SatPC32 - Change xmit freq while transmitting?
Can SatPC32 (or any other software for that matter) change the transmit frequency on an Icom transceiver while it is transmitting? Yaesu doesn't permit this. I'm particularly interested in the Icom IC-7100.
Anybody know? Reading through the SatPC32 docs I see that there is a sentence about Yaesu rigs (FT-817, 818, 857, 991 etc) saying it can't be done), but no similar statement about Icoms (706, 7000, 7100 etc.)
Thanks and 73,
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com
Yes for 910, 9100, and 9700!
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:03 AM Kenneth P Alexander via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Can SatPC32 (or any other software for that matter) change the transmit frequency on an Icom transceiver while it is transmitting? Yaesu doesn't permit this. I'm particularly interested in the Icom IC-7100.
Anybody know? Reading through the SatPC32 docs I see that there is a sentence about Yaesu rigs (FT-817, 818, 857, 991 etc) saying it can't be done), but no similar statement about Icoms (706, 7000, 7100 etc.)
Thanks and 73,
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Ah. You didn't read my e-mail. I left those models off my list because I'm interested in the IC-7100.
Thanks anyway.
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:08 PM Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
Yes for 910, 9100, and 9700!
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:03 AM Kenneth P Alexander via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Can SatPC32 (or any other software for that matter) change the transmit frequency on an Icom transceiver while it is transmitting? Yaesu doesn't permit this. I'm particularly interested in the Icom IC-7100.
Anybody know? Reading through the SatPC32 docs I see that there is a sentence about Yaesu rigs (FT-817, 818, 857, 991 etc) saying it can't be done), but no similar statement about Icoms (706, 7000, 7100 etc.)
Thanks and 73,
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
Yes, I did read your email. You didn't specifically exclude the satellite radios now, did you ; ) I was just adding some facts of which I am aware.
Do you have an IC-7100? If so, why don't you download SatPC32 and use in trial mode to find out for yourself. and then let us know? :)
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:13 AM Kenneth P Alexander ve3hls@gmail.com wrote:
Ah. You didn't read my e-mail. I left those models off my list because I'm interested in the IC-7100.
Thanks anyway.
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:08 PM Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
Yes for 910, 9100, and 9700!
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:03 AM Kenneth P Alexander via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Can SatPC32 (or any other software for that matter) change the transmit frequency on an Icom transceiver while it is transmitting? Yaesu doesn't permit this. I'm particularly interested in the Icom IC-7100.
Anybody know? Reading through the SatPC32 docs I see that there is a sentence about Yaesu rigs (FT-817, 818, 857, 991 etc) saying it can't be done), but no similar statement about Icoms (706, 7000, 7100 etc.)
Thanks and 73,
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
Hi mark,
I didn't specifically exclude them, but I didn't include them list in my e-mail. The Yaesu and Icom rigs I listed are similar and not satellite rigs.
I have SatPC already, but I can't test it on a 7100. I'm retired and live in Thailand. I can't get a license here because the authorities here only give out licenses to foreigners from a small handful of countries that have reciprocal licensing agreements with Thailand, and Canada doesn't. Thus, I can't legally import or own a transceiver. Plus, the 7100 has the 70cm band, which isn't a legal ham band here, so I couldn't import one even if I had a Thai license. Thai sat ops are limited to SO-50, FO-29 and FO-99...and, well FO-29 is out of service.
I want to set up a satellite station at a ham friend's place back in Toronto that I can operate remotely from here. I don't have the opportunity to experiment to see if it's possible or not to control a 7100. I need to know before I buy one. I also can't afford to buy one only to find out it won't work. I'm going home for a week in November and have about one or two days to set the station up and get it working, so I have to know that it will work. I'd like to get a 9700 but that's way out of my reach...over twice the price of a 7100. I'll use an Airspy SDR as a receiver.
If the docs that came with SatPC32 were just a little bit more explicit then I'd have my answer and could proceed. The 7100 is on sale at the local (Toronto) ham shop for a good price until the end of this month.
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:26 PM Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, I did read your email. You didn't specifically exclude the satellite radios now, did you ; ) I was just adding some facts of which I am aware.
Do you have an IC-7100? If so, why don't you download SatPC32 and use in trial mode to find out for yourself. and then let us know? :)
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:13 AM Kenneth P Alexander ve3hls@gmail.com wrote:
Ah. You didn't read my e-mail. I left those models off my list because I'm interested in the IC-7100.
Thanks anyway.
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:08 PM Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
Yes for 910, 9100, and 9700!
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:03 AM Kenneth P Alexander via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Can SatPC32 (or any other software for that matter) change the transmit frequency on an Icom transceiver while it is transmitting? Yaesu doesn't permit this. I'm particularly interested in the Icom IC-7100.
Anybody know? Reading through the SatPC32 docs I see that there is a sentence about Yaesu rigs (FT-817, 818, 857, 991 etc) saying it can't be done), but no similar statement about Icoms (706, 7000, 7100 etc.)
Thanks and 73,
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
Kenneth,
The issue lies not with SATpc32 but with the radio. I use an ICOM-910H and I have a friend that runs an IC-7100. and has Satellite VUCC, The answer is Icoms do allow for frequency change when transmitting. On SSB I have the step size set very low, 20 Hz, and everything works fine.
