I use DM780 as my preferred HF digital terminal emulator – the IC-9100 sound card operates much like an external TNC, Tigerlink, or other generic data mode terminal.
USING RS BA1 WITH DM780 SERIAL
The serial port interface is the old, reliable CI-V workhorse of the Icom line – it allows rig control from the laptop. The IC-9100 has 2 different functions/devices which work over the USB cable: the first device emulates a serial port and the other device emulates a sound card. Starting with the hardware pieces, the IC-9100 is connected to the laptop with a USB cable. Your mileage may vary – in fact, you might not even get a single mile out of any of them cons of each of these software packages/suites – just saying what I have chosen for my particular use.
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Generic laptop computer connected to the KJ4WLH wireless network and also connected to the IC-9100.6m loop, 2m loop, and 70cm loop antennas.2m vertical, 70cm vertical, and 900MHz vertical antennas.
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Palstar AT2K tuner (manual tuning required).40m dipole (doublet), balanced line (ladder line) going into a balun with a short run of coax going into the AT2K.My main rig is an ICOM IC-9100 I use this rig for just about everything.Gear located in my outside (detached) shed as follows:
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This month, I’d like to share my operating environment – my gear, some software and network information, where the gear is located, and how I like to operate. Last month I gave some reasons why I became interested in operating remotely.