I'm trying to set up my station's Doppler shift control. I have an FT-847 and I've been working mostly with Satscape software because I love the graphics display and ease of use. But getting it to accept frequency changes thru the drop-down combo boxes (like changing AO7 from Mode A to Mode B) is next to impossible.
Other software I've d/l'ed includes SatPC32, HRD, Nova for Windows, Orbitron, and Predict for DOS. I like HRD the best but the current build has a major defect in the 847 support. I've been less than successful in getting any of the others to control the radio.
I'd like to hear from users of each package about how to interface with the radio.
And please, no lectures about using Linux instead of Windows. It's not an option.
73 de W0HV, Jim in Raymore, MO
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Jim,
Note that Simon is working on an update and fix for the HRD satellite module, and the preliminary screen shots look great. Stay tuned.
Otherwise, I have used SATPC32 for years with the FT-847 with great success.
.. how to interface with the radio.
Are you referring to the hardware needed? If so, all you need is a null modem cable, a serial port, and an FT-847 with a bi-directional CAT. That last is rather important, and applies to all but the first few production runs. A USB serial port _should_ work fine, but some have had trouble and needed to have the delay parameter in the setup tweaked. I had one which would not work no matter what I did, but that was a special case.
If you could give us some specifics of the problem, there is a good chance a solution exists.
Alan WA4SCA
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