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RIGblaster

 

plug & play

 Owners Manual 

Revision 1.4 

Oct 2008 

 

Thank for purchasing a RIGblaster plug & play.  The plug & play is designed to be 
absolutely as easy as possible to set up while still providing full compatibility with each 
and every ham radio sound card software program. 
 
Unlike the other RIGblasters, the plug & play is designed to work only through a radio’s 
rear panel data jack or auxiliary connector.  This it makes it easy to plug in but there are 
trade offs due to the design of various radio manufacturer’s data and auxiliary jacks.   
 
If your data jack was designed to work the way you might want, you will be pleased with 
the operation of the RIGblaster plug & play.  West Mountain Radio 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 operation on all modes and on all the bands that the radio may 
provide, some do not.  Some jacks may mute the microphone whenever PTT is 
activated through the jack or they may leave the mic hot when using the jack.  Your jack 
may not function at all unless you turn it on from the radio’s menus or controls.  Other 
RIGblasters connect through the mic jack so we can control switching between the mic 
and a computer.  The RIGblaster plug & play cannot.  If your radio’s data jack does not 
function the way you wish a RIGblaster plus or pro is the solution. 
 
We are sure that if your radio’s rear panel jack works the way you wish, the RIGblaster 
plug & play will provide many hours of amateur radio enjoyment. 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Содержание RIGblaster Plug & Play

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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