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[Yaesu] FT990: CAT Data Structure Info

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Subject: [Yaesu] FT990: CAT Data Structure Info
From: nf4l@pobox.com (MikeR)
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 18:16:15 -0400
Berndt,
My FT990 with v1.3 firmware returns the values you are seeing. 2.4kHz
returrns 4, 6kHz returns a zero.
73, Mike NF4L
----- Original Message -----
From: <wulf@ping.net.au>
To: <yaesu@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 9:04 AM
Subject: [Yaesu] FT990: CAT Data Structure Info


> G'day,
>
> I've a problem understanding the value that is returned in the
> 16-byte Update Data structure when in AM mode (6khz/2.4Khz bandwidth)
> as described in the FT990 users manual on page 42.
>
> The document describes the byte at offset 8 (filter) as followed:
>
> Filter Selection
> Value| IF-Filter
> ----------------
>  0   | 2.4Khz
>  1   | 2.0Khz
>  2   | 500Hz
>  3   | 250Hz
>  4   | 6Khz (AM)     <------ ??????
>
> bit 7 of this byte is set for FM Packet or Reverse RTTY.
>
> According to the above, a value of 4 is returned whenever the transceiver
> is in AM mode with a bandwith of 6Khz (no filter selected). The returned
> packets that I receive back from my transceiver show the contrary. When in
> AM mode, it returns a value of 0 for 6khz and a value of 4 for 2.4khz
> bandwidth.
>
> Has anyone seen this and can confirm my observations? Is this a bug
> in Yaesu's firmware or perhaps a misprint in the manual?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> 73 Berndt,
> VK5ABN
>
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