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Subject: [CQ-Contest] The best computer-control (and implementingit in the TS-930!)
From: k7qq@juno.com (Rex J Maner)
Date: Tue Nov 10 20:06:28 1998
Frm  K7QQ  I would suggest the same protocal as used for  other Kenwood
Rigs---  TS870   TS-850   TS-950,  


On Mon, 09 Nov 1998 15:02:00 -0500 Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
writes:
>
>The other day a guy posted a message on the Kenwood reflector 
>announcing
>that he had cloned the microprocessor board for the TS-930.  At the 
>time,
>it was a counter-measure to Kenwood's being out of production, but 
>while he
>was at it, he souped it up with a lot of features including a bigger
>processor, 3 tuning rates, etc., plus --- a SERIAL PORT.  He says it's
>built now, a plug-and-play replacement, and almost ready for serial
>production.  
>
>He's now figuring out what radio's communications protocol he should
>emulate on the new board.  I suggested he talk to N6TR, who has slaved 
>over
>communications with most every radio, but in the meantime I thought 
>I'd
>mention it here.  I have no idea about the guy's credentials are, 
>though he
>sounds credible, but the idea of an add-on for my beloved TS-930 that 
>would
>remedy its one shortcoming for ~$200 (his estimate) has me really 
>stoked.
>
>If you could emulate one radio's remote capabilities for contesting, 
>what
>would it be?
>
>73,  Pete Smith N4ZR
>Loud is good -- go PVRC!
>
>
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