[amsat-bb] ICOM 9700 on FalconSat-3

[Brian Wilkins KO4AQF]

I have used the D72A and KK4YEL has used the 710. There’s an upcoming AMSAT
Journal Article this month on how to use the D72A. Not sure if you have one
of these radios but it’s a viable alternative

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:36 AM Mark L. Hammond via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hi Tony,
>
> Quite a few of us have tried.  Briefly, NO.  We can receive at 9600 baud
> sort of (quick explanation follows), but cannot get the radio to transmit
> at 9600.
>
> I don't think I was ever able to use the audio out of the radio (FM-D, etc)
> into a real TNC and decode it.   Not sure anyone has...
>
> To receive--use the IF via USB audio; use a program like SDR# with FM (all
> filters off, 10-12kHz wide), feed that audio into hs_soundmodem that then
> connects to PacSat Ground Station software.
>
> Sadly, the fplks at iCOM are not responding to the request several of us
> have made to figure out a way to get to work at 9600.  Surely it's
> doable---but iCOM doesn't seem to think it's worth the time/investment...
>
> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
> AMSAT Director and Command Station
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 9:28 AM Tony via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > All:
> >
> > Is anyone using the ICOM 9700 to work FalconSat-3 with either a hardware
> > or sound card modem? If so, can you please elaborate on your setup?
> >
> > The manual is a bit vague on 9600 baud operation.
> >
> > 73, Tony
> >
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