Hi, Fred. Thanks. Just asking question in view of what they tell
you when studying for general; actuaally one of the questions on the
exam. In fact, I had a 500HZ CW filter installed when I bought my
radio.--Matt, N1IBB.
At 12:04 PM 4/1/2015, Fred Olver wrote:
>Matt, Fred Olver here. You do not change the setting for reverse mode. What y=
>ou would do is make use of the various filters on the receiver in order to s=
>harpen your frequency DOS lessening the amount of interference from other st=
>ations.
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 30, 2015, at 7:47 PM, Matthew Chao <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Hi, Steve. Hadn't figured that out. So, for example, if I want to=20
> > reverse sideband to send CW to reduce interference, I'd hold down the=20
> > mode button to get to the sideband I want?
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> > As for USB/serial cables, do they come with drivers? Never used=20
> > one. The RT Systems seem to want their own software, even after=20
> > installing the drivers and not the software; they sell cables without=20
> > the software, just the cable drivers. Thanks for the info.--Matt.
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> > At 07:46 PM 3/30/2015 -0400, you wrote:
> >> Matt,
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> >> 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.
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> >> 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.
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> >> 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.
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> >> Good luck, hope to see you on the air sometime, Steve KW3A
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> >>> 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:
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> >>> 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=20
> >> wouldn't go to LSB.
> >>>=20
> >>> 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?
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> >>> 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.
> >>>=20
> >>> Any help here regarding the above would be greatly
> >>> appreciated. Thanks in advance.--Matt, N1IBB/AG
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