Lots of emails on the AMSAT-BB mailing list over the last couple of days reporting that FO-29 has stopped working. Fingers crossed that JARL can recover it, otherwise my transatlantic QSO objective may be in question. I'll need to check whether VO-52 is simultaneously visible to the UK and USA or Canada.
On a more positive note, I discovered two things this week. Ham Radio Deluxe, which (among other things) can CAT control a rig, can be launched as an XP service. You can then control HRD in client-server mode from another copy running on a different PC. I also found out that Skype can be set up to take input from line input on a sound card. So, I have been able to tune my FT-847 on HF from my laptop and listen to the received audio, using a Skype call from my shack PC to my laptop.
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