[amsat-bb] Re: FT-736

2013-11-17 Thread David Beumer
Tom I read up on that N6BIL emulator box, it appears its' main purpose is to emulate an FT-847 for software that does not support the 736. This won't solve your manual tuning issue. A local buddy that uses a 736 does the manual tuning using the tuning buttons in SATPC32. He is seriously

[amsat-bb] Re: FT-736

2013-11-17 Thread Greg D
The lack of manual tuning when under computer control is a fundamental limitation of the rig. When it switches to CAT mode, the front panel is disabled. Nothing an external box can do to change this. For the FM sats, full computer control is still possible, since all you need is to stay on

[amsat-bb] Re: FT-736

2013-11-17 Thread Tony Langdon
On 18/11/13 5:40 AM, Tom Worthington wrote: Thanks for all the responses on the FT-736 and the pointers to the pic hardware emulator. Just to be clear, does the N6BIL emulator allow the manual tuning of the FT-736? It would seem that the lack of the ability to tune is a significant problem to