Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40 question - PT II

["Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder how hard it would be to program a PIC chip (Stamp-1?)
to "emulate" the mike up/down controls...  Have it read the
current frequency, then increment/decrement and set the frequency
when it sees an up/down line wiggle.  I've tried using FODTrack's
doppler tracking with AO-40's beacon, open-loop, with not good
success, since I use an ICOM R-7000 allmode scanner for the IF.
I'd like to use up/down from AO40RCV, but the scanner doesn't have
a microphone!

Greg  KO6TH


>From: rdwelch@swbell.net
>To: kd9kc@elp.rr.com, amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
>Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40 question - PT II
>Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:18:32 +0000
>
>The Icoms don't have an up/dn frequency setting that I know of.  They do
>have a frequency setting setting command.  It is as you have below:
>
>FEFEraE005fdFD
>
>where ra is the radio address, 42 in the 820 case.
>where fd is the operating frequency.  the fd value is in the format:
>
>50 34 12 45 01   for a frequency of 145.12345 mHz.  It is in a right to
>left, two digit format.
>
>"Michael P. Olbrisch" wrote:
> >
> > OK...  next question.  Does anyone have the hex value
> > command strings to do up/down freq control to the ICOM
> > radios.  I believe that FEFE42E005 is correct as a starting
> > point, but I find no command for up or down.
> >
> > I am using an ICOM IC-820H, although I would bet the
> > command would be the same for the 821 and others.  In
> > fact, it might be the same for most of the ICOM line,
> > with just a different address byte (42 for the 820) in
> > the command line.
> >
> > If I get this working, I can let it collect data while I am
> > at work.  If not, Doppler will take it out in minutes.
> >
> > Anyone have any experience?
> >
> > Mike.
> >
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