On Mar 7, 2009, at 7:11 AM, [email protected] wrote: > 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. > I believe there's a setting for the fan that will only bring it on during transmissions and until the rig cools off. It's been a while since I did it, but that's how mine behaves... so I must have set that somewhere. > Now I searching for the software to manage the memory, > does someone have one for me ? > Icom sells one (they contract a company to make it) or there's "CHIRP", an open-source package that's still under development. > And is it possible to remote controll the rig via CAT ? > Not that anyone has been able to figure out yet, no. The rig programs through a special cable to the SPEAKER jack, and when the plug is inserted, audio from the internal speaker is also cut off, so it's unlikely that this rig was designed, or ever will have, CAT type control. CAT is actually Yaesu's name for it. CI-V is Icom's usual name for describing rig control features. > I was told, that the modulation is a little bit "hollow" ... > Comparing on-air listening to other D-STAR rigs, I also find the ID-800H to be of slightly less audio quality, but not that bad. It has been reported by others, also.
The IC-91AD, and IC-92AD hand-held radios sound more "full" to my ear. The IC-2820 sounds somewhere in-between, but there have been some mods published to make its audio sound better that I stumbled across on the Internet somewhere -- but I don't own one, so I didn't save the link. Nate WY0X
