Although I didn’t mention it yesterday, in the process of upgrading my IC-9700 firmware to version 1.30 (in an attempt to get Winlink TX audio working – nothing to do with satellites), it unknowingly cleared the CI-V USB Echo Back setting to OFF. SATPC32 requires this to be ON. Without that setting, it will not set uplink or downlink frequencies, which will remain at whatever value they were initially set to when the Doppler correction begins.
Because that was an issue that had me hung for an hour or more a year or two back, I remembered it immediately, as I noticed that the TONE was popping up correctly, but not the frequency. Easy fix, turn Echo Back ON.
Since yesterday I’ve added an XW-2A QSO (thank you KN2K) and a bunch on AO-91 (N2FYA, KC1MEB, KE8RJU, N8HI, and KB1HY). Everything is freshly calibrated except CAS-4A and 4B, which won’t come into play during my Field Day operation on Sunday. So I’m good to go.
I should be on the air from Glen Park here in Rhode Island FN41 by 0930 local time on Sunday June 27th as NE1RI, 2A RI (Newport County Radio Club). XW-2A, AO-91, ARISS, SO-50, and RS-44 passes should be workable, with XW-2A, AO-91, and ARISS between 10:30 and 11:05 AM local time all having great passes.
