[CQ-Contest] RS-232 Interface for TS-850

[N6ki at aol.com]

    I use the W1GEE LCU-3K with my TS-850

Very nice compact package as the interface is built into
a DB-25 connector.

< http://www.sarrio.com/sarrio/w1gee.html >

If you use the LCU-3 with a laptop that has just a DB-9 for Com Port
get a DB-9 to DB-25 adapter or better yet a small adapter cable
as sometimes there's not enough room for the small plastic adapter module.

73, Dennis N6KI


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>From Paul EI5DI" <paul at ei5di.com  Sat Jul  7 10:16:26 2001
From: Paul EI5DI" <paul at ei5di.com (Paul EI5DI)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 10:16:26 +0100
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Mode 516 Suggestions
References: <000201c10677$778cde00$0b00000a at W5XD>
Message-ID: <003601c106c6$59e5acc0$e5a5fea9 at dell>


Wayne W5XD wrote,

> You buy your radio and the ONLY connectors on it are
> power, 10BaseT ethernet, and an RF connector. You plug
> the 3 of them in (the ethernet goes into a 10BaseT hub).
>
> Bring up your favorite internet browser, type in the URL
> for the radio, and the radio serves up a web page with
> its front panel on it and feeds your browser the received
> audio.

It may not be obvious, but Wayne is asking us to consider "When is a
radio not a radio"? and the answer is when it's a web-enabled
computer!

I happen to have an always-on 1 Mbit/sec ADSL internet connection at
home, in the shack. I can listen to "radio" stations, from all over
the world, at CD quality, for as long as I choose.  But it's not
radio, even when I'm listening to live feeds from repeaters or police
scanners.  It's not radio because any RF component is absent or
incidental.

Neither is it wireless - in fact, it's the exact opposite as it's
dependent on wires.  I prefer to call it wired radio, or wirrio for
short.

When contesters integrate their radios with web-enabled computers to
the extent that the RF component is almost incidental to the whole
operation, it's not amateur radio contesting, it becomes amateur
wirrio contesting.  Sure, it's great fun, but then so is high-speed
web surfing, along with instant messaging and internet telephony.

At what stage do we cross the boundary from amateur radio contesting
to amateur wirrio contesting.  I believe it's when we make use of
external real-time multiplier or DX spotting aids, regardless of the
delivery mechanism - to include RF links and the web.

Let's hear from all you amateur wirrio contesters.

73,
Paul EI5DI
www.ei5di.com


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>From RA6LBS <ra6lbs at volgodonsk.ru>  Sat Jul  7 10:52:15 2001
From: RA6LBS <ra6lbs at volgodonsk.ru> (RA6LBS)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 13:52:15 +0400
Subject: Re[2]: [CQ-Contest] Re: TS-850 Computer Interface
In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20010706193128.00aefcc0 at pop.mw.mediaone.net>
References: <4.2.0.58.20010706193128.00aefcc0 at pop.mw.mediaone.net>
Message-ID: <79541660.20010707135215 at volgodonsk.ru>


Hello k8cc,

Saturday, July 07, 2001, 3:41:25 AM, You wrote:



k> For example, the MFJ 1683 RS-232 interface (available pre-wired for
k> ICOM, KENWOOD, or YAESU) is powered from the serial port control
k> lines.  This interface will not work with my Dell Inspiron 3000
k> laptop because the port lines drop too low under the loading.
k>  This same interface works fine on a desktop computer.

It works fine with my Compaq Contura400 notebook.



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