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<DIV> Did you put a call in there? </DIV>
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<DIV>While you can't do all the things an outboard client can do with a bare D710, if someone has any info on the D710 CAT commands (I have everything for the D700 & D7) I'll adapt my D700 software to a D710 version (as best I can without owning a D710 - at least not right now) . This should be able to do all memories and menus as well as send messages and stuff like that.</DIV>
<DIV> I wrote VAB behind Excel to do this for the D700. See my site below.</DIV>
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<DIV> I'm currently looking into doing some 'special' telemetry with the D700/D7 radios using only the CAT commands.<BR>--</DIV>
<DIV><BR>73, Steve, K9DCI USN (Vet) MOT (Ret) Ham (Yet)<BR><BR>Up to date APRS Beginner Guide - updated Apr-2010<BR>http://K9DCI.home.comcast.net <BR>Click 'APRS Beginner INFO' under Contact<BR><BR>Manage Radio Memories with an Excel Spreadsheet !<BR>Click to tune. Click to capture Radio freq.<BR>All Memories on one page. Cut, Copy, Paste, Print 'em, etc...<BR>For:<BR>TM-D700 | TH-F6A | TS-2000 | Icom 706MkIIG<BR>All PMs |Real-time & memories | Sat mems too | Loads Mem Tones!<BR>NOT D710<BR><BR>More Details, Features and Downloads at:<BR>http://k9dci.home.comcast.net/<BR><BR>--<BR>You know that sea of entropy we were going to drown in? Well, upon closer examination, it turns out to be stupidity. S. Noskowicz 1987<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 12/30/10, Eric Hansen <I><skyssx@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv1744870436>I follow your line of thought because i've gone down roughly the same line. One development interesting to me is the ability for the iPad to operate as a USB or RS232 host. The USB is already on the market as a digital camera interface. The same company is making an official DB9 and RJ11 serial output dongle. I would like my APRS to be something the size of a tablet, or smaller, and offer the ability to do anything that an old dekstop computer with TNC and radio could do. The iPad has a GPS chipset inside already, so there is really nothing stopping someone with enough know-how from making a two piece solution.
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<DIV><A href="http://www.byonics.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.byonics.com</A> makes the Tiny Trak series of TNCs. They have several dumb tracker solutions on various PCBs. The radio from the 10w AIO, a TT3 or 4 TNC, and someone to write an apple store app would make the smallest solution i've been able to think of.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv1744870436gmail_quote>On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 1:10 PM, John Davis <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=john.r.davis.jr@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:john.r.davis.jr@gmail.com">john.r.davis.jr@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>I am a new to the HAM community, so please excuse my ignorance in advance. I have been involved in technology for a long time until a friend of mine, Mike (KN8J) peaked my interest in APRS. I purchased an RC-D710 with the intentions of creating an HT setup similar to what Bob did. With that said, I am realizing there is a problem with input, it is a slow and tedious process and a limitation to APRS.
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<DIV>What I mean is that using the keypad is fine, but long and kind of unnecessary. I am starting to feel the need for a keyboard on an HT or something more than a keypad. Pardon my reference, but similar to the need for them on smartphones and cellphones. If we are to get a mass adaptation there needs to be an easy way to utilize all of its features.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am contemplating hacking away at my RC-D710 to use the keyboard over serial(if possible), but I think that if we can incorporate Bluetooth with a VX-8DR/R we should be able to make or allow a keyboard to be connected to an HT/mobile unit to allow better data input. </DIV>
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<DIV>Another idea I have is to create a device with a dedicated transceiver(<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, san-serif">Micro-Trak TinyTrak4) in the same case as a picoITX motherboard</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, san-serif">(</SPAN><FONT face="'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">EPIA-P820) using either an SSD or CF card as a hdd in a fanless case, and mount some form of 7in monitor(touchscreen or not) and keyboard on this device. This device should be light and self contained, with a battery life of 5 hours on transmit/receive. I think I could make it work.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>My question is this: Why are we still so limited to computers for data input and monitoring with APRS when we have so many great technologies at our fingertips for pretty cheap.</DIV>
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<DIV>If anyone is interested in my ideas please let me know and I can discuss them with you, on or off the thread. Thank you everyone!</DIV></DIV></SPAN><BR><FONT color=#888888>-- <BR>
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