Kenwood TS-710 for Falconsat?
All:
Has anyone used the Kenwood TS-710 series radios with their internal TNC's to work Falconsat or any of the Pacsats of the past? I believe it has full-duplex capability, but I'm not sure if the internal TNC can be active on both VHF and UHF.
If it does meet this criteria, then the only thing to do would be to connect the rig to a PC running Wisp. Talk about plug-n-play!
Tony -K2MO
Tony
Just be warey of doppler shift
I drive my radios using a satellite program.
I also do SDR
Without doppler you are going to loose part of your pass.
Is the TS-710 9600 baud ?
I get fantastic results with 8 kHz bandwidth
Andy VK4TEC
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Tony Sent: Saturday, 4 November 2017 4:28 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Kenwood TS-710 for Falconsat?
All:
Has anyone used the Kenwood TS-710 series radios with their internal TNC's to work Falconsat or any of the Pacsats of the past? I believe it has full-duplex capability, but I'm not sure if the internal TNC can be active on both VHF and UHF.
If it does meet this criteria, then the only thing to do would be to connect the rig to a PC running Wisp. Talk about plug-n-play!
Tony -K2MO
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On 11/3/2017 2:37 PM, vk4tec@tech-software.net wrote:
Tony Just be warey of doppler shift I drive my radios using a satellite program.
Andy:
I use Ham Radio Deluxe for satellite tracking and Doppler correction. I don't see the TM-710 rig control list, so it may not work. I'm guessing it might if one selects one of the other Kenwood radios.
Thanks,
Tony -K2MO
Kenwood mobile radios and HTs only have 5 kHz steps and no PC frequency tune. You have to manually tune, but it works OK. You might miss a packet or two while tuning, though.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Tony dxdx@optonline.net wrote:
On 11/3/2017 2:37 PM, vk4tec@tech-software.net wrote:
Tony Just be warey of doppler shift I drive my radios using a satellite program.
Andy:
I use Ham Radio Deluxe for satellite tracking and Doppler correction. I don't see the TM-710 rig control list, so it may not work. I'm guessing it might if one selects one of the other Kenwood radios.
Thanks,
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On 11/3/2017 4:03 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
Kenwood mobile radios and HTs only have 5 kHz steps and no PC frequency tune. You have to manually tune, but it works OK. You might miss a packet or two while tuning, though. 73,Paul, N8HM
Bummer Paul -- at least it's still doable with manual tuning.
Tony -K2MO
The TM-D710 can do full duplex with it's internal TNC. Include "FU ON" in the KISS initialization string (which essentially just turns off DCD sense).
I plan to attempt this with my TH-D72 either tonight or later this weekend. The TH-D7A will do full duplex in standalone APRS mode, but not in packet mode.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Tony dxdx@optonline.net wrote:
All:
Has anyone used the Kenwood TS-710 series radios with their internal TNC's to work Falconsat or any of the Pacsats of the past? I believe it has full-duplex capability, but I'm not sure if the internal TNC can be active on both VHF and UHF.
If it does meet this criteria, then the only thing to do would be to connect the rig to a PC running Wisp. Talk about plug-n-play!
Tony -K2MO
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