Re: [Dx4win] Icom 7600 & DX4WIN

2016-03-06 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK 

Hi Jim (and all),

I got a number of suggestions both here and privately, thanks to everyone.

To summarize: For #2, I did adjust the rig file myself, and I'll be 
happy to pass it on to anyone who is interested.


And as Jim suggests, so far everything I've seen seems to indicate that 
I still need an extra COM port for keying (which I have). I'd been using 
a "first generation" (I think) Rigblaster Plus with the audio being fed 
from the sound card as well as handling CW and PTT (for AFSK, PSK31, 
etc.) It looks like this cable 
http://www.westmountainradio.com/product_info.php?products_id=icom_aufsk_cbl 
might do the trick, using TxD to for FSK RTTY, and I should still be 
able to use everything else. Right now, for keying, I've got a 
connection between the keying output of the Rigblaster and the Key input 
on the back of the radio. What I need to figure out is how that cable 
will facilitate CW keying, since I can't figure out how they'd key CW 
just using the ACC plug.


In any case, at this point, it looks this is more of a general Icom 7600 
issue than a DX4WIN thing, so I'll move this this to the appropriate group.


Thanks again to all.

On 3/6/2016 8:37 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

David, regarding #1 and #3.  My understanding is that the COM port
used for radio (frequency) control must be used ONLY for radio
control.  You will need a second COM port to do CW keying, PTT and
FSK.  That port can be used for all three.

Surely someone must make a one COM Port device that does the latter.

73 - Jim AD1C


On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 9:16 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK  wrote:

After the smoke escaped from my trusty Icom 756 Pro II, I bit the bullet and
upgraded to an Icom 7600. For the 756, I had one COM port configured for
CI-V radio control through a CT-17 interface, and a second COM port set up
for CW keying using a Rigblaster.

With the USB interface, I've already got CI-V set up via the virtual COM
port, and I've got the audio coming into the computer via the USB audio
port. (The audio out is there as well, I've got that working already with
the voice keyer in N1MM+ for contesting.)

I tried searching the list archives and didn't have a lot of luck, and
before I re-invent the wheel, I was hoping that the list might help me out
with a couple of question:

1) Is it possible to use the USB COM port to do CW keying, or will I need to
continue to use the Rigblaster for that?
2) Using ON4AOI's ICOM 7600_250Hz I see that it goes to filter 2 when
clicking on a spot to tune either for CW or SSB, and using 7600_500Hz it
uses filter 3. Before I dig deep into the manuals, does anyone have a
version of the rig file for this radio that will use Filter 1 for tuning?
For that matter, are there any newer versions that might provide additional
capabilities? (Not sure what those might be, but figured I'd ask.)
3) For RTTY, is it possible to do FSK using just the USB COM port, or does
that require an external keyer? (I guess this is more of an MMTTY question.)
If not, what are the recommended settings to use AFSK? On my old rig, I'd
used LSB and that worked, but I was wondering if I could take advantage of
FSK for this one.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: [Dx4win] Icom 7600 & DX4WIN

2016-03-06 Thread Ernie 


Back before I added the WinKeyer to my station and before all USB ports 
became the norm, I had a special DB9 "Y" cable. I was able to do both 
rig control and use either DTR/DSR or RTS/CTS for keying CW output. 
Can't remember the particulars, but it did work both.


Ernie



On 3/5/2016 11:16 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote:
After the smoke escaped from my trusty Icom 756 Pro II, I bit the 
bullet and upgraded to an Icom 7600. For the 756, I had one COM port 
configured for CI-V radio control through a CT-17 interface, and a 
second COM port set up for CW keying using a Rigblaster.


With the USB interface, I've already got CI-V set up via the virtual 
COM port, and I've got the audio coming into the computer via the USB 
audio port. (The audio out is there as well, I've got that working 
already with the voice keyer in N1MM+ for contesting.)


I tried searching the list archives and didn't have a lot of luck, and 
before I re-invent the wheel, I was hoping that the list might help me 
out with a couple of question:


1) Is it possible to use the USB COM port to do CW keying, or will I 
need to continue to use the Rigblaster for that?
2) Using ON4AOI's ICOM 7600_250Hz I see that it goes to filter 2 when 
clicking on a spot to tune either for CW or SSB, and using 7600_500Hz 
it uses filter 3. Before I dig deep into the manuals, does anyone have 
a version of the rig file for this radio that will use Filter 1 for 
tuning? For that matter, are there any newer versions that might 
provide additional capabilities? (Not sure what those might be, but 
figured I'd ask.)
3) For RTTY, is it possible to do FSK using just the USB COM port, or 
does that require an external keyer? (I guess this is more of an MMTTY 
question.) If not, what are the recommended settings to use AFSK? On 
my old rig, I'd used LSB and that worked, but I was wondering if I 
could take advantage of FSK for this one.


Thanks in advance!



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Re: [Dx4win] Icom 7600 & DX4WIN

2016-03-06 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C 
David, regarding #1 and #3.  My understanding is that the COM port
used for radio (frequency) control must be used ONLY for radio
control.  You will need a second COM port to do CW keying, PTT and
FSK.  That port can be used for all three.

Surely someone must make a one COM Port device that does the latter.

