PA0O ham radio

A CAT interface  for the old TS790 144/432/1292 tranceiver to work with N1MM  including the internal CW keyer DTR and "PTT" RTS and WSJT MSHV with "PTT" control Using the 3€ FTDI USB serial interface picture bottom page first i bought the Kenwood USB serial interface cable that cable has the TS790 special 6 pin DIN plug this interface works well ...as long as you cut the 4-5  wire bridge on the ACC din.. with the wire bridge it did go offline after 30 seconds or so  Kenwood interface cable with CH330 eBay 15€    This type Kenwood interface cable uses a tiny 6 pin USB CH330 chip  The driver is CH340 known for Arduino it workes in W7/10 64  It has only TX RX Usart function no DTR RTS available  The TS790 settings are 4800b 8bit data 2 stop  default  N1MM does not list the TS790 it has the TS890  but that one does not support modes the TS2000 does support freq and modes and let you switch 2/70/23 it seem...

A92HK  70.154MHZ  cq +3  strong  FT8  ....but i can't work DX on 4m ??? With 100W 5ele  i was not heard dejavue, looks like 1k + is needed Or move to DL where 15W erp is good enough to be the first one in the pile's.. 2 years ago also A92GE i believe it was heard CQ good signal also no response So 1x in 2 years can hear A92 at 4m once with a good signal just to tease me then the signal fades out never to be heard again. The only DX possible > 4000km   with Kazakhstan hams but they also have receiving problems.. I am o longer expecting to work DX  here Since 29 may  an old 9ele Tonna  2m in top   23m above soil should be enough to have Es contacts elevated 5dgr The antenna work was just finished when a huge ES opening  happened 7X2RO 7X2HF(hrd only)   9H1TX IT9    EA7 5 6  Italy  they where even workable in my location of course i had to be  patient until no other call...

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