After some deliberation I decided to purchase a venerable old FT-736R; just the basic 144/432 radio plus CTCSS board. surprising even the AC PS is working.
I had initially thought about buying a good dual-band FM mobile but costs would have been $350. I'm getting the FT-736R for $550. Of course this provides multi-mode capability and satellite operation.
My question is what I will need to run the radio from SatPC32 on a computer with only USB ports *XP32 OS? Does the radio need a special I/F for computer control?
I'm hoping to have my antennas back in service this summer (YaseuB5400 with 2M7 yagi and 436CP26). I have an old Unitrac-2000 which I will try to make work for both auto-tune and auto-track. Probably be like a newby when I get back on - its been a long time off the sats (2002).
73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: [email protected]