You know Tim. You are one of those people that get under some of our skins. If you read "all" of my email, you note I stated that the FT-817 worked fine under HRD. So I do take offense at your comments. Both radios work fine under HRD. I'm started to play with SatPC32 and since its radio setups are not quite as intuit as others, I have found that the SQF files are why I am having some of the problems. The German error message is obviously a problem with SatPC32ISS and looks to be some sort of memory problem but can't read German. I have to use Task Manager to close it.
I feel your pain as I have been unemployed for 27 months. A simple comment of "it sounds like an SQF file problem" would have suffice. Regards, Reid, W4UPD Tim - N3TL wrote: > Hey Reid, > > I mean no offense, but either there's some kind of operator error going on > in your shack, or the CAT plug in your FT-817 may be dead. I'm using SatPC > 32 - unregistered - with two ft-817s. I had also used it with at FT-857D, > but the CAT plug on it dies right after Field Day. > > Do you have Ham Radio Deluxe installed - or any other program that uses the > CAT plug to send data to the FT-817? If so, is your connection there still > working? If not, it's the radio. I'm told there is a tiny fuse of some sort > inside the Yaesu radios just behind the CAT plug that can blow. That appears > to be what happened to my 857. I haven't had it repaired yet because I've > been unemployed for 13 months. > > Other things to check: > > Do you have the CAT parameters set the same for both radios? To programs > like SatPC and HRD, they are identical. I know because I've interchanged > radio IDs with no problem. > > One other thing you can try - IF you have the newest version of SatPC. If > you know your CAT plug on the 817 is good, and if you know that the CAT > settings are the same for both radios, go into SatPC and create a new > profile, which this latest version allows you to do. You can have up to 4. > > Erich, the author of SatPC 32, suggested I try that to eliminate some > switching issues I was having here, and it worked perfectly. > > I hope something in here proves helpful. > > Tim - N3TL > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of w4upd > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:15 PM > To: amsat-bb > Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 > > Having a few issues using SatPC32 and especially Yaesu gear, > specifically FT-817 and FT-857. The copy I aa using is not a registered > version yet nor have I modified any of the SQF files. > > When using on the FT-817, I cannot get any response to the radio. It > doesn't appear to follow the doppler corrections being issued by the > program. When using the FT-857, the unit appears to semi-work, but it > seems to switch between 2 vfos. When using my Icom IC-910, it works fine > if I let it go into satellite mode. > > If this is just a file editing problem let me know. In general, I'll be > using the IC-910 most often but have considered using the 817/857 for > portable operation if I can get it to work correctly. I also noticed > that the FT-857 has issues with HRD as well, but that's a subject for > another time. > > Any guesses as to why FT-817 not working or does there need to be some > initial file modifications? > > Regards, > > Reid, W4UPD > > _______________________________________________ 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
