Ham Spot Inc HS-736USB FT-736R to HRD USB Interface The Yaesu FT-736R remains a popular satellite ground station transceiver. However some modern computer software is not compatible with the CAT interface on the FT-736R.
TRX-Manager HAM Radio CAT Software - related links. Yaesu FT-857 CAT Controller - Free windows basic and simple CAT program specifically for the Yaesu F. FT-920 CAT Controller Software - This computer control program is specifically designed for the Yaesu F. Jan 13, 2019 - Tuning control of the Yaesu FT-736R multiband VHF/UHF transceiver. FT847-SuperControl CAT FT847-SuperControl is a CAT software especially for the. Already you can run the FT-736R with SatPC32 directly at a serial port of the PC. The KCT can be configured for TTL level (see the KCT manual p.
Ham Radio Deluxe, in particular, does not support the FT-736R. Ham Radio Deluxe does support the Yaesu FT-847 which has similar features. We can solve this incompatibility by programming a CAT interface to present a FT-847 to the PC and emulate the new commands not supported on the FT-736R. Features not present on the FT-736R are ignored. Memory channels are not supported and the radio must be set to VFO, also satellite mode must be set to VFO, before enabling CAT control of the radio. 1240 MHz is mapped to 240 MHz because the FT-847 does not have 4 MHz digits. Credits The concept for this interface was developed by Dave, KA6BFB in 2010.
He developed a proof of concept in software using VB and Windows. It was however quite cumbersome and used 3 virtual serial ports to work with HRD. But an excellent proof of concept nonetheless. This software can be found here: The hardware version was developed by Chuck, N6BIL. The source code is GPL licensed and the Eagle CAD files were published along with the code.
The hardware CAD files, source code and binaries can be found here: Ham Spot Inc based the HS-736USB on their great work and thanks them immensely for their hard work on solving a challenging problem! The goal of Ham Spot Inc is that if this interface is popular we will develop similar interfaces for other older rigs which are also not supported by HRD. Specifically in mind are the FT-757GXII, FT-890 and various Icom and Kenwood radios. There will likely be firmware updates to this hardware available on the website in the future.
If you have a PIC programmer the chip has been socketed to allow you to flash new firmware or easily replace the device. If not, there will be made available an inexpensive preprogrammed chip that you can plugin to upgrade the firmware or convert the FT-736USB to another model Yaesu rig as they become supported.
Most of these recommendations are for 'standard level converting' interfaces. My guess is what is needed is custom built hardware that includes code to read the status from the radios display circuit.
I don't have the technical know-how to do this. I was hoping someone had solved this problem. If they did, they could make a small fortune marketing it. De K3SK -Original Message- From: WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 7:49 PM To: 'Gary Smith'; 'K3SK'; 'Sean Sharkey' Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: Yaesu FT-736R CAT Issue Try HAMRADIODELUX software. 73, dave wa3gin -Original Message- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Gary Smith Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 5:26 PM To: K3SK; 'Sean Sharkey' Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Yaesu FT-736R CAT Issue Take a look at RadCom software.
If it can be done they have done it. 73, Gary.wa6fgi - Original Message - From: 'K3SK' To: 'Sean Sharkey' Cc: Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 4:57 AM Subject: Re: Yaesu FT-736R CAT Issue It's my understanding, you can control the rig thru the CAT interface. Meaning you cna send some data to command the radio to a freq and modebut you CAN NOT read back the status. Therefore, any manual tuning or mode changes will not be reflected in the software. de K3SK From: Sean Sharkey Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 6:57 AM To: K3SK Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Yaesu FT-736R CAT Issue HiThis data is already available via the CAT (RS232) interface on the 736see the owners manual for further details. As for a piece of software that already does this very successfullyat least for the Apple Macintosh, see MacLoggerDX from; Sorry don't know any for the PC platform.
Hope this helps. On 15 Feb 2006, at 11:39, K3SK wrote: Has anyone ever developed or heard of any mods to 'read' freq and mode data from the FT-736R? I would like to interface it to contest software. tnx de k3sk Yaesu mailing list [email protected] Yaesu mailing list [email protected] Yaesu mailing list [email protected] Yaesu mailing list [email protected].