I agree with all you have suggested, Mark. I too had questions about power output on the 910. I discovered that the power to the radio was the culprit. Before you send it away, check and make sure you have #10 cables to the radio and your power supply delivers the correct voltage and current. Mine does and it meets Specs on VHF and UHF on "both" my 910's. One I have the 1.2ghz Module in. One I use for demos at field day and hamfests etc. Good luck. 73, NB2F
Dee On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > Hi Louis, > > Congratulations on your new IC-910H! I was the very lucky winner of > a new IC-910H at the AMSAT Symosium, so I have a bit of time on the > radio now. > > I haven't used RigTalk, so I can't comment on that. > > Regarding the CIV USB cable--my experience is that you do NOT need to > check the RTS + 12V option. I bought a cheap USB CIV level converter > on eBay, and it works perfectly without this option checked. My > homebrew interface, on the other hand, uses the serial port and > requires me to check that option, or else it doesn't receive power via > the serial line and won't work. > > You will need to know which serial port number the USB converter is > using/emulating; there is a setting in SatPC32 where you must tell it > the comport number where the level converter (USB CIV cable) is > installed. You can use the Windows Hardware Tab/Device Manager to > figure that out. > > Your addresses are correct for "default", they should work OK. Be > sure to also set the BAUD rate in both SatPC32 and the radio to match. > I think 9600 baud is the highest the radio will do. Be sure to read > the "Hints" sections in the SatPC32 program to figure out an > appropriate delay setting, too. > > Lots of folks using this setup, so you should be able to get lots of > help as you get it going! SatPC32 is a fantastic program for working > satellites. > > Personal question/note. I am interested in the output power of your > IC-910H. Mine is rather low on both VHF (75W) and UHF (45W). So, I > just sent it back to Icom in hopes they can make it meet "advertised > and published specs" in that regard. Shipping and insurance on that > radio was over $50! I won't complain since I won the radio :) > > 73, > > Mark N8MH > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Louis House <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I plan to commission my new IC 910 H on Saturday this week. I plan >> to drive the radio with the "RigTalk" and CIV cable from a USB port. >> Has anyone experienced any negative function from this data control >> system type?? In setting up the SatPC32 software, the addresses that >> appeared by default are "$60" (in all four boxes in the "Radio Set >> Screen"). Does this $60 setting work OK?? The read me file is not >> very clear concerning the selection for "RTS + 12V", does the IC 910 >> H need this setting selected to work correctly?? Any other known >> problems would also be most helpful. >> Thanks for listening. >> Louis, KD5GM >> CW ;-) The Original Digital > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the > author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
