Hello Jim, I'm sure you know that in a more sophisticated setup one can click directly on the image of a received signal on a Pan Adapter display - no more tuning dials. Unfortunately I do not currently have such a feature in my setup, although I'd like that. The next best thing was to do all the tuning via the software like the SatPC32 or HRD. In both cases, I have been able to work out the kinks and am able to avoid touching the radio almost completely. In fact HRD provides a much richer CAT control functionality. In most cases, it remains to be one-way control but it helps ! 73! Umesh k6vug
On Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 11:37:55 AM PST, jim@k6ccc.org jim@k6ccc.org wrote:
The thing to keep in mind is that there are lots of out there that are not capable of operating fully computer controlled because of equipment limitations. Although it's been a few years since I've been on the birds, I used an early Yaesu 736 which has one way CAT control. Although theoretically possible to completely contgrol frequency with a PC that way, it is such a pain in the ass to dial around a passband looking for contacts from the computer as compared to grabbing the VFO knob on the radio. I usedd teh computer to control the antennas but not the VFO.
73 ----- Jim Walls - K6CCC jim@k6ccc.org
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