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

Tue Sep 3 16:07:53 UTC 2019

Bingo!  Thank you John!

Ken Alexander, VE3HLS
So Phisai, Thailand
Blog:  bueng-ken.com

On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 3:51 PM John Kludt <johnnykludt at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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