Actually, PSK MOD has been depreciated. Instead, you should probable use the Constellation Modulator and Constellation Object.
Note, you did reproduced the constellation in the tutorial - but its emphasis is on the hardware. See the following tutorial instead https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/Guided_Tutorial_PSK_Demodulation#Objectives In any case, in the enclosed example, I replaced the PSK MOD with the Constellation Modulator/Constellation Object for qpsk - and I inserted a Rational Resampler in front of the USRP sink. -- Cinaed On 11/01/2018 07:26 AM, Mercado, Alejandra wrote: > Dear GnuRadio folks, > > I have a questions about the "PSK Mod" block of GnuRadio. I am following > the tutorial found > here: > https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/Guided_Tutorial_Hardware_Considerations > (the grc is attached) > > I followed the instructions to see the output of PSK Mod for 4 > constellation points. To my surprise, the constellation graph shows > points that are ambiguously between quadrants (see the screenshot). > > What causes this? Is it the PSK Mod block that creates output points > that do not correspond to one of the four points? Or is it the QT GUI > that is not displaying the output correctly? Or both? > > Thanks and regards > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >
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