73 - Jim AD1C


On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 9:16 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK  wrote:
> After the smoke escaped from my trusty Icom 756 Pro II, I bit the bullet and
> upgraded to an Icom 7600. For the 756, I had one COM port configured for
> CI-V radio control through a CT-17 interface, and a second COM port set up
> for CW keying using a Rigblaster.
>
> With the USB interface, I've already got CI-V set up via the virtual COM
> port, and I've got the audio coming into the computer via the USB audio
> port. (The audio out is there as well, I've got that working already with
> the voice keyer in N1MM+ for contesting.)
>
> I tried searching the list archives and didn't have a lot of luck, and
> before I re-invent the wheel, I was hoping that the list might help me out
> with a couple of question:
>
> 1) Is it possible to use the USB COM port to do CW keying, or will I need to
> continue to use the Rigblaster for that?
> 2) Using ON4AOI's ICOM 7600_250Hz I see that it goes to filter 2 when
> clicking on a spot to tune either for CW or SSB, and using 7600_500Hz it
> uses filter 3. Before I dig deep into the manuals, does anyone have a
> version of the rig file for this radio that will use Filter 1 for tuning?
> For that matter, are there any newer versions that might provide additional
> capabilities? (Not sure what those might be, but figured I'd ask.)
> 3) For RTTY, is it possible to do FSK using just the USB COM port, or does
> that require an external keyer? (I guess this is more of an MMTTY question.)
> If not, what are the recommended settings to use AFSK? On my old rig, I'd
> used LSB and that worked, but I was wondering if I could take advantage of
> FSK for this one.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> 73,
> David, K2DBK
> http://k2dbk.blogspot.com
> http://k2dbk.com
> twitter: @k2dbk
>
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Re: [Dx4win] Icom 7600 & DX4WIN

2016-03-06 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK 
I did figure out how to modify ON4AOI's rig file to set to filter 1 by 
default. If anyone's interested in a copy of the file let me know, it's 
a pretty minor change.


Still looking for answers to #1 & #3.

On 3/5/2016 11:16 PM, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote:
After the smoke escaped from my trusty Icom 756 Pro II, I bit the 
bullet and upgraded to an Icom 7600. For the 756, I had one COM port 
configured for CI-V radio control through a CT-17 interface, and a 
second COM port set up for CW keying using a Rigblaster.


With the USB interface, I've already got CI-V set up via the virtual 
COM port, and I've got the audio coming into the computer via the USB 
audio port. (The audio out is there as well, I've got that working 
already with the voice keyer in N1MM+ for contesting.)


I tried searching the list archives and didn't have a lot of luck, and 
before I re-invent the wheel, I was hoping that the list might help me 
out with a couple of question:


1) Is it possible to use the USB COM port to do CW keying, or will I 
need to continue to use the Rigblaster for that?
2) Using ON4AOI's ICOM 7600_250Hz I see that it goes to filter 2 when 
clicking on a spot to tune either for CW or SSB, and using 7600_500Hz 
it uses filter 3. Before I dig deep into the manuals, does anyone have 
a version of the rig file for this radio that will use Filter 1 for 
tuning? For that matter, are there any newer versions that might 
provide additional capabilities? (Not sure what those might be, but 
figured I'd ask.)
3) For RTTY, is it possible to do FSK using just the USB COM port, or 
does that require an external keyer? (I guess this is more of an MMTTY 
question.) If not, what are the recommended settings to use AFSK? On 
my old rig, I'd used LSB and that worked, but I was wondering if I 
could take advantage of FSK for this one.


Thanks in advance!



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[Dx4win] Icom 7600 & DX4WIN

2016-03-05 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK 
After the smoke escaped from my trusty Icom 756 Pro II, I bit the bullet 
and upgraded to an Icom 7600. For the 756, I had one COM port configured 
for CI-V radio control through a CT-17 interface, and a second COM port 
set up for CW keying using a Rigblaster.


With the USB interface, I've already got CI-V set up via the virtual COM 
port, and I've got the audio coming into the computer via the USB audio 
port. (The audio out is there as well, I've got that working already 
with the voice keyer in N1MM+ for contesting.)


I tried searching the list archives and didn't have a lot of luck, and 
before I re-invent the wheel, I was hoping that the list might help me 
out with a couple of question:


1) Is it possible to use the USB COM port to do CW keying, or will I 
need to continue to use the Rigblaster for that?
2) Using ON4AOI's ICOM 7600_250Hz I see that it goes to filter 2 when 
clicking on a spot to tune either for CW or SSB, and using 7600_500Hz it 
uses filter 3. Before I dig deep into the manuals, does anyone have a 
version of the rig file for this radio that will use Filter 1 for 
tuning? For that matter, are there any newer versions that might provide 
additional capabilities? (Not sure what those might be, but figured I'd 
ask.)
3) For RTTY, is it possible to do FSK using just the USB COM port, or 
does that require an external keyer? (I guess this is more of an MMTTY 
question.) If not, what are the recommended settings to use AFSK? On my 
old rig, I'd used LSB and that worked, but I was wondering if I could 
take advantage of FSK for this one.


Thanks in advance!

--
73,
David, K2DBK
http://k2dbk.blogspot.com
http://k2dbk.com
twitter: @k2dbk

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