8000DLE control of SPE 1K-FA

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8000DLE control of SPE 1K-FA

Postby AA3DA » Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:26 pm

I am looking for help with linking my 8000DLE to control band selection on my SPE 1K-FA amplifier. Any help would be appreciated including reference to links outside this group.
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Re: 8000DLE control of SPE 1K-FA

Postby w-u-2-o » Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:18 pm

Simply put "8000 SPE" into the search box in the upper right corner of the page here and you will find what you need.
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Re: 8000DLE control of SPE 1K-FA

Postby Joe » Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:19 pm

I believe you will need to use the option of “yaesu band data” which is a bcd control. I use this on my amp. I did post a topic under the “everything else” header here with the topic of “OC” bcd control. I give diagrams and photos of the connection to the 8000. Hope this helps.

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Re: 8000DLE control of SPE 1K-FA

Postby w3ub » Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:11 pm

Not sure why you would use band data, as opposed to using CAT from a port on the PC with a USB to serial adapter into the SPE. I have driven my 1.3kFA and 2kFA that way with no issue. Band data does not have the specific operating frequency embedded in it, just the band.
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Re: 8000DLE control of SPE 1K-FA

Postby dl4zbg » Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:34 am

Consider using DDUTIL with serial interface for connecting Expert PAs. I am using it for my ANAN/ACOM setup.

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Re: 8000DLE control of SPE 1K-FA

Postby w-u-2-o » Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:08 am

You can obtain CAT control of an SPE amp either directly from PowerSDR/Thetis or via DDUtil (make sure you use an older version that still supports legacy software--newer versions only support SmartSDR) as long as you have your serial cable built properly.

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