Guys, New to Macs, new to the ICOM 910H and new to auto Doppler control. So this should be fun... I have the Doppler correction working. Both the up and the down go the way they should. The software is communicating with the radio, and everything is wonderful, but I can't for the life of me see how to move to another spot on the passband. I move the radio dial and it goes right back to the middle of the passband. When I try to adjust the frequency in the software, nothing moves, I'm stumped here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Good for you!
Getting the radio connected is half of the battle.
If I remember correctly, it only works for USB/LSB not FM and you have to uncheck the VFO's locked button.
Try it and let me know,
Stefan
On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 3:59 PM Paul Overn via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Guys, New to Macs, new to the ICOM 910H and new to auto Doppler control. So this should be fun... I have the Doppler correction working. Both the up and the down go the way they should. The software is communicating with the radio, and everything is wonderful, but I can't for the life of me see how to move to another spot on the passband. I move the radio dial and it goes right back to the middle of the passband. When I try to adjust the frequency in the software, nothing moves, I'm stumped here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Hi Paul and Stefan,
I also use MacDoppler. I've used it on a friend's 910 and 9100 and mostly on my TS-2000. Glad you got the connection to the radio working--that was my challenge!
In any case, for a linear satellite, you first want to unlock the VFO on the "Radio" screen (bottom right with the 'radio' tab selected) and tweak the Tx on the MacDoppler screen. till you can hear yourself. A clicker/chirper can help with this, but just your voice also works. Now lock the VFO. One some radios you can now use the tuning knob on your radio, but on the 910 and the 9100 that does not work. You have to adjust where you want to be in the passband on the MacDoppler screen. The easiest way to do that is with the slider at the bottom of the radio panel. You pull it to the right to move one way in frequency. To the left to move the other way. It's a bit different than you might expect--each "pull" on the slider moves the frequencies only a bit. You have to pull it and release it repeatedly to move very far. Of course this allows you to tune more finely. It's kind of nice when you get used to it.
You can also tweak the frequencies on FM birds, but of course there is no reason you want to have the Rx and Tx locked together when you do that. And another hint: To go back to the original settings, there is a little white rectangle to the left side of those radio adjustments on the screen. Click on it and it all returns to the original values.
And BTW, don't necessarily trust all the frequencies for the satellites that come by default with MacDoppler. One of my friends had to change some of them, some by a bit, some by a lot.
Good luck!
73,
Burns WB1FJ
On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 5:44 PM, Stefan Wagener wageners@gmail.com wrote:
Good for you!
Getting the radio connected is half of the battle.
If I remember correctly, it only works for USB/LSB not FM and you have to uncheck the VFO's locked button.
Try it and let me know,
Stefan
On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 3:59 PM Paul Overn via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Guys, New to Macs, new to the ICOM 910H and new to auto Doppler control. So
this
should be fun... I have the Doppler correction working. Both the up and the down go the
way
they should. The software is communicating with the radio, and everything is wonderful, but I can't for the life of me see how to move to another spot on the passband. I move the radio dial and it goes right back to the middle of the passband. When I try to adjust the frequency in the software, nothing moves, I'm stumped here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Awesome, thanks!
Stefan
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:33 PM Burns Fisher burns@fisher.cc wrote:
Hi Paul and Stefan,
I also use MacDoppler. I've used it on a friend's 910 and 9100 and mostly on my TS-2000. Glad you got the connection to the radio working--that was my challenge!
In any case, for a linear satellite, you first want to unlock the VFO on the "Radio" screen (bottom right with the 'radio' tab selected) and tweak the Tx on the MacDoppler screen. till you can hear yourself. A clicker/chirper can help with this, but just your voice also works. Now lock the VFO. One some radios you can now use the tuning knob on your radio, but on the 910 and the 9100 that does not work. You have to adjust where you want to be in the passband on the MacDoppler screen. The easiest way to do that is with the slider at the bottom of the radio panel. You pull it to the right to move one way in frequency. To the left to move the other way. It's a bit different than you might expect--each "pull" on the slider moves the frequencies only a bit. You have to pull it and release it repeatedly to move very far. Of course this allows you to tune more finely. It's kind of nice when you get used to it.
You can also tweak the frequencies on FM birds, but of course there is no reason you want to have the Rx and Tx locked together when you do that. And another hint: To go back to the original settings, there is a little white rectangle to the left side of those radio adjustments on the screen. Click on it and it all returns to the original values.
And BTW, don't necessarily trust all the frequencies for the satellites that come by default with MacDoppler. One of my friends had to change some of them, some by a bit, some by a lot.
Good luck!
73,
Burns WB1FJ
On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 5:44 PM, Stefan Wagener wageners@gmail.com wrote:
Good for you!
Getting the radio connected is half of the battle.
If I remember correctly, it only works for USB/LSB not FM and you have to uncheck the VFO's locked button.
Try it and let me know,
Stefan
On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 3:59 PM Paul Overn via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Guys, New to Macs, new to the ICOM 910H and new to auto Doppler control. So
this
should be fun... I have the Doppler correction working. Both the up and the down go the
way
they should. The software is communicating with the radio, and
everything
is wonderful, but I can't for the life of me see how to move to another spot on the passband. I move the radio dial and it goes right back to the middle of the passband. When I try to adjust the frequency in the software, nothing moves, I'm stumped here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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