25. February 2010 by admin.

* The following was an email conversation, it might be helpful for other Ericsson W25 or W35 owners or prospective owners. The order is kind of backwards if you read it from top down, because it is “Top Posted” replies via Email:

Yah well they will probably ask you. They want an IMEI number off of “something”.
 
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS255US256&q=GSM%2bIMEI
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity#Retrieving_IMEI_information_from_a_GSM_device
 
By the way that works on my Motorolla hand phones, that IMEI number can be retrieved by entering *#06# …
 
* It’s funny that once you get past the SALES politics … like you said! … Any Sim Card works in any GSM device. Well I would use the newer 3G labeled Sims just to be safe … But I’ve moved them all around. I used to keep a Sim card just for testing Ericsson gear. I still have a Data Card (USB Connect Mercury) mainly to use the Sim Card to test Ericsson W25 and W35 boxes.
 
> Will I need to reconfigure the W25?
 
* You could tell what firmware version you have, on the System page. You might be could use a firmware update. On newer firmwares there’s an “Auto APN” on the Internet Page which does the APN / Username / Password thing automatically for you. If not it’s the following for AT&T:
 
APN: isp.cingular
 
Username: isp@cingulargprs.com
 
Password: CINGULAR1 (that is a ONE at the end, not an ELL)
 
(Yes this is legacy carry over from before AT&T *got* Cingular. At&T *GOTS* everything. Just like Microsoft *GOTS* everything ;-) )
 
P.S. I worked one night in a Cellular “Switch” facility for a large cellular company. I was changing cards out or adding cards (I don’t remember exactly) in a large Cisco Router for them, contracted in. It was quite something to see the NETWORK / CELLULAR SWITCH / ROUTER room of a large cellular carrier, as well as the guys and girls that program the switches, watch over them, and respond to “issues” and such on them.
 
So good luck with this. Remember to tell at least 5 friends / family / associates - about Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom. After all I’m not getting paid by Ericsson, AT&T, or anybody for helping you :-)
 
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Alan Spicer
 
* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* 954-683-3426
—– Original Message —–
From: <Removed>
To: Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 08:16
Subject: Re: Question about Ericsson W25
Hi Alan,
 
Thanks for the info!  If I Purchased the plan with 3G and voice capabilities, will AT&T need to know what device I’m using.  Seems like I can test this out with my girlfriends SIM card.  Will I need to reconfigure the W25?
 
Leah
—–”Alan Spicer Marine Telecom” <communications@marinetelecom.net> wrote: —–
To: <Removed>
From: “Alan Spicer Marine Telecom” <communications@marinetelecom.net>
Date: 02/24/2010 10:17PM
Subject: Re: Question about Ericsson W25


You are correct … you would only need a Sim card with both voice and data service. Data meaning Internet, and Internet meaning 3G Internet. Meaning UMTS / HSPA with both HSUPA and HSDPA. Ericsson W25 only supports HSDPA in the HSPA chain of technologies. Newer Ericsson W35 supports both HSUPA and HSDPA.
It’s often difficult for cellular company representatives to think outside of THEIR BOX. Their box meaning the stuff that they sell. They think that they don’t support anything other than what they sell. That is simply not true … the ability to move a device from one company to another, and even one country to another, is one of the beauties of GSM and UMTS Cellular Service (keeping in mind you have to have Quad Band, which E W25 does have, to be true world traveler.)
The Ericsson equipment has passed all of the import and FCC and Consumer certifications to be used on cellular networks. AT&T (formerly Cingular) has accepted Ericsson W25 as a usable device on their network. No doubt they have done the same for the newer Ericsson W35.
Tell them if it were not possible to connect a valid device with both voice and data/Internet, then pray tell they us - how the heck does an Apple iPhone 3G work on their network?
I’ve had my share of visits to AT&T stores to have them tell me they can’t put voice and Internet on one sim card. Actually when you get an Air Card from them. it has a sim card put into it. That sim card can also make voice calls. Every AT&T device’s sim card can make voice calls. All they have to do is figure out how to CONVINCE THEMSELVES and THEIR COMPUTER that this can be done, in other words all they have to do is CONVINCE THEIR COMPUTER to put a Voice plan on the same sim card as a Data Plan is on. Once they can do that … everything else will just automagically work. It’s more politics and salesmanship than it has anything at all to do with their technical abilities in the AT&T network.
* Also watch out because you may have had Unlimited Internet with the previous company. On the laptop card type of service on AT&T it’s NOT unlimited. It’s 5GB per month. And it’s very easy when using it like a home internet service to reach that limit. It’s funny they let iPhone’s have Unlimited for $30 per month, but Laptops are $60 a month an not getting unlimited. It’s discrimination.
Welcome to the world. :- ) … :- )
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Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)
 
* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *
 
* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426
 
Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!
 
Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/
 

Ericsson W25 released in the USA.
 
Voice / Fax / High Speed Internet
Voice for your analog jacks or PBX Cell Line + 4 port
CAT5 Ethernet Router and Built-in WiFi Wireless
Replace older Ericsson F series or Telular Boxes
Go To:
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W25/

—– Original Message —–
From: Removed
To: communications@marinetelecom.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 21:27
Subject: Question about Ericsson W25
Hello,
 
I am hoping you will help me with my Service Dilemma.  I own a Ericsson W25 and have service through Centennial Wireless.  Centennial has just been purchased by AT&T.  I have called and talked to AT&T and explained to them that I have a Ericsson W25 that I use for a home phone and internet.  They do not know how to help me.  Claim I need to purchase an air card and land line service.  When I believe I just need them to activate a SIM card for me.  Which service do I need to purchase to keep my internet and phone going?  Any information you can give will be appreciated.  I live in Michigan where satellite or wireless are my only option for a descent internet connection.
 
Thank you, Leah <last name removed>

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* Additional information about IMEA, Sim Cards, pertaining to Satellite Communications, from Alan Spicer, from Wikipedia:

Usage on satellite phone networks

The BGAN, Iridium and Thuraya satellite phone networks all use IMEI numbers on their transceiver units as well as SIM cards in much the same way as GSM phones do. The Iridium 9601 modem relies solely on its IMEI number for identification and uses no SIM card; however, Iridium is a proprietary network and the device is incompatible with regular GSM networks.

Retrieving IMEI information from a GSM device

On many devices, the IMEI number can be retrieved by entering *#06#, or using the AT command ATD*#06#. The IMEI number of a GSM device can be retrieved by sending the command AT+CGSN. For more information, refer to the 3GPP TS 27.007, Section 5.4 /2/ standards document.

Retrieving IMEI Information from an older Sony or Sony Ericsson handset can be done by entering these keys: * Right * Left Left * Left *

IMEI information on BlackBerry devices can also be found by going to options, then status.

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23. February 2010 by admin.

How The Ericsson W35 Works!

Click the thumbnail picture for a LARGER view

The Ericsson W35 is a Mobile Broadband Router for the GSM to 3G (UMTS, HSPA, WCDMA) Services provided by US and Worldwide Cellular Carriers. Well that’s a lot of techno terms - so what can it do for me?

The Ericsson W35, formerly called a Fixed Cellular Terminal, is a Router for Cellular Voice and Internet Services … much like what you get with laptop data cards that are commonly sold with an Internet Plan for Cellular Telephone Companies. The advantage of the W35, and the primary reason it’s popular on Marine Vessels (Sail and Motor Yachts), is that it is an Internet Sharing Device. That means that - rather than having 3G Cellular Internet on one laptop computer, you can share it to multiple computers either via common wired (plug in) network connectors or via WiFi wireless network methods. It’s also a Cellular Voice Sharing Device. That’s possible because it has a Analog Telephone Adaptor (ATA) functionality built-in to it. That allows normal analog telephone sets, or even a PBX system in an office (or on a boat) to share the “Cellular Line” voice service with multiple Extension Telephone Sets in an office or yacht premises.

The Ericsson W35, as you will see from the picture above, also allows the sharing of USB devices on the computer network that is created by the unit. This means that you can attach Hard Disk Drive Storage devices or Printers to have them shared to computers on the premises.

The Ericsson W35 must have a cellular plan with a compatible cellular carrier. The unit is backward compatible through GSM, GPRS (Internet), EDGE (Internet) - as well as the more modern UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA, HSUPA technologies. All you need is a Sim Card with Service Activated from your home cellular carrier company. You can also use Sim Cards with many compatible cellular networks worldwide if you travel, which our yacht - marine customers definately do.

You will want to be sure to get an additional “Data Roaming” package from your carrier to make sure that you don’t run into expensive roaming on Data/Internet when you travel outside your home country, either that or disable the Data / Internet part of the Ericsson W35 unit.

The Ericsson W35 is a very small unit, self-contained, and acts as a Fast Internet Router and Cellular Voice Telephone Router. It creates its own WiFi Wireless Network as well as its own Wired (Fast Ethernet - CAT5) Network. It is quite expandable for plugging into an existing Local Area Network (LAN) network … or for extending it out to a new network with additional wired connections and Wireless WiFi Access Points.

