.00 100.0 0.6800
300 bps BPSK in SSB 0.30 0.5 0.6000
NPR (470k) 470.00 1000.0 0.4700
G3RUH 9k6 in FM 9.60 25.0 0.3840
3600 bps QPSK in FM 3.60 12.5 0.2880
FT8 :D 0.00609 0.05 0.1218
1200 baud AFSK in FM 1.20 12.5 0.0960
LoRa [1] SF7 C4:5 NF6 BW7.8k 0.341 7.8 0.0437
LoRa [1] SF7 C4:5 NF6 BW20.8k 0.91 20.8 0.0436
LoRa [1] SF7 C4:5 NF6 BW500k 21.88 500.0 0.0438

[1] LoRa calculated with https://unsigned.io/understanding-lora-parameters/

Please contribute further examples.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_efficiency#Comparison_table

packet/modes.txt · Last modified: 2024/08/21 17:13 by m0lte