On 02/02/2010 11:12 AM, Michael Wolthuis wrote:
Can anyone point me to the recommended TNC for adding to an FT-847 for digital satellite work? Are there special modifications needed? What connector does it use on the FT-847?
Thanks, Mike kb8zgl
I can't speak to any specific "recommended TNC", but I've been using my old PacComm Tiny-2 MK2 for years. It uses a 5-pin DIN (think ancient AT-style keyboard connector) and I connected it the packet port on my FT-847 (6-pin mini-din, like the slightly newer PS/2 keyboards) and have copied the ISS using this. The connections were fairly trivial to make following the manuals for the radio and TNC.
Years ago I used the same TNC with my old radio shack HTX-242 to post messages to the BBS on the Mir.
With a different TNC, I could also do 9600, but I don't have that capability at the moment. I'd think most any TNC should work.
-- Sean - VA5LF