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Owner’s Manual  

  

  

                                        

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NOTE:

 Driving to full power, and activating ALC, especially with the 

radio’s power control turned down at all will result in a wide and distorted 

signal that is difficult or impossible to copy. Always set the audio drive 

from the PC to less than full power with the radio’s power/drive control 

set to maximum.  

TIP:

 Once you have the audio transmit power set correctly, you may 

adjust your PC speaker volume knob for a comfortable level. If you 

change the sound card virtual settings, you will have to re-adjust the xmit 

level knob on the 

RIGblaster Plus II.

 Never turn down the radio’s power 

setting and turn up the sound card.

Step 7: Have Fun Working DX 

You are on the air!

CW OPERATION, INSTALLATION AND SETUP

(READ CAREFULLY and PROCEED IN ORDER)

Step 1a: Connect CW Keying Cable

CW cables are available at West Mountain Radio or you may use any 

shielded stereo or mono 1/8” mini phone plug to either 1/8” or 1/4” 

(depending on your radio’s CW jack) phone plug cable.

Connect the cable from the 

RIGblaster Plus II

 “RADIO” “KEY OUT” jack 

to the radio’s straight key jack. A paddle input jack will not work.  You 

must use a straight key jack.

Continue to the next step only if you have connected the 

CW cable to a straight key jack.

Step 2a: Configure the PC and Radio for CW Operation

Begin by setting the radio to the CW mode of operation. Select and 

install one of the CW programs found on the DVD included or via the 

website. Configure for use with the correct COM port as outlined in Step 

5 above. Unless you plan to use break in on your radio, the COM port 

should be configured for PTT on RTS. Be sure to configure and setup the 

software to key CW on the same COM port using DTR.

Summary of Contents for RIGblaster Plus II

Page 1: ...MANUAL http www westmountainradio com 1020 Spring City Drive Waukesha WI 53186 tel 262 522 6503 fax 262 522 6504 WEST MOUNTAIN WEST MOUNTAIN RADIO RADIO 2008 West Mountain Radio All rights reserved Al...

Page 2: ...ectly without conflicts or loss of your PC s normal audio functionality The Plus II is several interfaces in one The USB Universal Serial Bus interface provides PTT control CW or FSK keying and CAT CI...

Page 3: ...ame AC outlet using the same AC ground point Consider connecting your station ground directly to the AC outlet used by your equipment making your ground at a common single point A typical commercial i...

Page 4: ...Your Radio Page 7 Step 7 Have Fun Working DX Page 8 CW OPERATION INSTALLATION AND SETUP Step 1a Connect CW Keying Cable Page 8 Step 2a Configure the PC and Radio for CW Operation Page 8 Step 3a Have F...

Page 5: ...RIGblaster Plus II 1 RIGblaster Plus II connections controls and indicators...

Page 6: ...interface Use one of the supplied 1 8 stereo mini plug audio cables to connect your radio s speaker output to your PC s line in input usually blue Your PC s microphone input can be used if you have a...

Page 7: ...but most of the programs were written before Windows Vista or 7 so those features may not work Since these are third party software tools the instructions are limited to setting up a RIGblaster Plus I...

Page 8: ...CAUTION If you stop cancel or abort the installation at any point for any reason you may experience difficulty installing the drivers correctly in the future If the automatic installation does not wor...

Page 9: ...r for Icom Yaesu or Kenwood You will also notice JRC on the Yaesu ROUND METAL and Alinco SGC and Elecraft on the Kenwood round metal ISCs Out of the six different ISCs pick the one that matches your r...

Page 10: ...ck the Hardware tab then the Device manager button This shows a list of all PC hardware Scroll down and click the next to Ports COM and LPT Check which COM port number was assigned to your RIGblaster...

Page 11: ...C s sound read your Windows Help For Windows 98 through XP read the article in the Oct 2003 QST entitled The In s and Out s of a Sound Card Step 6 Set the Transmit Audio to Your Radio Using the sound...

Page 12: ...d PROCEED IN ORDER Step 1a Connect CW Keying Cable CW cables are available at West Mountain Radio or you may use any shielded stereo or mono 1 8 mini phone plug to either 1 8 or 1 4 depending on your...

Page 13: ...ion using the sound card for transmit in LSB has many advantages However be advised that the only advantage may be with a radio that has better AGC operation because of IF filters that are only availa...

Page 14: ...nd space tones are correct The only easy way to do this is on the air Step 3b Have Fun Working DX You are on the air with FSK RTTY RIG CONTROL CAT CIV INSTALLATION AND SETUP READ CAREFULLY and PROCEED...

Page 15: ...your own cable you diagrams are as follows in this manual or available on our support page CAUTION When interfacing electronics between various products that are connected to the outside world you mu...

Page 16: ...atch for all of the communications settings Any one item set incorrectly will totally prevent rig control from working Every communication setting in the software must exactly match the settings for a...

Page 17: ...d over 50 rig control programs TYPICAL PROBLEMS 1 The software has no receive signal displayed because the sound card input is not turned on or up Use the recording adjustments on Windows not the play...

Page 18: ...RIGblaster Plus II to work You must read the documentation Help files that comes with the software With over 150 RIGblaster compatible programs we cannot include software instructions in this manual A...

Page 19: ...e DVD 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...

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