Thanks! Yes, will try to put a few suggestions together for Icom for the next IC-9100 firmware upgrade. It would be a good radio to use next to others.
Have a good weekend, Stefan On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) < [email protected]> wrote: > Stefan, > > It appears that stations attempting to work D-Star via > satellite would need to use two radios. This was the > case a few years ago, when AA4RC and N3UC were able to > make a brief QSO on AO-27. You can read about what gear > the used, along with some useful tips for trying D-Star > via satellite, at: > > http://www.ao27.org/AO27/ > > The 5 kHz tuning steps for D-Star radios would make > satellite operating difficult as you mentioned. AO-27 > was the ideal satellite for this sort of experiment, > since its uplink receiver was intended for use with > data, and doesn't filter the lower end of the audio > range that it hears. Plus the control operators of > AO-27 have stated clearly that they support and > encourage D-Star on AO-27, something not seen for any > of our other satellites. > > From a quick read of the IC-9100 instruction manual, it > is clear that D-Star was not intended to be used in this > radio for satellite operating or for anything other than > the "normal" D-Star operations (RX and TX in the same > band, simplex or repeater). You could use the IC-9100 as > one of the two radios for D-Star satellite operation as > those guys did for AO-27 a few years ago, but you would > not have access to the IC-9100 satellite functionality. > > 73! > > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > > > > > On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Stefan Wagener <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > D Star satellite? > > > > That sounds like a need idea. Would be nice to do some tests on existing > > satellites. > > > > With SO-50 it will not work unless someone has figured out how to have D > > Star (DV) active on any D-Star radio with the required tone enabled. > Won't > > work with the IC-9100. Tried it. Another problem is the 5KHz spacing > since > > you pretty much have to be right on the frequency on the TX and RX. Also, > > on the IC-9100 it seems to be not possible to set D-Star (DV) on the RX > and > > TX in satellite mode. Anyone else tried it? Also, SatP32 has at the > moment > > no DV functionality for the IC-9100. I guess we have a long way to go :-) > > > > Stefan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
