[amsat-bb] Operating SSB sats

[k6vug at sbcglobal.net]

 Hello Jim,
I'm sure you know that in a more sophisticated setup one can click directly on the image of a received signal on a Pan Adapter display - no more tuning dials.  Unfortunately I do not currently have such a  feature in my setup, although I'd like that.  
 
The next best thing was to do all the tuning via the software like the SatPC32 or HRD. In both cases, I have been able to work out the kinks and am able to avoid touching the radio almost completely.   In fact HRD provides a much richer CAT control functionality.  In most cases, it remains to be one-way control but it helps !  
 
73! 
Umesh 
k6vug 



    On Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 11:37:55 AM PST, jim at k6ccc.org <jim at k6ccc.org> wrote:  
 
 The thing to keep in mind is that there are lots of out there that are not capable of operating fully computer controlled because of equipment limitations.  Although it's been a few years since I've been on the birds, I used an early Yaesu 736 which has one way CAT control.  Although theoretically possible to completely contgrol frequency with a PC that way, it is such a pain in the ass to dial around a passband looking for contacts from the computer as compared to grabbing the VFO knob on the radio.  I usedd teh computer to control the antennas but not the VFO.

73
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Jim Walls - K6CCC
jim at k6ccc.org


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