Any plans to make this available to other Pegasus owners?
Dave, VE1ADH
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Carl Moreschi wrote:
>
> I'm a long time TenTec fan having first purchased a TenTec OMNI A series B
> in 1980. I am an avid DXer.
>
> I wrote the firmware for the TenTec Paragon II. This was done on a stroke
> of luck.
> I had modified my Paragon I firmware and sent an EPROM with my new code
> on it to TenTec to let them take a look at it. As luck would have it,
> TenTec was
> getting ready to start working on the Paragon II and said my software was
> very
> close to what they wanted. So, I ended up doing the Paragon II firmware
> for
> them. It was fun.
>
> I now have a Pegasus and because of my previous connections, I was
> able to get their source code so I could hack away at it. I have changed
> many things. I have eliminated all the menus on the front panel and added
> a power output control to the front panel. I have added band register
> buttons for each ham
> band for both CW and SSB. I have also added band registers for the SWL
> bands
> and a scratch pad register for a total of 32 band registers. I have a
> TenTec
> 6 meter transverter and have made 6 meters a separate band so the display
> actually reads in the 50 Mhz band when using the transverter. I have added
> a selection that allows the power level to be set by using the remote
> tuning knob.
> I have added RTTY as a new mode.
>
> I have also added an external file interface to this software so that
> remote
> programs can both set and get frequency and mode information for the
> Pegasus. This allows my logging program to log automatically and my
> packet terminal program to set frequencies from spots.
>
> This is just a few of the things I have added.
>
> I just started monitoring this forum and it looks like fun.
>
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> cjm@qvssoftware.com
>
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