Also ten tec mailed out letters to all owners indicating that they would fix it for free for the first run owners. There are multiple expensive commercial panadapters available, but combined with a pc or laptop, the rtlsdr will work just as well. It shows the orion working with n4py rig control software and powersdrif. More than one program can you control the transceiver via omnirig at the same time. If you also need to run logging software along with panadapter software, you need to implement some scheme of cat port sharing. The hardware i use to make this all work is a ten tec eagle, lppan, emu0204 sound card and a hp pavilion dv2000 laptop computer.
Tentec pepes question on eagle panadapter connections. What sdr software could i use in this configuration, remember the eagle if is inverted frequency, so the software would need to uninvert it. The eagle is just easier to use and sounds that much better. This link is listed in our web site directory since thursday sep 10 2009, and till today ten tec. Eagle 599 tentec, manual, external sdr panadapter, last. A panadapter is a device that allows you to view the rf spectrum and waterfall of a normal radio. Ten tec corsair dds kit corsair dds kit includes assembled and tested dds board, honeywell incremental encoder and cable set. What is a panadapter view if bandwidth on pc, tablet, or. Ham radios supported by ham radio deluxe rig control. Those undertaking this modification do so at their own risk. In this video ill show you how to configure a smart contest station using a tentec eagle 599 and sdrplay receiver linked to the rxout port of the eagle. Really good crystal filters from 6 khz wide to 400 hz wide are pretty common at these lower frequencies. To do this he tapped into the 455 khz if output of the drake and amplified it with a homebrew fet sourcefollower, before connecting it to the rtlsdr.
This video shows a tentec orion operating with an lppan panadapter. Jupiter firmware downloads has been followed for a total of 707 times. The main category is shareware and freeware collections that is about ham radio software collections. Integrated radio station software for transceivers. Having had a good experience with that software, i was willing tor try his offerings in the summer of 2012 when i added a new ten tec eagle and a used orion to my station. Tentec orion if out my friend angel, ea4cji, wanted to use a lppan panadapter with his tentec orion, which does not have if out port as it comes from the factory, and he asked me to do the modification. The k3 with one filter for cw will be more expensive than the eagle with one filter not by much and of course the eagle is not a. Hdsdr software has a neat mirror rf spectrum in general checkbox that makes the spectrum move correctly with the omni 6sdrplay combo. There are several option and this web site has an excellent treatment of how to implement the various options. Tentec model 599at eagle transceiver, 100 watts, ifdsp with tuner tentec model 599at eagle transceiver, 100 watts, if dsp with tuner tentec has created a 100 watt transceiver combining simplified controls and ease of operation with the excellent performance of a low first if 160 through 6 meter ham band architecture in a compact, mobile. After investing in a softwaredefined radio sdr dongle, some software, and an upconverter, my tentec eagle transceiver now sports a panadapter, which can display band activity on a. When the radio is tuned the sdr follows and when a signal is mouseclicked in the sdr panadapter display the omni vii is tuned to that frequency.
This completes the basic setup for the tentec orion using n4py and powersdrif software. The first filter right after the mixer affects how well the receiver can handle strong, closein signals. Radio real time panadapter to your orion or orion ii when using n4py software. Birmingham, alabama crystal radio group kenwood ts590s. Fans of the rx320d should note that tentec has just updated the gui graphic user interface for this fine radio. The radio needs if out and my eagle came from the factory with it installed, but there are mod instructions available if you have the skills. The interesting thing is, you can connect an external panadapter receiver using either of these two solutions, but with the single jack 9mhz connection you need an sdr designed to work on one specific frequency 9 mhz, and on the dualjack mod, you need an sdr. View online or download tentec eagle 599 owners manual, manual.
In addition to using sdrplay as an incredible broadband receiver, i wanted to use it as a panadapter for my tentec eagle. My first connection with n4py software was with his program used to operate the ten tec rx320 receiver. N4py offers rig control software for a wide variety of receivers from the elecraft k3 to the ten tec rx 320 receiver. Tentec orion i, orion 2, omni vii, eagle, pegasus, jupiter, rx320, rx330, rx331, rx340, rx350. A list of ham radios supported by ham radio deluxe rig control software yaesu, icom, kenwood, elecraft, flexradio, alinco, tentec, and more. Also how would freq sync be set up to track, as the sdr is seeing 9 mhz, not the actual frequency the tentec is tuned to. Note that there is a limit to the number of files you can download. In a typical scenario, the user will have a logger e. According to tentec engineer, john henry, this mainly makes it work better with the 64 bit version of windows 7 and windows 7 comm ports.
I dont remember the audio specs for the jupiter, but the eagle is around 1% while the 590 has about 10% audio distortion. The tentec orion and eagle and elecraft k3 and k2 use this approach. I never use noise reduction on the jupiter or eagle, but nr1 is on all the time on the 590. With this flex radio configured along with your orion, you will see 48 khz to 192 khz of spectrum around the frequency your orion is tuned for. Tentec orion model 565 and 566 9 mhz if output prepared by rick williams, ve7tk note. My eagle is an early run model that does not provide an if output or the circuitry to drive a panadapter. The choice i am working on now is that of either the k3 or the eagle.
Eagle 599 tentec, manual, external sdr panadapter, last upd ver. The tentec jupiter is a real sdr, or software defined radio. Im also not really interested in the ten tec omnieagle. He then uses the hdsdr software to listen to and display the received signals on the waterfall. I find the dedicated p3 panadapter for the k3 to be super. Granted, there may be more flexibility in the other systems but tentecs radios are a complete solution. This procedure has not been approved by tentec, inc. Make sure the radio is plugged in and a cable is connected. If you have some stuff that not is listed here you can donate this by contact mods. To use it concurrently with n1mm or cwskimmer got to page 11. All the hubbub going on about the gnu radio or sdr from flexradio does not excite me as much as it did before i saw the jupiter and tentec pegasus. The procedures outlined provided a 9 mhz if output to the spare jack on the rear of the orion model 565566. I used this very nice guide from rick, ve7tk and here are the details of some things i did differently. Expertsdr2 client software, and a digital mode software for.
This mod is described in detail in the eagle download section on tentec web. Over the past decade, tentec has come out with several firmware upgrades for the jupiter, adding features such as am, transmit roll. A panadapter is essentially a spectrum analyzer that connects to the if of your receiver and shows activity on the currently selected band. The sdr provides a second receiver and panadapter up through six meters for the omni vii. This link is listed in our web site directory since monday jul 28 2008, and till today ten tec software has been followed for a total of 949 times.
The video and software are current as of july 2010. All secondary functions of the or is not installed this button will generate a eagles button set are accomplished by carrier signal for tuning purposes at 20 watts. Section b trxpan initial setup as previously mentioned, the installation of trxpan is more straight forward than powersdrif. The jupiter is an early example of softwaredefined radio, meaning that critical processing steps are done in the rigs firmware rather than with hardware dedicated to specific tasks such as demodulation. Jupiter firmware downloads the resource is currently listed in in a single category.
General coverage receives from 500 khz to 30 mhz continuous plus 48 to 54 mhz. The n4py software talks to the hdsdr software that controls the sdrplay software defined receiver. The main category is tentec jupiter that is about tentec jupiter aka pegasusfp. For people already with expensive ham radios, the rtlsdr can be used as a cheap panadapter. To run the software with these radios you must do the following. The basic installation will includes a panadapter complete with an. If you want a panadapter, the eagle has a 9mhz if tap that is buffered. In this page you find schematic, users and instructions manuals, service manuals, technical supplement, leaf leads and other good stuff.