Congratulations DD1GV on your ID-800H. Two comments:
Fan noise - I agree that the fan can be noisy. I used the included remote head cable and moved the base away from the desk. Double sided foam tape under the control head works well in securing the head on a shelf and takes up less space. A short length of CAT 5 cable with a male to male connector worked as a mic extension cable. I also run the rig at mid power most of the time to reduce fan use and excess heat. Hollow modulation - I have been unable to hear the difference between the various D-star rigs on our local repeater. You can adjust mic sensitivity from low to high in the set-up menu. Some 800H owners have removed the spit cover on the mic element to improve clarity. I did it and no one could tell the difference. I use the Icom software for programming and purchased an aftermarket USB cable on Ebay for $5.00 US via China. It works well with my XP computer. I started out with one 800H at the home QTH and liked it so well that I ended up getting one for mobile and portable use. Enjoy your new transceiver! 73, Gary W8VI -------------------------------- [ED - Chirp is an open source software package. http://chirp. <http://chirp.danplanet.com/wiki/> danplanet.com/wiki/ Be sure an set MIC to HI. A TTL - RS232 Cloning Cable is needed to program thru the speaker jack] Hello all, now I got my rig ID-800H (in Germany), and I make my first steps with it. Nice rig, the permanent (or long running) fan is a little bit ugly. Now I searching for the software to manage the memory, does someone have one for me ? And is it possible to remote controll the rig via CAT ? Does exist any programm available ? The HamRadioDeluxe does not list the rig. I was told, that the modulation is a little bit "hollow" ... vy 73 DD1GV <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar_digital/message/7070;_ylc=X3oDMTM1bTNiM G52BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwNTEwNTI2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM3M DcwBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTIzNjQzNjM4MgR0cGNJZAM3MDcw> Messages in this topic (1) <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar_digital/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxYTlrbmw0BF9TA zk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwNTEwNTI2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM3MDcwBHNlY wNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTIzNjQzNjM4Mg--?act=reply&messageNum=7070> Reply (via web post) | <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar_digital/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNzB2ajZsBF9TA zk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwNTEwNTI2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNud HBjBHN0aW1lAzEyMzY0MzYzODI-> Start a new topic [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