So, you’ll see that it’s a quite versatile piece of equipment - quite capable of keeping you connected - wherever you go - or wherever you are as the Ericsson video says. On marine vessels it’s very good for places where there’s no Public WiFi Hotspot to link up to. It basically turns your premises (or boat) into its own WiFi Hotspot. With Cellular Internet (and voice) as the provider.

* Any questions?

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Alan Spicer

DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)

* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *

* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426

Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!

Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/

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23. February 2010 by admin.

Ericsson W35 Complete Marine Package

* Now available, the Ericsson W35 Marine Pack - - $840.00 + $90.00 Shipping (estimated)

$840.00 + $90.00 = $930.00

What is included in the package:

Ericsson W35

Marine and remote communication is made easy with the Ericsson W35. If accessing the Internet via a landline connection is not possible or convenient, the W35 can operate using the mobile networks to access the Internet. Using the cell network to access the Internet is more cost efficient than using satellite. Most times it can be one fifth of the price of satellite.

Connecting the W35 to your computer is via the W35’s four port router or using Wifi for wireless connectivity.

Laser 746 Marine Antenna

The 746 Marine Antenna is possibly the best multiband marine antenna available.

The Antenna is 86cm High with a 7dB gain

Networks: GSM, CDMA and 3G (NextGTM 850Mhz and 2100MHz)

LMR400 Extra Low Loss Cable

LMR400 cable provides an extremely low loss for runs of up to around 50m.

12V Fly Lead

Straight through power cable for connecting the W35 to a 12 volt power source.

Lightning Surge Protector

Protects the W35 from lightning strikes
Model W35 Marine Pack
Manufacturer Ericsson

* Ericsson W35 price has increased to $499.00 + $25.00 Shipping to US/Can destinations.

* Marine Dealers / Installers can continue to inquire about special incentive pricing and/or quantity 2+ pricing.

This is Alan Spicer … Reporting

Please SEE BELOW for the Ericsson W35 Page!

—
Alan Spicer

DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)

* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *

* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426

Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!

Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/

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23. February 2010 by admin.

ASMT and IME - Providing Communications Solutions for Sail and Motor Yachts. Cost savings by the deployment of the appropriate, or multiple, Internet Access and Sharing Systems (onboard networking for desktop, laptop, pda, smartphone) for Marine Vessels. Also providing General Marine Electronics and Computer Solutions and Services. Voice Telephone and Internet Services using Cellular, Satellite, WiFi, and other Technologies. (WiMax where WiMax is available. Industry Standard systems that allow quick changes, adaptability, and flexibility. Note: Often yachts get handed a Cable Modem, a DSL Modem, a WiMax Modem, or similar - with Internet Service in a Marina. We design our marine networks to allow for these possibilities. With an appropriate support agreement often these changes can be done over the telephone with a single short support call.)

* Onboard Site Surveys and Quotes - Estimates - - Tell you what you have, how it works, and make recommendations for improvements. Document your existing systems and provide easy operating instructions.

* Replace aging Navigation or other Desktop Computers. Service Laptop computers. Add Memory, Remove Virus and Malware infections. General Computer clean-up and tweaking for faster booting and more efficient operation. Operating System Upgrades - Windows XP, Windows 7, Linux, and Apple Services.

Please be sure to give us a call … and pass on the above flyer and business card to anyone that you think would be interested in our products or services. Thanks in advanced for any referrals!

—
Alan Spicer

DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)

* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *

* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426

Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!

Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/

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22. February 2010 by admin.

The space shuttle… as you can imagine… is going very fast when it re-enters the earths atmosphere. It has to have a certain amount of energy (speed) to make it back to Florida to the Kennedy Space Center to land. But not too much energy. So it makes a series of S-Turns to bleed off that energy (speed) in order to land safely. That being said, by Alan Spicer, …

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/astronaut-shuttle-landing-photograph-100222.html

Astronaut Photographs Shuttle Landing From Space
By Tariq Malik
SPACE.com Managing Editor
posted: 22 February 2010
02:21 am ET
 

When NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour landed safely on Earth Sunday night, reporters weren’t the only ones pointing cameras at the returning spaceship. An astronaut took his own snapshot of the shuttle landing from space.

Astronaut shutterbug Soichi Noguchi of Japan caught a rare view of the shuttle landing from space as the orbiter streaked through Earth’s atmosphere. His photo perch of choice: More than 200 miles (321 km) up and inside International Space Station’s brand-new Cupola, a lookout dome covered in seven windows – including a huge round one that is the largest space window ever built.

