Transmitter report - IC-706Mk2G
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James Hall
Aug 10, 2025, 9:18:31 PM8/10/25
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Hello Bird Chasers:
I can happily report that the IC-706MK2G works well with this software as the transmitter. Before I had the FT-818 hooked up and after I finally figured out that the TX CAT setting needed to be other than Duplex transceiver (in this case, there’s an actual FT-817 entry), it worked fine. Well, after I setup rigctld for the Icom and then started SkyRoof, it just worked.
The extra power of the Icom helps too. I heard my CW dits easily but I need to figure out how to set Doppler better. I’m used to SatPC32 and using the CAT control to add/subtract 10, 100, or 1000 Hz to the uplink to mostly dial it in. I’ll work it out.
73, Jamie
WB4YDL
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I can happily report that the IC-706MK2G works well with this software as the transmitter. Before I had the FT-818 hooked up and after I finally figured out that the TX CAT setting needed to be other than Duplex transceiver (in this case, there’s an actual FT-817 entry), it worked fine. Well, after I setup rigctld for the Icom and then started SkyRoof, it just worked.
The extra power of the Icom helps too. I heard my CW dits easily but I need to figure out how to set Doppler better. I’m used to SatPC32 and using the CAT control to add/subtract 10, 100, or 1000 Hz to the uplink to mostly dial it in. I’ll work it out.
73, Jamie
WB4YDL
Sent from my iPad
Alex VE3NEA
Aug 11, 2025, 7:36:53 AM8/11/25
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Congrats, Jamie! I am glad that it works for you. Aligning the uplink and downlink frequencies is a two-step process described in the Frequency Scale section of the manual under
Aligning The Uplink and Downlink Frequencies
. You set the Manual Correction offset for the downlink first, then for the uplink.
73 Alex VE3NEA
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