Thanks for the replies. I don't mind having to manually enter the appropriate frequency and have had zero issues following ao85 and so50 through full passes.
The issue that drives me crazy is having to reset the tone and step each time I change satellites. If I have everything set with a 67hz tone and 5khz step for an ao85 pass and then enter frequencies for a so50 pass I have to redo the tone and steps. It automatically defaults each time to 88.5 and 25khz steps.
I don't know what to do to make this not have to occur. I would prefer to just type in the appropriate frequencies and move on, not have to make the other adjustments.
I suppose this is because, as others have said, to do duplex you have to use one side for TX and one side for RX and the sats don't use the same bands for RX/TX. (Just confirming I understand the problem).
With Kenwood radios there is a way to transfer memories to VFO. I wonder if you just saved each sat's RX and TX if you could transfer the memory with at least tone, and hopefully step, to the appropriate side of the radio. I can't remember the buttons to do this, but on some Kenwood radios it is as simple as Function -> VFO
John, KG4AKV
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Zach Hillerson [email protected] wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I don't mind having to manually enter the appropriate frequency and have had zero issues following ao85 and so50 through full passes.
The issue that drives me crazy is having to reset the tone and step each time I change satellites. If I have everything set with a 67hz tone and 5khz step for an ao85 pass and then enter frequencies for a so50 pass I have to redo the tone and steps. It automatically defaults each time to 88.5 and 25khz steps.
I don't know what to do to make this not have to occur. I would prefer to just type in the appropriate frequencies and move on, not have to make the other adjustments. _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Zach, are you saying that you don't use the memories at all, or that the tone and step size are not stored in the memories? I'm pretty sure that you can use one memory for the uplink and a different one for the downlink, and then set the A and B side each to a different one. I'm 99.9% sure I did that. And I sure thought that the tone was stored with the memory. I think I have an "Open SO50" and a "talk SO50" memory with different tones. But maybe I did not check. (Maybe that's why I have so much trouble!)
73,
Burns W2BFJ
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Zach Hillerson [email protected] wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I don't mind having to manually enter the appropriate frequency and have had zero issues following ao85 and so50 through full passes.
The issue that drives me crazy is having to reset the tone and step each time I change satellites. If I have everything set with a 67hz tone and 5khz step for an ao85 pass and then enter frequencies for a so50 pass I have to redo the tone and steps. It automatically defaults each time to 88.5 and 25khz steps.
I don't know what to do to make this not have to occur. I would prefer to just type in the appropriate frequencies and move on, not have to make the other adjustments. _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
There might be helpful information in the following thread from this past summer:
http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-July/053849.html
Also especially this post:
http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-July/053874.html
"Another thing that's handy for the TH-d72 is the M>V key."
John, KG4AKV
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Burns Fisher [email protected] wrote:
Zach, are you saying that you don't use the memories at all, or that the tone and step size are not stored in the memories? I'm pretty sure that you can use one memory for the uplink and a different one for the downlink, and then set the A and B side each to a different one. I'm 99.9% sure I did that. And I sure thought that the tone was stored with the memory. I think I have an "Open SO50" and a "talk SO50" memory with different tones. But maybe I did not check. (Maybe that's why I have so much trouble!)
73,
Burns W2BFJ
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Zach Hillerson [email protected] wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I don't mind having to manually enter the appropriate frequency and have had zero issues following ao85 and so50 through full passes.
The issue that drives me crazy is having to reset the tone and step each time I change satellites. If I have everything set with a 67hz tone and 5khz step for an ao85 pass and then enter frequencies for a so50 pass I have to redo the tone and steps. It automatically defaults each time to 88.5 and 25khz steps.
I don't know what to do to make this not have to occur. I would prefer to just type in the appropriate frequencies and move on, not have to make the other adjustments. _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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