Conventional Transmitter Plugin

Purpose

This plugin allows HamCockpit to use a conventional CAT-controlled transceiver as a transmitter. Most radios used by the Hams fall in this category, including the ICOM, Yaesu, Kenwood and Elecraft transceivers.

Any combination of the receiver and transmitter is allowed, for example you could use a wideband Afedri SDR as a receiver and your regular transceiver as a transmitter, or use the same transceiver as both receiver and transmitter. In either case, as long as the Split mode is disabled, the frequencies of the receiver and transmitter are synchronized both ways. In particular, this allows you to tune your SDR receiver by spinning the dial knob of your transceiver.

When Split is enabled, the receiver and transmitter frequencies are changed independently. If you are using the Waterfall Plugin, you can set the RX and TX frequencies by clicking on the waterfall display or on the band map.

Note

This plugin makes use of the OmniRig engine. Make sure that you have the latest version of OmniRig installed on your system.

Settings

• OmniRig Radio

  Select to use Rig1 or Rig2 in OmniRig for CAT control.

Status Bar

The Conventional Transmitter plugin shows an icon on the status bar that indicates the current status of the CAT control interface. Place the mouse cursor over the icon to see information on the tooltip. Click on the icon to open the OmniRig setup dialog.