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General discussion forum / suddenly cannot hear most stations and CW not working properly

« on: 2014-01-04, 22:19:58 »

Running yaesu twin setup. SSB and CW working well, but suddenly developed new problems:
1) Cannot get much audio on receive – only get a few strong stations, but mostly the bands sounds dead.
2) when I try CW mode with my keyer:
-with the dot side I get a string of alternating dots and dashes(dot-dash-dot-dash-dot-dash… etc…..)
-with the dash side I get nothing. It does not even put the rig into transmit mode.
All settings thee same. I restarted both RRC's. Internet has a good fast connection.
Does anyone have any ideas ?
Thanks, Fred VE3PIE

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General discussion forum / Problem opening Ham Radio Deluxe

« on: 2013-12-28, 22:03:43 »

At my control RRC site I am trying to open Ham Radio Deluxe.
I am running the yaesu  twin setup and everything else seems to be working. 
During the initial testing phase I used a different computer  and HRD opened up.  Now the control RRC is in a different city and I cannot hookup the original computer. The original computer had a serial port (assigned COM1), but on the new computer I am using a usb to serial converter.
On this new computer my ports show:
RRC1258  COM0  (COM6) 
RRC1258  COM1  (COM7) 
RRC1258  COM2  (COM11) 
RRC1258  COMFSK  (COM5) 
Prolific USB-to-Serial COMM Port   (COM12)
All the ports were initially set at 9600 baud,
and I changed  all the ports to match the RRC baud rate -38400

I have set HRD to auto detect  the port at 38400 baud. Does not work.
Which COM port is the correct one ? COM12 ?

Is the problem the cheap usb to serial converter ? Should I install a serial port card in the computer ?
I would consider a Star-Tech serial card 2 types - one with 16550 UART and the other with chipset PLX/Oxford-OXPCIe952.   Or is there a better card to get ?

I would appreciate anyone's help
73, Fred VE3PIE

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General discussion forum / Firmware update for antenna switch 1269

« on: 2013-12-01, 00:56:40 »

Looking for the download file on the website for the antenna switch 1269. Cannot find it. In the manual it shows photos using the webswitch 1216H firmware update file. Is this correct ?
thanks, Fred

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General discussion forum / rotator suddenly will not initialise

« on: 2013-10-01, 01:42:09 »

I installed a new extended webswitch with 1216S adapter cable. I have a Yaesu G-2800DXA rotator, and am using the DCU-1 protocol at 4800 baud. The webswitch has software version 3.3, hardware 2, bootloader 1.10.
It was working perfectly, but now when I press the power button it says "initialisation in progress" and then "rotator not initialised", and remains disabled.
I checked the connections of the 1216S adapter to the board, and it is ok.
There is a green LED next to the USB port that is constantly flashing on and off, and I don't know if this is normal.
Can anyone help ?
thanks, Fred VE3PIE

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Configuration, Webswitch 1216H / rotator will not initialise

« on: 2013-09-23, 19:53:25 »

I have an idiom press RotorCard DXA for my yaesu rotator.
works fine with direct RS-232 connection to computer running Ham Radio Deluxe.
I connected it to the 1216S adapter which is connected to the 1216H as per instructions on the website.
I have it set for the DCU-1 protocol.
It was working properly, then suddenly stopped working. Now I get an error message saying the rotator is not initialised.
What is going on ? How do I fix this ?
thanks, Fred VE3PIE

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General discussion forum / MMTTY FSK only transmits a single tone

« on: 2013-09-13, 00:57:22 »

I am using yaesu twin remoterig setup. Control site has FT-2000 and radio site has FTDX9000.
CW and SSB work properly. MMTTY receives properly. Problem is that when I try to transmit using MMTTY using FSK the transmitted signal is only a single tone. I would appreciate any suggestions as to the problem and how to fix it.
thanks, Fred VE3PIE

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / MMTTY sends out only singe tone

« on: 2013-09-12, 19:36:01 »

I am using yaesu twin remoterig setup. Control site has FT-2000 and radio site has FTDX9000.
CW and SSB work properly. MMTTY receives properly. Problem is that when I try to transmit using MMTTY using FSK the transmitted signal is only a single tone. I would appreciate any suggestions as to the problem and how to fix it.
thanks, Fred VE3PIE

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / ? serial settings for Yaesu twin setup

« on: 2013-08-14, 22:07:30 »

configuring the yaesu twins, with a computer at the control site using MMTTY.
Not sure how to configure COM 1 and COM 2 at the Control RRC and the Radio RRC.
In the serial settings setup: is both COM 1 and COM 2 set to Mode 6 at the Control and Radio RRC's ??
or is it set differently ?
please help anyone ?
thanks, Fred VE3PIE

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General discussion forum / RRC 1258 versus Yaesu Remote rig

« on: 2013-07-19, 16:47:34 »

I have a yaesu FT 2000 and FTDX9000D. I want to use remote rig in the twin configuration (FT2000 at control site and FTDX9000 at the radio site)
I want to have as many virtual serial ports available as possible to run rotor and linear amp and antenna switches.
do I buy the RRC 1258 pair or the yaesu twin pair ? I thought someone told me the yaesu twin pair has 1 less serial port than the RRC1258 pair. I am not sure this is true. Can anyone tell me what to buy ?? I will need another piece of hardware for the other virtual serial ports.
Do I have 1 extra virtual serial port if I buy the remote rig pair ?
Do I buy the 1216H and 1216L ?
To get other serial ports do I buy LP-Remote ? or something else.
PLEASE HELP ANYONE TO DECIDE WHAT HARDWARE TO BUY ?
THANKS,FRED

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General discussion forum / control Yaesu FT9000 with FT2000

« on: 2012-03-16, 01:52:02 »

At my home I have a Yaesu FTDX9000D with a rotator and alpha linear amp.
At my remote site I have a FT2000. If I use the RRC-1258mkIIs yaesu twins can I control the FTDX9000 with the FT2000?
If I can, then can I also control my rotator and maybe my alpha amp with this setup?
or do I have to do something else like use a computer at the remote site with software such as the TRX manager to control the FTDX9000?
In the latter scenerio do I need a set of regular RRC-1258mkIIs ?
thanks for any help anyone can give me.
Thanks, Fred

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General discussion forum / Can a FT2000 control a FT9000

« on: 2011-11-07, 06:30:18 »

At home in Toronto I have a yaesu FT9000D and  beam antenna with a yeasu rotator.
I have  a yaesu FT2000 in a apartment in florida. Can I use this setup and operate using the FT2000 to control the FT9000?
Is it also possible to setup the 1216H webswitch to control the yaesu rotator?
Fred VE3PIE