John
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:53 AM Kenneth P Alexander via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Hi mark,
I didn't specifically exclude them, but I didn't include them list in my e-mail. The Yaesu and Icom rigs I listed are similar and not satellite rigs.
I have SatPC already, but I can't test it on a 7100. I'm retired and live in Thailand. I can't get a license here because the authorities here only give out licenses to foreigners from a small handful of countries that have reciprocal licensing agreements with Thailand, and Canada doesn't. Thus, I can't legally import or own a transceiver. Plus, the 7100 has the 70cm band, which isn't a legal ham band here, so I couldn't import one even if I had a Thai license. Thai sat ops are limited to SO-50, FO-29 and FO-99...and, well FO-29 is out of service.
I want to set up a satellite station at a ham friend's place back in Toronto that I can operate remotely from here. I don't have the opportunity to experiment to see if it's possible or not to control a 7100. I need to know before I buy one. I also can't afford to buy one only to find out it won't work. I'm going home for a week in November and have about one or two days to set the station up and get it working, so I have to know that it will work. I'd like to get a 9700 but that's way out of my reach...over twice the price of a 7100. I'll use an Airspy SDR as a receiver.
If the docs that came with SatPC32 were just a little bit more explicit then I'd have my answer and could proceed. The 7100 is on sale at the local (Toronto) ham shop for a good price until the end of this month.
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:26 PM Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, I did read your email. You didn't specifically exclude the
satellite
radios now, did you ; ) I was just adding some facts of which I am
aware.
Do you have an IC-7100? If so, why don't you download SatPC32 and use in trial mode to find out for yourself. and then let us know? :)
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:13 AM Kenneth P Alexander ve3hls@gmail.com wrote:
Ah. You didn't read my e-mail. I left those models off my list because I'm interested in the IC-7100.
Thanks anyway.
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:08 PM Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
Yes for 910, 9100, and 9700!
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:03 AM Kenneth P Alexander via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Can SatPC32 (or any other software for that matter) change the
transmit
frequency on an Icom transceiver while it is transmitting? Yaesu doesn't permit this. I'm particularly interested in the Icom IC-7100.
Anybody know? Reading through the SatPC32 docs I see that there is a sentence about Yaesu rigs (FT-817, 818, 857, 991 etc) saying it can't
be
done), but no similar statement about Icoms (706, 7000, 7100 etc.)
Thanks and 73,
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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:
https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Bingo! Thank you John!
Ken Alexander, VE3HLS So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 3:51 PM John Kludt johnnykludt@gmail.com wrote:
Kenneth,
The issue lies not with SATpc32 but with the radio. I use an ICOM-910H and I have a friend that runs an IC-7100. and has Satellite VUCC, The answer is Icoms do allow for frequency change when transmitting. On SSB I have the step size set very low, 20 Hz, and everything works fine.
John
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:53 AM Kenneth P Alexander via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Hi mark,
I didn't specifically exclude them, but I didn't include them list in my e-mail. The Yaesu and Icom rigs I listed are similar and not satellite rigs.
I have SatPC already, but I can't test it on a 7100. I'm retired and live in Thailand. I can't get a license here because the authorities here only give out licenses to foreigners from a small handful of countries that have reciprocal licensing agreements with Thailand, and Canada doesn't. Thus, I can't legally import or own a transceiver. Plus, the 7100 has the 70cm band, which isn't a legal ham band here, so I couldn't import one even if I had a Thai license. Thai sat ops are limited to SO-50, FO-29 and FO-99...and, well FO-29 is out of service.
I want to set up a satellite station at a ham friend's place back in Toronto that I can operate remotely from here. I don't have the opportunity to experiment to see if it's possible or not to control a 7100. I need to know before I buy one. I also can't afford to buy one only to find out it won't work. I'm going home for a week in November and have about one or two days to set the station up and get it working, so I have to know that it will work. I'd like to get a 9700 but that's way out of my reach...over twice the price of a 7100. I'll use an Airspy SDR as a receiver.
If the docs that came with SatPC32 were just a little bit more explicit then I'd have my answer and could proceed. The 7100 is on sale at the local (Toronto) ham shop for a good price until the end of this month.
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:26 PM Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, I did read your email. You didn't specifically exclude the
satellite
radios now, did you ; ) I was just adding some facts of which I am
aware.
Do you have an IC-7100? If so, why don't you download SatPC32 and use
in
trial mode to find out for yourself. and then let us know? :)
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:13 AM Kenneth P Alexander ve3hls@gmail.com wrote:
Ah. You didn't read my e-mail. I left those models off my list
because
I'm interested in the IC-7100.
Thanks anyway.
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:08 PM Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond@gmail.com
wrote:
Yes for 910, 9100, and 9700!
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:03 AM Kenneth P Alexander via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Can SatPC32 (or any other software for that matter) change the
transmit
frequency on an Icom transceiver while it is transmitting? Yaesu doesn't permit this. I'm particularly interested in the Icom IC-7100.
Anybody know? Reading through the SatPC32 docs I see that there is a sentence about Yaesu rigs (FT-817, 818, 857, 991 etc) saying it
can't be
done), but no similar statement about Icoms (706, 7000, 7100 etc.)
Thanks and 73,
Ken Alexander So Phisai, Thailand Blog: bueng-ken.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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:
https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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