The image shows Endeavour as it is performing a so-called S-turn, one of several turns used to slow a landing space shuttle from Mach 25, the rate they fly when they enter Earth’s atmosphere.

(more at the link above.)

—
Alan Spicer DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)

* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *

* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426

Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!

Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/

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22. February 2010 by admin.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/space-shuttle-night-landing-100221.html

Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands Safely in Florida
By Robert Z. Pearlman
SPACE.com Contributor
posted: 21 February 2010
10:20 pm ET

HOUSTON - Space shuttle Endeavour touched down safely in Florida Sunday evening, beating a stormy weather forecast after delivering NASA’s last major additions to the International Space Station (ISS).

Commander George Zamka piloted Endeavour and his five crewmates to a landing at 10:20 p.m. EST (0320 Monday GMT) on NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

“Houston, it is great to be home,” Zamka told Mission Control. “It was a great adventure.”    

(More at the link above)

—
Alan Spicer

DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)

* Cost Savings and Integration of Multiple Internet Technologies
on board Sail and Motor Yachts * Documentation, Operating
Instructions, and Support after the Sale *

* http://www.marinetelecom.net/
* http://www.internetforyachts.net/
* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426

Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!

Ericsson W35 released in the USA. This you’ve gotta SEE!!
Better looking presentation than W25 (you might not want to
hide this one in the Doghouse!) + High Speed Upload which
the W25 did not have.
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/

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21. February 2010 by admin.

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom works on Communications, Internet Access Systems, and Computers for Sail and Motor Yachts, and other Marine Customers.

This is a video taken in 2009 when I was preparing 2 new Acer Small Form Factor Computers for a Motor Yacht customer in Seattle, Washington State. I prepared the two computers with a memory boost/upgrade, hard drive resizing / re-partitioning (Acer had put a Recovery Partion on the Hard Drive taking up 1/2 the hard disk drive), among other preparations to make the two computers ready for Nav1 and Nav2 - Nobeltec Navigation Software service.


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http://www.marinetelecom.net - http://www.wifiyacht.net
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+1 954 683 3426

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21. February 2010 by admin.

* Alans Note, Edit 03-13-2010 - I’ve been reading up on the causes of “splatter” (IMD - Intermodulation Distortion), etc. in regards to Ham Radio (Amateur Radio) in order to do my best to put out a clean signal from my own HF Tranceiver (Kenwood TS-480). I have heard a lot of “splatter” and “bleed over” of other amateur radio operators on the Ham Bands while monitoring and/or communicating with these other stations. Often it makes it almost impossible to hear the station that you are listening too, and that makes it impossible to communicate.

Now the FCC rules and regulations for Marine SSB Radio and Amateur (Ham) Radio are different. Amateur Radio Operators are responsible for their own equipment and how it operates and have much more flexibility. Marine SSB Radio Operators - although they must comply with FCC and International Rules - do not have the level of access to modify and control their equipment. So the FCC Type Acceptance process is responsible for compliance with standards of radio emissions. Supposedly when Icom submitted the IC-M802 SSB Radio for FCC Type Acceptance they had the Speech Compression “Off”. So turning the Speech Compression back “On” for use in Marine SSB Radio (as opposed to Amateur Radio SSB Radio) Communications is *NOT* recommended by myself. The only exception I can garner to this is *if* you, the Marine SSB Radio Operator, are also an Amateur Radio Operator, and *you* know what you are doing. In which case *you* are solely responsible for the operations on both Amateur Radio and Marine SSB Radio, when using your Icom IC-M802 Radio.

The following link contains the following quote, as well as more information about this. http://forum.ssca.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4791&start=30

There is a good reason to operate a marine radio with compression _off_, and it has nothing to do with spectral purity or occupied bandwidth.

Remember:

___Compression raises the level of soft sounds.___

The noise level on a boat with its engine running is _high_. I found that if I turned compression ON (with my IC-706), background engine noise would be boosted to about 10 watts output (on a 100-watt max transceiver) when I keyed the mic.

My speech became hard for others to understand, because of the roar between syllables.

With compression OFF, everything was fine — the engine was audible in the background, but was not obtrusive.

So, think hard before you (whomever you are) decide that you want to set your IC-802 to use its compressor.

Charles / “Right Galah” / VA7CPC

PS — I am not suggesting that Icom was “right” when it put the On/Off control into the hands of the dealer / installer, rather than the mariner. But their decision might have some logic behind it.

