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Kenwood TS890 and USB-DATA mode - VARA rig command issues


 

Hey all. New to VARA. I've gotten it to work with WInlink Express and my Kenwood TS890 radio with some success. One issue I can't seem to get to function 100% reliably or repeatable is when I select a channel in VARA , the radio ALWAYS follows the frequency so VARA is connecting to the radio, but only SOMETIMEs switches the mode to the correct USB-DATA mode (which is what I want). Sometimes, for example, when I select a channel, it goes to LSB voice. I DO have the USB-DATA mode checked in the VARA settings, it just doesn't seem to always work.

Does anyone know where/how? this is configured? Is there an option to add radio-specific code somewhere in the rig interface?
I would love to be able to reliably get the VARA channel selection to always go to the correct mode.
Ideally I would also like to add commands like to auto-configure the tx and rx bandwidths by adding appropriate commands.

Thanks. 73s.


 

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On 12/6/2024 11:37 AM, Guy Zebrick via groups.io wrote:
Hey all. New to VARA. I've gotten it to work with WInlink Express and my Kenwood TS890 radio with some success. One issue I can't seem to get to function 100% reliably or repeatable is when I select a channel in VARA , the radio ALWAYS follows the frequency so VARA is connecting to the radio, but only SOMETIMEs switches the mode to the correct USB-DATA mode (which is what I want). Sometimes, for example, when I select a channel, it goes to LSB voice. I DO have the USB-DATA mode checked in the VARA settings, it just doesn't seem to always work.

Does anyone know where/how? this is configured? Is there an option to add radio-specific code somewhere in the rig interface?
I would love to be able to reliably get the VARA channel selection to always go to the correct mode.
Ideally I would also like to add commands like to auto-configure the tx and rx bandwidths by adding appropriate commands.

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