[amsat-bb] IC-9700 and 9600 Baud

[John Brier]

That is possible, I was just going with everyone else's assumption
that it shouldn't be impossible and might not be that hard.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 5:12 PM Tony via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> John:
>
> I'm aware of the thread but the follow-up question is can it be done? We
> assume that 9600 baud TX can be done with firmware, but is there a
> possibility that the rigs architecture and code are more complex than we
> thought?
>
> That might explain why Icom hasn't responded. Just a thought.
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> On 10/24/2020 4:23 PM, John Brier wrote:
> > See this ongoing thread:
> >
> > https://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2020-October/080138.html
> >
> > Quoting:
> >
> > "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"
> >
> > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 4:16 PM Tony via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >> All:
> >>
> >> Does anyone know if the ICOM 9700 is capable of 9600 baud in it's
> >> current form or will it have to be modified?
> >>
> >> Tony
> >>
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