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MM6AHJ

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Nov 30, 2011, 7:15:21 AM11/30/11
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Anyone know some decent webpages on interfacing the radio to the PC?

Managed to connect the Kenwood TS-450s to the laptop via the standard
Kenwood rs23s box and a USB/serial port converter.
But its having none of it ?

So if its a driver thing..what & where ?
Or recomended prog for this palaver ?

CAT...does that need to use a different socket or does the RS232 do
anything like that?

new kid on the block

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Nov 30, 2011, 7:46:27 AM11/30/11
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maybe you will find the driver hear

prolific 2303 driver

new kid on the block

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Nov 30, 2011, 7:49:47 AM11/30/11
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On Nov 30, 12:15 pm, MM6AHJ <Gle...@SPAMl.com> wrote:
check you com ports on the settingsfor usb driver, and the com port
on the program are the same

new kid on the block

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Nov 30, 2011, 7:50:56 AM11/30/11
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On Nov 30, 12:15 pm, MM6AHJ <Gle...@SPAMl.com> wrote:
http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31

Len GM0ONX

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Nov 30, 2011, 8:03:23 AM11/30/11
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On 30/11/2011 12:15, MM6AHJ wrote:
> Anyone know some decent webpages on interfacing the radio to the PC?
>
> Managed to connect the Kenwood TS-450s to the laptop via the standard
> Kenwood rs23s box and a USB/serial port converter.
> But its having none of it ?

Worked OK when I had the TS570. Are you sure you have the correct lead
i.e. straight trough null modem etc and assigned the correct port
number? Also make sure baud rate, parity and stop bits are correct for
you rig.

eg bps @4800, data bits @ 8, parity= none,stop bits = 2 and flow control
= none. Check the manual for exact settings as this is for the TS850

>
> So if its a driver thing..what& where ?
> Or recomended prog for this palaver ?

Drivers can be an issue with cheap RS232 converters. Can you see the
port when you look at start, all programs, control panel, system,
hardware, device manager, ports. If it does show a serial port you may
driver problems.
>
> CAT...does that need to use a different socket or does the RS232 do
> anything like that?

Depends on the program. Ham Radio Deluxe will not share the same port
for RTS keying as the CAT interface, MixW will.

jim stewart

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Nov 30, 2011, 8:16:58 AM11/30/11
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"MM6AHJ" <Gle...@SPAMl.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone know some decent webpages on interfacing the radio to the PC?
>
> Managed to connect the Kenwood TS-450s to the laptop via the standard
> Kenwood rs23s box and a USB/serial port converter.
> But its having none of it ?
>
excelent......a radio with good sense .........


jim stewart

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Nov 30, 2011, 8:18:17 AM11/30/11
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"Len GM0ONX" <gm0...@goooooglemail.com> wrote in message
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are you on strike Len ? .......


Len GM0ONX

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Nov 30, 2011, 8:34:54 AM11/30/11
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Up the revolution!

GM4DHJ

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Nov 30, 2011, 8:44:05 AM11/30/11
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"Len GM0ONX" <gm0...@goooooglemail.com> wrote in message
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bet brian isn't .........


GM4DHJ

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Nov 30, 2011, 8:46:15 AM11/30/11
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"Len GM0ONX" <gm0...@goooooglemail.com> wrote in message
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watch your EPNS pension now ..........


Ozric Terminator

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Nov 30, 2011, 8:55:56 AM11/30/11
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Len GM0ONX wrote:


> Up the revolution!

Great march through Reading town centre, maybe around 1000.

It's takes a bunch of old etonian marketing droids to get head teachers to
strike. Even Thatcher couldn't achieve that!

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Jeff

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Nov 30, 2011, 9:31:00 AM11/30/11
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>
> Worked OK when I had the TS570. Are you sure you have the correct lead
> i.e. straight trough null modem etc

That is a bit of a contradiction as a null modem cable is not wired
straight through, pin to pin!!

Jeff

Len GM0ONX

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Nov 30, 2011, 12:32:17 PM11/30/11
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I'll give that but you know what I mean, it was either or.

MM3

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Nov 30, 2011, 2:41:48 PM11/30/11
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http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/989


The rig is stable enough for every digimode I've tried so far,
including WSPR. There is a CAT port on the side of the radio, which
allows computer control via an IC-232 or equivalent cable. This is not
quite an RS-232 since on the radio end, TTL voltages are expected. I
purchased an interface built by ZLP Electronics in the UK, and it works
fine. I have successfully plugged that interface into either a computer
serial port or a USB/serial adapter, both worked okay. Via the CAT
cable, the rig can be controlled from HRD, MixW, N1MM, etc. (note: you
can't key the rig for CW via the CAT or by triggering closing the PTT).
The radio has an accessory port on the back and you can also take audio
from there.


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MM6AHJ

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Nov 30, 2011, 4:02:05 PM11/30/11
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:41:48 +0000 (UTC), "MM3" <mm3...@yjahoo.com>
wrote:
All copied guys!

Rig is TS-450 and interface is std Kenwood chappie as sold to me by a
member at Cockenzie who had been using it happily on the same rig.

Mind you I was over that rig I dont know how many times and didnt spot
the connection on the side till now! LOL
Just a pain in the bum with lappys not having proper serial ports, I
would have like to be able to plug in a key there too, for CW practice
applications.

I'll look out for HRD and see what that tastes like!

MM3

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Nov 30, 2011, 4:52:55 PM11/30/11
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MM6AHJ wrote:

> Rig is TS-450 and interface is std Kenwood chappie as sold to me by a
> member at Cockenzie who had been using it happily on the same rig.
The TS-440 needed extra chips fitted inside before it would work with a
computer.


> Mind you I was over that rig I dont know how many times and didnt spot
> the connection on the side till now! LOL
Doh!

> Just a pain in the bum with lappys not having proper serial ports, I
Get a proper USB-RS232 converter, not a cheap version.


> would have like to be able to plug in a key there too, for CW practice
> applications.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha - an MM6 talking about CW practice.

Bona!


> I'll look out for HRD and see what that tastes like!
You do not need to because any program today should work for you.


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doug

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Nov 30, 2011, 8:13:28 PM11/30/11
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More power to his elbow,or rather, his key. Aitch aye!

MM6AHJ

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Dec 1, 2011, 8:06:24 AM12/1/11
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:13:28 -0800 (PST), doug <doug....@gmail.com>
wrote:
The generic USB driver did the trick, well done that man!

I can control the rig to some degreee, its hearing audio from
somewhere but its not heard at the lappy, the meter on the display is
merrily swinging away in relation to signals.

Tried to get a few things to use the new setup, Fldigi and MultiPSK
but no luck. I need a 'show me' session I think.

So...MM6's are too dim to appreciate CW you think?
FYI my first ever international QSO was in self taught Morse, on a
home built oscillator and I managed a nice clean contact in Gabon!

Shockaroony! This MM6 also uses QRP/cw.....LOL

GM4DHJ

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Dec 1, 2011, 9:40:16 AM12/1/11
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> So...MM6's are too dim to appreciate CW you think?
> FYI my first ever international QSO was in self taught Morse, on a
> home built oscillator and I managed a nice clean contact in Gabon!
>
> Shockaroony! This MM6 also uses QRP/cw.....LOL
>

good man .........


Joe MM6JBN

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Dec 1, 2011, 9:48:05 AM12/1/11
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hes no really .....
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