Jeff,
Do you have a PL tone stored in the current satellite channel? Some time back, 2-3 years, I found that there seemed to be a conflict in programming the PL frequency if one was stored in memory. I switched to another satellite channel without a PL tone stored, and the problem went away. I just let SATPC32 take care of it. Easy enough to check, unless all your satellite channels have tones stored.
Good luck,
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff KB2M Sent: 20 December, 2009 11:03 To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] 847 PL problems
I just noticed that my FT-847 is having a problem with PL tones. There are a few things happening... It seems to want to stay only in a PL of 67.0. When I try to operate on SO-67 that has a PL of 233.6, I can't get into the bird, unless I tailgate. As it seems to default to a PL of 67.0 I can work SO-50 no problem. I checked all my cables, and also went to a different software control program and it all points to a problem with my 847. After some testing with different PL's, using another radio with TQSL set, it seems that when in Satellite mode my 847 will only transmit a PL of 67. I've had my 847 I bought new since 1997 and I never had a problem with This. When I look back I can't remember when I needed any other PL other then 67.0, except 74.4 to open up SO-50, last time about 3 years ago. Before I try a full reset I thought I would ask here, to make sure I'm not missing anything stupid...
73 Jeff kb2m
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