Matt,
If I'm following you on this, when in CW, a long press on the mode
button and you will hear "CWR". That swaps sidebands. Another long
press to toggle back and you will hear "CW".
Most of the USB to serial cables come with a driver CD, but they usually
suggest you go to the company's website to download the latest version.
I think there are 2 main chipsets in these adapters: Prolific, and one I
can't remember. One of them is preferred over the other, but again I
don't remember. That's how you know you are getting old, your mind is
fuzzy and the top of your head isn't.
I'm sure someone here can suggest a good adapter that will work for
you. I got mine several years ago and don't remember the brand. Ah,
that fuzzy mind again.
73, Steve KW3A
On 3/30/2015 8:47 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> Hi, Steve. Hadn't figured that out. So, for example, if I want to
> reverse sideband to send CW to reduce interference, I'd hold down the
> mode button to get to the sideband I want?
>
> As for USB/serial cables, do they come with drivers? Never used
> one. The RT Systems seem to want their own software, even after
> installing the drivers and not the software; they sell cables without
> the software, just the cable drivers. Thanks for the info.--Matt.
>
> At 07:46 PM 3/30/2015 -0400, you wrote:
>> Matt,
>>
>> Don't know if you got a reply on this or if you have already figured
>> this out yourself. I have a 480 here, but haven't played around with
>> it in a long time. As you hit the mode button to toggle through modes,
>> doing a long press on AM will change to FM, and a long press on USB
>> will change to LSB, and back again. Short presses will toggle between
>> AM/FM, USB/LSB, CW/CWR, and FSK/FSKR, and the long presses will
>> switch between the 2 modes in each pair.
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure about the cable you have, if there is something particular
>> about it or not. I've used regular USB to serial converters on 3
>> Kenwood HF radios with no problems.
>>
>> You need to be sure that baud rate in the radio matches the baud rate
>> set in software. I think the Kenwood default is 9600. If you do
>> change the baude rate in the radio, the radio must be turned off and
>> turned on again for that change to take effect.
>>
>> Good luck, hope to see you on the air sometime, Steve KW3A
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/30/2015 3:58 PM, Matthew Chao wrote:
>>> Hi, Folks. Am getting used to working my TS480SAT, getting
>>> comfortable with the controls before my antennas go up. I have a few
>>> questions:
>>>
>>> 1. If I want to go to LSB while in CW mode on any band, can I force
>>> the rig into that mode? I ask that because I might want to go LSB if
>>> I get lots of interference or noise on a given frequency. I noticed
>>> that when I was on 20 meters and selecting modes, the rig
>> wouldn't go to LSB.
>>>
>>> 2. I plan to try and access some 6-meters around my area, or maybe
>>> even 10-meter repeaters. Can I store splits in memories as one would
>>> with VHF radios?
>>>
>>> 3. Finally, I have the interface (USB TO DB-9) cable I bought from
>>> RT Systems. It shows up in Device Manager as COM9. However, when I
>>> tried to use this cable with the Kenwood ARCP program, it didn't see
>>> the radio. Anyone else have trouble with this? I've been reluctant
>>> to buy USB to serial cables, because they are not all reliable.
>>>
>>> Any help here regarding the above would be greatly
>>> appreciated. Thanks in advance.--Matt, N1IBB/AG
>>>
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