Are there any plans to support Transverters?
I use multiple transverters with my IC-7610 for VHF/UHF,
N.B. for 144MHz the rig operates on 14MHz, for other bands I use 28MHz…
Hi Stephen,
We don’t have plans at this time, but you raise an interesting point.
What kind of support would you like to see, ideally, from a software point of view? I was thinking of doing some up/down conversion with my 9700 for 10 GHz and some other bands too.
–E
de W6EL
Elliott,
for general use I like the way that DXlab handles transverters, there is a table that specifies the offset frequency for each band - I specify a frequency of 432.xxx and it automatically knows that the transverter needs 28.xxx (404MHz offset), but when I specify 144.xxx the transverter requires 14.xxx (130MHz offset) for that band.
For contesting the Minos logging program works in a similar way.
Stephen (G8LYB)
Hi Stephen,
I could see placing this as a parameter some time after the next release. It’s simple, but it has to go in every function that deals with frequencies. So, it’ll take a bit to get to.
–E
de W6EL
The 785x has an offset in the rig setup itself and a quick look at the CIV manual I also see that it can be controlled remotely.
I have added it to the internal roadmap document.
The IC-7610 has an offset facility for display, but not enough digits of display to be useful…
Stephen (G8LYB)
I have mentioned that some time ago to ICOM – to have an offset possibility of a few GHz. Itwas taken into consideration. Maybe at some time…