[amsat-bb] Re: help with 817 and satpc32

[Erich Eichmann]

Hi Tim,
here the program seems to work flawlessly with my FT-817.
I tuned VFO A and B manually to  50.000 MHz  and set the mode to AM  (both
VFOs).   Then I started SatPC32 with CAT steering activated at start (menu
Options). My first satellite is FO-29. The program  switched the radio into
Split mode and tuned both VFOs to the correct frequencies and modes
(downlink: VFO B,  UHF, USB,  uplink: VFO A, VHF, LSB). When I pressed the
PTT button the radio transmitted on the correct VHF uplink in LSB and  I
could tune around in the passband with the VFO.

I made the same test but with CAT steering deactivated at program start.
When I activated CAT steering (C+) the program did all settings correctly,
except the uplink mode. This was USB instead of LSB.   I clicked the FO-29
ident letter and the uplink mode was then also set correctly to LSB.

My settings in menu Radio Setup: CAT baud rate 38400, CAT delay 110. All 4
checkboxes unchecked. Interval in menu CAT: 70 Hz for SSB, 200 Hz for FM
sats.

73s and Happy New Year,
Erich, DK1TB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Goodrich" <tim at timgoodrich.net>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:51 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] help with 817 and satpc32


> Hi all,
>
> I just finally upgraded to general over the weekend, so I went out and got
> a
> Yeasu 817. However, I'm having problems with using it for Doppler tracking
> in SatPC32. Here's what it's doing.
>
>
>
> When I turn the control on, the radio will track the frequencies that are
> showing in SatPC32 for both the uplink and the downlink. It switches
> between
> the uplink and downlink frequencies quite often- about once per second.
> The
> radio will also switch to the correct mode (FM, etc). However, when I hit
> PTT, it transmits on the previously stored VFOb frequency.
>
>
>
> So, for example....
>
>
>
> 1) I tune vfoa to 50.1Mhz, AM and vfob to 50.5Mhz, AM
>
> 2) I turn CAT control on from SatPC32
>
> 3) The radio starts switching between the vhf downlink frequency in USB
> and
> the uhf uplink frequency in USB about once per second to correct for
> Doppler
>
>
> 4) When I press transmit, it transmits at 50.1Mhz, but in LSB
>
>
>
> Obviously, it should be flipping between the VFOs (instead of 2 freq's in
> one VFO).
>
>
>
> So it seems like its flipping frequencies in one VFO and then trying to
> transmit in another VFO, where it changes the mode for transmit, but not
> the
> frequency that was originally stored.
>
>
>
> Any help please?
>
>
>
> Tim
>
> KC2DDS/AG
>
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