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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 17:50:49 +1200
From: "Chris Muir" <cmuir@voyager.co.nz>
Subject: Remote Sharing of a remote HF Ham Station
I have been looking at ads for the Kachina, Pegasus, etc to see whether
either of these rigs or others provide really convenient cost-effective
remote access capabilities so that members of a club for instance could
share one really good remote installation and access it with nothing more
than a standard i.e. no special hardware other than the usual soundcard, 56k
modem, etc (In New Zealand and Australia there are now several ham
"mega-sites" that ham clubs have inherited from commercial users with vast
antenna farms, Rhombics etc just waiting for this kind of installation!)
It seems to me that the ideal rig for remote control would bundle ALL
control signals, PTT, CW keyline and two-way (digitised) audio into a single
serial signal which could be piped over standard telephone modems (or over
the internet). Put another way, the only connection between the rig and the
computer would be an RS-232 connection.
Obviously, this kind of setup could only be used "one at a time" by users
but I envisage that the remote HF rig audio might be linked to a UHF
transmitter allowing other club members to "listen in".
Here are my questions:
1) Does the Kachina actually work this way? (Or does their system require
proprietary modems or other Kachina supplied hardware at the remote end?)
2) Has anyone taken one of the currently available shareware control
packages for standard Icom/Yaesu/Kenwood rigs and used a standard sound card
to provide the mike/speaker interface? This might even allow what I am
looking for to be achieved with a regular rig like the Icom 706, etc.
3) Would a standard dial-up phone line not be better for this kind of
activity than the internet? (Saving the cost of an ISP account for the rig
site and allowing remote users to connect without needing internet accounts,
ISP's etc) Less chance of hackers etc also.
4) One assumes that if the internet were used this implies a permanent
virtual connection at the remote rig site via ADSL, cable modem or whatever.
5) Does the Kachina require a PC at the radio end as well as at the remote
end? (This would seem to be unnecessary if a dial-up connection were
employed?)
5) Are there any standalone modems around that provide concurrent voice and
data?
6) Anybody know of a ham club or group that has already implemented such a
system for their members?
73,
Chris Muir ZL1BOE
Manukau Radio Club, Auckland.
Regional Manager Auckland
Transfield Process Equipment
ph +64 9 535 4557
fax +64 9 537 4517
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 01:00:25 -0400
From: "Noticias" <saramaza@softhome.net>
Subject: WFBB via Cable?
Hello dear OMīs:
My WFBB 7.00e (32) run in a old laptop 486 / 8 /80 WIN95 with only 2 serial
ports, 1 parallel port (and with the floppy broken). My TNC (KPC-3) working
fine in COM2.
I want to connect to WFBB from my desktop WIN98 PC via serial cable. I set
up the laptop from my PC with the cable connection of windows with out
problems.
The cuestion is: how set up the port.sys and what kind of sofware I need to
run in my PC?
Thanks in advance and excuse my "like Tarzan english"
Jorge
yv6eda@softhome.net
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Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 01:30:56 GMT
From: VE7WVG@Home.Com
Subject: Yaesu FT767GX CAT Interface HELP
Can anyone tell me if the CAT connector on my FT767GX is only for
interfacing with the Apple II/FIF-65A or can it be directly connected
to a PC through the Cat connector or any other means?
If it can be connected to a PC direct (without TNC) can you tell me
the pin connections on the PC side of the serial cable? ie: what
numbers on the serial cable correspond with the Cat pins numbers?
CAT PIN OUT
Pin 1= GND
Pin 2= Serial out
Pin 3= Serial in
Pin 4= PTT
Pin 5= AGC (0 to 4V Hi-Z)
Pin 6= NC
Also, What software could I use to control my radio from the computer?
I've looked at a couple, but no documentation seems to list my Rig, I
see the newer rigs listed, the 847, 1000's etc. but nothing for the
FT-767GX CAT
I would like to control Frequencies, modes, programming, split VFO,
etc. If the software was compatable with some logging software, all
the better.....I have tried DX4WIN, but there is no indication as to
weather or not it supports my rig or not.
Can anyone Help....If so, Thanks in advance. 73's
VE7WVG
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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 08:59:11 GMT
From: nomail@rob.knoware.nl (Rob Janssen)
Subject: Yaesu FT767GX CAT Interface HELP
VE7WVG@Home.Com <VE7WVG@Home.Com> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me if the CAT connector on my FT767GX is only for
>interfacing with the Apple II/FIF-65A or can it be directly connected
>to a PC through the Cat connector or any other means?
>If it can be connected to a PC direct (without TNC) can you tell me
>the pin connections on the PC side of the serial cable? ie: what
>numbers on the serial cable correspond with the Cat pins numbers?
>CAT PIN OUT
>Pin 1= GND
>Pin 2= Serial out
>Pin 3= Serial in
>Pin 4= PTT
>Pin 5= AGC (0 to 4V Hi-Z)
>Pin 6= NC
Don't connect this directly to a PC! You need to put a MAX232 between the
Serial I/O pins and the serial port on a PC. The CAT transceivers operate
with TTL-level serial signals.
I have no details about that particular transceiver, but in those days the
CAT command set was usually quite limited. So, don't assume that anything
you can do from the frontpanel can be done using CAT.
I have used the same style CAT as available on the FRG-9600 and on the
FT-212 and FT-712, and usually one could only use it to tune the dial and
flip a mode. Memory access and programming was not possible.
Rob
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