Show Hosts

• George Thomas (W5JDX)
• Tommy Martin (N5ZNO)
• Peter Berrett (VK3PB)

Topics

• George has an introduction into cheaply receiving and decoding digital signals.
• Peter brings us the Making of AmateurLogic Downunder.
• Tommy builds an Arduino Heads-Up display for use with rigs that have Cat ports and more.
• Peter sends Tommy and George some Australian treats. See how they react to Vegemite.

Links

• http://cwtd.org

Sponsors

• GigaParts http://www.gigaparts.com/altv
• MFJ Enterprises Inc. http://www.mfjenterprises.com
• Icom New Year Instant Savings http://www.icomamerica.com
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After Show Net

• Dodropin* (Echolink node 355800)

857D Heads Up Code #include <SoftwareSerial.h> #include “FT857D.h” the file FT857D.h has a lot of documentation which I've added to make using the library easier const int dispPin = 6; int dly = 250; String strMode = “Mode: ”; String strFreq = “Freq: ”; FT857D catDevice; define “catDevice” so that we may pass CAT commands SoftwareSerial lcdDisplay = SoftwareSerial(255, dispPin);

void setup() {

pinMode(dispPin, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(dispPin, HIGH);

lcdDisplay.begin(9600);
delay(100);
lcdDisplay.write(12);                  // Clear             
lcdDisplay.write(17);                  // Turn backlight on
delay(5);                              // Required delay
lcdDisplay.print("Connecting at");     // First line
lcdDisplay.write(13);                  // Form feed
lcdDisplay.print("4800 Baud!");        // Second line
delay(3000);                           // Wait 3 seconds
lcdDisplay.write(12);

catDevice.begin(4800);                 // Start listening to the radio

}

void loop() {

delay(dly);

lcdDisplay.print(strFreq + catDevice.getFreqMode());

lcdDisplay.write(13);

byte mode = catDevice.getMode();
String textMode;
  
  switch(mode) {
    case CAT_MODE_FM:
      textMode = "FM";
      break;
    case CAT_MODE_LSB:
      textMode = "LSB";
      break;
    case CAT_MODE_USB:
      textMode = "USB";
      break;
    case CAT_MODE_CW:
      textMode = "CW";
      break;
    case CAT_MODE_AM:
      textMode = "AM";
      break;
    case CAT_MODE_CWR:
      textMode = "CWR";
      break;
    case CAT_MODE_DIG:
      textMode = "DIG";
      break;
    case CAT_MODE_PKT:
      textMode = "PKT";
      break;
    case CAT_MODE_FMN:
    default:
      textMode = "UNKNOWN";
  }

lcdDisplay.print(strMode + textMode);

lcdDisplay.write(13);

}