[SixClub] Please help

[Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW]

Eric,

do not bust your chops getting on 6 meter PSK or RTTY,......

I have only 18 contacts on 6 meter digital,..... there are NOT many people 
on it.

                                                                          Joey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Mynes" <kc8wzb at gmail.com>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:30 PM
Subject: [SixClub] Please help


> Evening all,
>
> I have a question that I hope someone on this list might be able help
> me with or at least point me in a good direction to find the answer.
> The problem is that I would like to try 6m PSK-31.  Now getting PSK to
> work is not an issue.  I already work 20m and 40m, but have never
> tried 6.  Now for the questions I have.  I have 2 6m rigs.  One is a
> Yaesu FT-620b and the other is the Ranger RCI-5054dx (not the 100w
> version).  Both use 6pin mic plugs and they're not interchangeable.  I
> have a Rigblaster M8 that use with my Yaesu FT-7 (the mic connector
> mis-match isn't important since I only use the rig for PSK and don't
> have the mic hooked up).
>
> Looking in the book that came with the rigblaster and on
> westmountain's website, I'm unable to find the jumper settings I would
> need to hook either of my rigs to the rigblaster.  Besides, I'm not
> sure how to wire up the mic connector too.  I'm guessing that if I
> understood the design of the rigblaster better, I would be able to
> wire it up anyway I want.  But, I'm not 100% sure about that.
>
> So, any suggestions.  I'd prefer not to have to buy another rig just
> to try PSK-31 on 6m, nor would I want to buy another rig/pc interface
> device.  I'm not above building a device if the parts are readily
> available.
>
> One more thing, if it helps, I have a way to get a rigblaster NOMIC if
> it would be better.  But, again, it has an 8 pin mic connector made up
> for it.
>
> Lastly, in this project, I would prefer to use the Yaesu FT-620b rig
> as the PSK rig if at all possible since it is older and I'd like to
> use the Ranger mobile one day and the Yaesu will never be mobile, at
> least while I own it.
>
> 73 and hope to catch in the logs one day,
> Eric
> k8ohz
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