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

[John Kludt]

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 at 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 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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> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
> >>>
> >>
> >
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> > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
> >
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