In closing this update, Alan Spicer says - So in light of this new information, this 03-13-2010 update, please keep the above recommendations in mind as you read the following previous article posting by me. In a potentially very noise environment onboard a marine vessel - it might not be a good idea to have the Compression “ON” on your Icom IC-M802 SSB Radio. I have the same problem here on a Kenwood TS-480 Ham Tranceiver … I have a very good (studio quality, Heil HM-10 Dual) external microphone. If not properly adjusted - and if I’m not paying attention to my ambient background noises - it’s very possible for me to broadcast a cats meow, a dogs bark, the tv in the living room, and with the back window open the kids playing the house behind me. Soooo. If your not a responsible ham radio operator, operating on marine ssb frequencies or ham frequencies, then possibly you should NOT have the compression turned back on in your IC-M802 Radio. But whatever the case may be…. Your mileage may vary… I won’t be responsible, by the writing of an article, for what you do on the airwaves.

Icom IC-M802 Marine SSB Radio

Icom AG-140 Antenna Tuner

http://www.latitude38.com/features/SSB.html 

I’ve got two final tips.

First, if you sent your Icom 802 to the factory to get the ‘clipping’ problem fixed, you’ll note that there are two places to plug in the antenna. One is for the DSC antenna, the other for your SSB antenna. Unfortunately, they are not clearly labeled. A number of people have gotten their radios back and plugged their SSB antenna into the wrong port. As a result, transmit and receive range are minimal. You would see an antenna tuner error if plugged into the wrong jack. Set it up temporarily and test it with time signals.

Second, Icom is very conservative in an attempt to make sure none of their radios violate FCC rules on output power and how wide the signals are. I think they are too conversative. If you get that voice compression software unlocked, your radio transmissions will boom out with a commanding signal like Voice of America. The software upload is only available from authorized Icom dealers. They can come aboard and plug it into your radio, as well as the most recent ‘user channel’ update. It usually takes just 15 minutes.

- gordon west

* I noticed this on a yacht in Fort Lauderdale. I called Icom Tech Support about several things … and they basically told me the same thing … in order to make sure that you don’t go out of FCC or International Marine SSB rules and/or regulations … Icom has the Speech Compression (aka Speech Processor) turned OFF by default in IC-M802 Marine SSB radios. An Icom Dealer (or anyone else with the right “clone” programming software and computer-to-radio cable) can turn that back on.

* Let me see… let’s take a nice SSB radio and cut its shoes off. Might as well have the main RF power amplifier disabled as well. Of course Icom Tech Support says they can get decent power out of the radio by whistling into the microphone. I’m sure that’s what we all do … we whistle into the microphone when communicating. You could probably whistle out your message in Morse Code … either that or get the Compression turned back ON.

Of course once you’ve done that you no longer have to scream into the microphone. Just talk in a normal voice from about 1/2 a foot to 1 foot away and sort of on an angle “across” the front of the microphone. That will likely keep you from overmodulating and possibly getting into trouble for being out of technical specifications.

CS-M802 seems to be the Cloning or Programming software for the IC-M802.

Cloning cables and software

 http://www.theantennafarm.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=75_76_820_901_915

The software, the cable, even a USB version of the programming cable…

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6205 says… 

I use the CS-802 software to customise the 160 User programmable channels.
Also used the same software to turn on the Compresion which increased the power during voice/mic use.
Brought up the average output from around 60-70W to 100 and up.
 

The SCS PTCII-Usb Pactor Modem - used for Sailmail

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http://www.marinetelecom.net - http://www.wifiyacht.net

communications (at) marinetelecom.net

+1 954 683 3426

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20. February 2010 by admin.

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18. February 2010 by admin.

Possibly powerline noise (QRM) (RFI) still at KA4UDX, shot this video today 02-18-2010. Please excuse the “shaky cam” as I was hand holding the camera.

You’ll notice it starts down at 80 meters (probably lower as well) and I can find it all the way up to 6 meters into VHF (50 / 51 Mhz). It definately has a pulsing but random nature to it which has been seen here before and seems to match up with some piece of powerline hardware dangling in the wind and having a good “sparky” and arc’y at a nice high voltage level. I hope that isn’t the feed to someone’s business or home.

Anyway Florida Power and Light is supposed to have the latest RFI report / hardware broken problem found - thing fixed by this week. So we’ll see what happens. Maybe this is another one.

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73 de KA4UDX

Alan Spicer

http://www.marinetelecom.net - http://www.wifiyacht.net (and more)

+1 954 683 3426

communications (at) marinetelecom.net

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