CAT... because that's kinda the point with most digital modes these days. And it's an FT-847, not 840.
________________________________ From: Alan VK2ZIW <bea...@unixservice.com.au> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 6:41 PM To: WSJT software development Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Yaesu FT-847 Hi all, Why do you need CAT control at all? What's really needed is a rig with Stability. Any rig with a digital VFO will do. My 2c. Yes, I have an FT-840 and it's OK. Alan VK2ZIW On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 10:54:42 -0400, Karl Heinz Kremer wrote > FT-840UNI would be OK. “Early” or “NoGet” would require the user to know more > about what’s going on with these devices. > > Karl Heinz - K5KHK > > > On Oct 8, 2018, at 10:52 AM, Black Michael > <mdblac...@yahoo.com<mailto:mdblac...@yahoo.com>> wrote: > > What can we call these earlier rigs to make the apparent in the riglist? > > FT-840EARLY ??? > Or > FT-840UNI (unidirectional) > FT-840NOGET > > Or any better idea? > > de Mike W9MDB > > > > > > > On Monday, October 8, 2018, 9:47:05 AM CDT, Karl Heinz Kremer > <k...@khk.net<mailto:k...@khk.net>> wrote: > > > > This also seems to be the case with my early Yaesu FT-840 - it can receive > CAT commands, but does not report anything back. > > > Karl Heinz - K5KHK > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 10:44 AM Black Michael via wsjt-devel > <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>> > wrote: > > What version of WSJT-X are you using right now? > > Looks like we need a new rig entry for the earlier serial #'s and I can build > you one for testing. > > de Mike W9MDB > > > > > > > On Monday, October 8, 2018, 9:34:22 AM CDT, Shane Stroud > <shanestroud1...@hotmail.com<mailto:shanestroud1...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I have discovered that the early serial numbered models of the Yaesu FT-847 > had unidirectional CAT. Basically, the software can send frequencies and > modes to the rig, but the rig cannot respond. This applies to serial numbers > through about 8GXXXX. Mine is an 8EXXXX series. > > In any version of WSJT, under any operating system, the rig will set > frequency and mode, then error out because it cannot respond to polling. > > I'm not sure if this needs fixed in WSJT or in hamlib, but other hamlib > programs seem to work with the rig without issue. > _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel Alan Evil flourishes when good men do nothing. Consider the Christmas child. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Beard Unix Support Technician from 1984 to today 70 Wedmore Rd. Sun Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, Linux, SCO, MIPS Emu Heights N.S.W. 2750 Routers, terminal servers, printers, terminals etc.. +61 2 47353013 (h) Support Programming, shell scripting, "C", assembler 0414 353013 (mobile) After uni, electronics tech
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