[SixClub] New Rigs

[Chris Boone]

Remote operation has been around for decades...before the Kenwood Sky
Command, the big thing was the ACC Shackmaster 100 in the 1980s...it could
control a TS430/440 (and later Kenwoods) as well as a FT757 and the IC701
iirc??....I have two of them and ran my TS680 in 1989 from my 220/440 rptr
setup (I need to put them up for sale...back in the day, they went for
$700+...now they will sell for ~$200-400 depending on want....AEA also had
similar units (but only would do RF or telephone control per box...the SM100
could do either RF or phone control...and also would control a VHF or UHF
BCD controlled FM rig as well) Doing CW via Shackmaster (or any digital
mode) was not an easy thing to do...I suspect via Sky Command would be still
as tough (hard to get a decent CW speed out of a FM control radio!) These
days, a Link Comm RLC controller can talk to just about any HF - VHF/UHF rig
out there.

Sky Command only became legal after the FCC changed the rules 2 years ago to
allow AUX operation on 2m...before it was 222.15 and up (and still is as
well as excludes 431-433 and 435-438...those freqs are off limits for AUX
operation)

Chris
WB5ITT
Live Long and Prosper

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:sixclub-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of donroden at hiwaay.net
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 8:43 PM
> To: World Wide Six Meter Club
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] New Rigs
> 
> Quoting Larry Brown <dogsnradios at att.net>:
> 
> > That sounds awfully "Star Trek" to me Don.
> 
> 
> Tell me !!!
> I have a friend who has his TS2000 hooked up to the internet and can
> access his home station anywhere from his laptop.. Audio sounds just
> as good as if he is using the Kenwood mike.  He can do CW, SSB, PSK-31
> .. logging and rotor functions.  Beam me up Scotty.