[Elecraft] [KAT500] Looking for a microcontroller project that reads transceiver serial frequency messages and outputs BCD bands
Joe Subich, W4TV
lists at subich.com
Mon Dec 31 17:54:16 EST 2012
Dick,
> I believe that a commercial band decoder (very likely one of
> microHAM's units) might do this as well.
Of course it will <G>.
Station Master can be used either by programming one of the antenna
switch ports to generate BCD or by using the amplifier control port
as if one were driving the KPA500/FL-7000/Quadra.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 12/31/2012 3:41 PM, Dick Dievendorff 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
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