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Review Summary For : FT847-SuperControl
Reviews: 3MSRP: 75
Description:
Full featured CAT control software, especifically developed for the Yaesu FT-847 transceiver series. The software offers lots of tremendous features and full TCP/IP remote control including VoIP !
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.supercontrol.de
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AF5CC Rating: 2019-08-18
Yaesu FT100D software Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I have become a connoisseur of the Yaesu FT100D, as I have owned about 30 different ones since 2002. It is the one radio I keep coming back to, but that is another review.

I have recently started remotely controlling the station using my smartphone or tablet, and I needed a good CAT program for the FT100D if I wanted to go back to that radio yet again. Yaesu doesn't make such a program (but they do for other radios), Ham Radio Deluxe seemed too difficult for what I wanted to do. I did find a program out of England that would change frequency and mode, and store some memories, and it was free! But it was too limited in some of the other functions.

That is when I found the FT100D-Supercontrol! What a great program! It does everything I need it to, just about. You can control almost all of the major functions of the FT100D with this program, including changing both VFOs, storing memories, changing frequency and mode, reading all of the meter functions at once (the radio only shows 2 at once on transmit), and with the right satellite program running in the background you can even use it for satellite frequency control with doppler shift figured in. I haven't used it for sat control yet, though.

One nice feature is that is has a voice keyer built in. It is called the voice ID function, but you can set up 7 or 8 voice keyer memories to save your voice during contests and the like. I have used this function with success and even found a way to get it to function as a CW memory keyer also.

Support on this program is awesome! You are offered a 30 day trial period, and during this period, I found that the voice keyer function wasn't working correctly. It wouldn't put the radio in transmit when you played the recording, even with the transmit box checked on the voice ID screen. I email the author, Peter DH1NGP, about this and he checked into it. A day or so later he emailed me back saying he found a bug in the program and set me a patch to fix it. Keep in mind this is BEFORE I actually bought the program. I was still using the free trial of it. I have emailed him about a few other things and he is always very quick to respond.

The program is pretty easy to figure out and there is a good help file with it. If you want CAT software for your Yaesu FT100D (love this rig!) with lots of functions and a voice keyer, this is the way to go! Thanks Peter!

73 John W5TD
VE7EJP Rating: 2005-05-23
Best Software for the FT-847 ! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
FANTASTIC SOFTWARE FOR THE FT-847 !

I AM USING THE SOFTWARE AS A NETWORK FT-847 TCP/IP REMOTE BASE SERVER,

-AS A REMOTE CLIENT ON MY OTHER HOME COMPUTERS,
-WIFI TO MY LAPTOP IN THE BACKYARD
-AND MY COMPUTER AT WORK OVER THE INTERNET (SUPPORTS dyndns)


THIS GIVES ME A FULLY TCP/IP NETWORK CONTROLLED HF/VHF/UHF SATELLITE STATION WITH:

-INTEGRATED FULL DUPLEX VOICE OVER IP (VOIP) AUDIO (USING THE GSM STANDARD FOR NARROW TCP/IP BANDWDTH)
-INTERNET TELNET DX-CLUSTER
-TRANSVERTER/DOWNCONVERTER AND SATELLITE SUPPORT
-ARS AZ/EL ANTENNA ROTOR INTERFACE SUPPORT

THE SOFTWARE ALSO SUPPORTS THE LDG AUTOMATIC TUNER IN A FULLY AUTOMATED TUNING MODE !

THANK YOU PETER FOR THIS GREAT SOFTWARE IT'S MADE ME USE MY FT-847 MORE THAN EVER !!!

VE7EJP - FRED
KC0OFZ Rating: 2005-02-07
FT-847 SuperControl Time Owned: more than 12 months.
After I purchased my FT-847 in during the winter of 2004 I looked into CAT software to enhance the rig. I came upon the "SuperControl" product line written just for the FT-847. I aquired the software and have been very happy with it. It is not a necessary item to run the radio but it does make it a lot more fun. From full duplex cross band repeat on the 847 to many memory options and memory scan options it is truly a great addition to the shack. I have not even tried out all of the features yet such as the ez/al rotator control for satellite work but would like to try it someday. The tech support is outstanding for this product. Peter really is an outstanding guy to work with and he answers all email very quickly. There are new updates being released on occasion and they only enhance the already great product. For anyone looking to add a wehole new demension to their 847 experience give this a try.
Hope to hear you on the bands!
KCØOFZ