[amsat-bb] Re: FT 897D Freq Control and Data

[George Henry]

It should certainly be possible if you add a 2nd serial port...  you could 
go with either a PCMCIA serial card, or a USB serial adapter.

73,

George, KA3HSW


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Rm2642 at aol.com>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 11:39 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] FT 897D Freq Control and Data


> Good Morning All:
> Is it possible to connect both DATA and CAT interfaces to one  laptop? The
> transceiver is a Yaesu FT-897D.
>
> I can receive satellite telemetry following a path from  the DATA port to 
> TNC
> to laptop serial interface.
>
> Where do I make the CAT connection to control doppler  shift?
>
> Seems like a dumb question but, can DATA and CAT operations  really be 
> done
> simultaneously???
>
> Using:
> SATPC32
> Windows XP
>
> TIA
> Ron
> n6paa