[Elecraft] [KAT500] Looking for a microcontroller project that reads transceiver serial frequency messages and outputs BCD bands

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

You may be thinking of this:

http://www.geekshed.co.uk/icom-ci-v-or-band-data-to-yaesu-bcd-band-data-converter/

but it doesn't solve the Kenwood problem.

I think the KRC2 *may* be able to output BCD representing band data
gleaned from Kenwood serial traffic, but I'm not sure. W6FB would
know, of course.....

73,

    ~iain / N6ML


On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Dick Dievendorff <dieven at comcast.net> wrote:
> I vaguely recall seeing an e-mail over the last few months describing a
> small microcontroller project that reads Kenwood RS-232 frequency messages
> and outputs the four Elecraft / Unified Microsystems / Yaesu TTL level band
> lines (sometimes described as a "BCD" encoding) described as BAND0 thru
> BAND3 in the K3 Owner's manual description of the ACC connector.
>
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> We have a query from a Kenwood transceiver owner that would like to supply
> band information to his KAT500 from his Kenwood radio so that the ATU tracks
> band changes without requiring transmission.
>
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> I believe that a commercial band decoder (very likely one of microHAM's
> units) might do this as well.
>
>
>
> Can someone help me find the URL of that project description?  I recall it
> was a UK ham, but my memory is a bit fuzzy.
>
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> 73 de Dick, K6KR
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