Tom the program supports the sub tone function of the FT-857 for woking SO-50. If you configure the Icom as Radio 1 and the FT-817 as Radio 2 the 817 will transmit on 2m with FO-29, SO-50. Choose SO-50 and click the control T to T1 or T2. A little "T" will appear in the display. The program will correctly set the 67.0 and 74.4 tone frequency on the FT-817. In menu "Radio Setup" check (only) the option "Autom. Rx/Tx Change" With VO-52 and AO-07 mode B the FT-817 will then work as RX, so you can leave it at the 2m antenna.
To work AO-07 mode A use a second "Configuration" (menu Setup). Configure again the Icom as Radio 1 and the FT-817. Leave all options unchecked. With AO-07 mode A the Icom will then receive on 10 m and the FT-817 will transmit on 2m.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Worthington" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 7:30 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] PCSat32 question
I use PCSat32 with two radios, an Icom IC7000 for 2m and a Yaesu FT-857 for 70 cm. (I use this particular setup because the FT-857 doesn't respond to the tone settings when in FM mode on SO-50)
This seems to work, it correctly assigns selects the proper radio for uplink or downlink and band.
The problem arises when I try to run AO-7 in mode A. PCSat assigns the FT-857 to 2m and the IC-7000 to 10m which means I need to move the 2m antenna coax to the other radio. (both radios have a separate coax connector for the 10m antenna.)
Is there a way to fix this 'feature'? If I change the order of the frequencies in the Doppler file the radios get assigned properly but the Doppler corrections are of the wrong sign.
Thanks, Tom, NH6Y
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