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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

SOUND CARD OPERATION, INSTALLATION AND SETUP

 

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Step 1: Windows

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 plug and play installation 

 

 

 

 

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Step 2: Connect the computer audio cables and radio data/aux jack 

 

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Step 

3: 

Receiving 

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Step 4: Check transmit audio tones 

 

 

 

 

 

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Step 

5: 

PTT 

Setup 

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Step 6: Set the transmit audio to your radio 

 

 

 

 

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Step 7: Work lots of DX and have fun 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 7 

 

CW OPERATION, INSTALLATION AND SETUP

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Step 1a: Connect CW keying cable 

 

 

 

 

 

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Step 2a: Configure the computer and radio for CW operation 

 

 

Page 8 

Step 3a: Work lots of DX and have fun   

 

 

 

 

Page 8 

 

RIG CONTROL CAT/CIV, INSTALLATION AND SETUP

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Step 1b: Connecting a CAT or CIV interface 

 

 

 

 

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Step 2b: Setting up the radio for rig control 

 

 

 

 

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Step 3b: Setting up rig control software for rig control 

 

 

 

Page 9 

 

TROUBLESHOOTING

 

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11 

 

WARRANTY

 

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12

 

 

 

RIGblaster plug & play connections and indicators 

Summary of Contents for RIGblaster Plug & Play

Page 1: ...dio did not design the data jack on your radio therefore we do not control how that system operates We only take sound in and out of the jack and control PTT through the jack Some jacks support operat...

Page 2: ...ep 7 Work lots of DX and have fun Page 7 CW OPERATION INSTALLATION AND SETUP Page 8 Step 1a Connect CW keying cable Page 8 Step 2a Configure the computer and radio for CW operation Page 8 Step 3a Work...

Page 3: ...Play will illuminate The driver installation is complete if Windows indicates Your Hardware is Ready to Use and the RIGblaster green POWER LED comes on This will not happen if you have stopped cancell...

Page 4: ...nto the headphone output and plug the RIGblaster s blue plug into the mic input Note it is preferable to use a line input if available Plug the RIGblaster s data jack cable into the correct jack of yo...

Page 5: ...g Control Panel Tip If you do not know how to access your Recording Control Panel read your Windows help and or the Oct 2003 QST article entitled The In s and Out s of a Sound Card The article is avai...

Page 6: ...ion by telling it which COM port number that Windows assigned to the RIGblaster If the program gives you a choice of using RTS or DTR for PTT select RTS DTR should only be used for CW keying see CW se...

Page 7: ...der up or down together until your radio indicates just less than full power output Note Driving to full power and activating ALC especially with the radio s power control turned down will result in a...

Page 8: ...tall and use CW software and you must set the radio to the CW mode of operation After installing CW software set it up as outlined in step 6 above Make sure that you have configured the software for t...

Page 9: ...na system can have tremendous AC leakage between these two grounds During a thunderstorm with a near by lightning strike not a direct hit several thousand volts can be induced into the loop antenna fo...

Page 10: ...prevent rig control from working You must have every communication setting in the software exactly match the settings for the radio and in the radio With rig control set up and modern logging softwar...

Page 11: ...set to the correct serial port for PTT control All programs must be configured to control PTT they will not work unless you do this 3 The sound card wave and volume outputs are set too low because the...

Page 12: ...t we must have the step number of this manual that you ran into a problem on We may not be able to help you without this information It is best to call us while you are at your station rather than try...

Page 13: ...of Radio Amateur Software Collection is excluded from any and all warranties by West Mountain Radio Note that the programs have been provided as shareware or freeware by the software authors to the am...

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