Actually, I don't use the meters for tuning duplexers, I usually use an 
ht and the monitor in generate mode.  I use the meter for testing 
transmiters, power, deviation, freq error and so forth.  Yep, that is 
what makes the 1200 so nice, knobs and switches, no menus that i recall.
  I haven't tried running their later stuff, but reading the manuals, 
looks more complicated.  Controling remotely, only switches you use are 
1 kc tone on off, sub tone on off, and gen output variable and click for 
each range.  H T H.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Tue, 1 Jul 2014, Colin McDonald wrote:

> yeah, having it auto read a meter while making adjustments is
> excellent...would make tuning both band pass, and band reject cans pretty
> sweet.
> is the ifr1200 your typical service monitor of it's vintage with knobs and
> switches and so on? or is it one of the newer style with menus and soft
> settings etc?
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 1:38 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: The mystery transceiver is identified!
>
>> Yep, speaks, you can quiry the meters enter frequency set pl tones and
>> so forth.  I can do everything I could with my computer.  It is set up
>> for 4800 baud on the serial port.  The only other thing we had to do was
>> tie a couple pins together, I will have to look which before the ifr
>> would send data.  Sure beats carying a laptop around.  I also had him
>> write in a routine that I did in my basic program where it will give you
>> a reading every specified number of seconds, so if you're adjusting
>> deviation or whatever you don't have to keep quirying the meter.  Rob is
>> one heck of a programmer and this thing is really cool.  I've used it on
>> 1200a and 1200 s.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 1 Jul 2014, Colin McDonald wrote:
>>
>>> does the hampod provide speech feedback?  or is it just an input device
>>> only?
>>> I can probably obtain an IFR1200 from one of the many techy guys around
>>> here, and if the hampod makes it usable without site then great.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 1:23 PM
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: The mystery transceiver is identified!
>>>
>>>> I'm fortunate in that I have an ifr 1200 service monitor which makes
>>>> tuning duplexers and repeters a breeze.  I use to control it with a
>>>> basic
>>>> program i wrote with my laptop, but Rob wrote me a program for the
>>>> hampod
>>>> and now I use one of those to control the ifr.  Really cool!!!
>>>> 73
>>>> Butch
>>>> WA0VJR
>>>> Node 3148
>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>
>>>
>
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