[amsat-bb] SatPC32 - Change xmit freq while transmitting?

[Kenneth P Alexander]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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
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