Neat! Not sure if that was what you were on when I contacted you this afternoon--if so, sounded good.
To anybody in the know---Here's a question I have about the TH-D72---once the TNC is put into KISS mode--can you use the micr0-USB port to a communicate with terminal program on your PC? Having read the manual, I see that full duplex 9600/dual band is possible, and I see that KISS is possible. It claimes the micro-USB can be used to connect to a PC. But I wonder about talking to the TNC while in KISS mode...
If that works--(access to TNC in KISS mode, full duplex/9600)--it would make one nice little portable packet satellite radio package!
73,
Mark N8MH
At 02:28 PM 12/5/2010 -0700, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
Hi!
The TH-D72A is the real deal as a cross-band full-duplex HT for FM satellite work. And, unlike with the DJ-G7T and some versions of the IC-W32A, no RX desense while transmitting. :-)
I used VFO B for TX, VFO A for RX (it has better sensitivity), balanced audio all the way to VFO A, open squelch for VFO A, 5W transmit, and juat worked AO-27. Nice!
I will try it on a later AO51 pass today, not the next one around 2147 UTC, for another test. As for APRS, it took little time to set it up and get it picked up online. I have not hooked it up to a computer yet, but that is not a high priority yet.
73!
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Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]