I am a fan of the Kenwood TS-870 ham radio transceiver. What I missed was a straight remote control app for OS X, so I started to develope one. Here it is, it covers some main functions:
Serial data baudrate selectable between 9600 and 57600.
Power button to switch TS-870 on/off by the software.
OS X speech synthesis voice feedback.
Localized UTC clock.
Simple localized quick note “Logbook” in csv/ssv format.
Amateur radio band selector.
Frequency control.
Mode selector.
Receiver bandwidth selector.
Antenna and Attenuator selector.
AGC control for SSB
Squelch and RF-Gain selector.
Notch and Beat filter selector.
Volume control.
10 memories selector, Read, Write, List, Clear.
Extern RX passthrough selector.
Digital and analog readout S-Meter. Peak hold option.
Simple band-scope/spectrum analyzer.
Favorite save/ load one frequency by mouse click or shortcut.
Direct jump to frequency harmonics.
Seperate frequency panel for transverter usage
RIT +-RX offset RX in 10 Hz steps.
Integrated amateur-prefixes, broadcast and beacon lists via menu item.
Transmitter RX/TX control.
VOX control.
TX Power control 10, 50, 100%.
TX Power-Amplifier control.
TX Mic-Gain, Processor response, Mic-AGC, others.
TX audio Equalizer control.
TX bandwidth and shift selector.
Save and load TX audio parameters as “local/dx” presets.
AM, CW carrier selector, ALC compared.
TX Monitor selector.
Antenna-Tuner control.
VSWR test button.
RX/TX split frequency support.
Sub-tone support for 29 MHz repeaters.
Digital recording playback and loop (if DRU-3 option installed).
The Demo version is free, while frequency control, TX control, and memory features are blocked. You will need a USB-to-serial-port adaptor. Get more information and hints on my website.
What's new in version 4.1
TS870RC is for radio amateurs and ham radio. I am a fan of the Kenwood TS-870 ham radio transceiver. What I missed was a straight remote control app for OS X, so I started to develope one. Here it is,
I am a fan of the Kenwood TS-870 ham radio transceiver. What I missed was a straight remote control app for OS X, so I started to develope one. Here it is, it covers some main functions:
Serial data baudrate selectable between 9600 and 57600.
Power button to switch TS-870 on/off by the software.
OS X speech synthesis voice feedback.
Localized UTC clock.
Simple localized quick note "Logbook" in csv/ssv format.
Amateur radio band selector.
Frequency control.
Mode selector.
Receiver bandwidth selector.
Antenna and Attenuator selector.
AGC control for SSB
Squelch and RF-Gain selector.
Notch and Beat filter selector.
Volume control.
10 memories selector, Read, Write, List, Clear.
Extern RX passthrough selector.
Digital and analog readout S-Meter. Peak hold option.
Simple band-scope/spectrum analyzer.
Favorite save/ load one frequency by mouse click or shortcut.
Direct jump to frequency harmonics.
Seperate frequency panel for transverter usage
RIT +-RX offset RX in 10 Hz steps.
Integrated amateur-prefixes, broadcast and beacon lists via menu item.
Transmitter RX/TX control.
VOX control.
TX Power control 10, 50, 100%.
TX Power-Amplifier control.
TX Mic-Gain, Processor response, Mic-AGC, others.
TX audio Equalizer control.
TX bandwidth and shift selector.
Save and load TX audio parameters as "local/dx" presets.
AM, CW carrier selector, ALC compared.
TX Monitor selector.
Antenna-Tuner control.
VSWR test button.
RX/TX split frequency support.
Sub-tone support for 29 MHz repeaters.
Digital recording playback and loop (if DRU-3 option installed).
The Demo version is free, while frequency control, TX control, and memory features are blocked. You will need a USB-to-serial-port adaptor. Get more information and hints on my website.
