{"id":21428,"date":"2011-05-02T09:44:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T07:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/blog\/?p=21428"},"modified":"2023-10-11T09:03:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T07:03:14","slug":"rigblaster-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/new-equipment\/rigblaster-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"RigBlaster Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Capabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Internal sound card generates audio completely independently from PC’s sound card
\nSingle plug and play USB cable connection to PC – no separate audio\/rig control cables or power supply needed
\nMic input with PTT override and interrupt for automatic switching between voice and digital modes
\nIncludes Instant Setup Connectors and cables for microphone configuration
\nFront panel mounted transmit and receive audio controls with VOX delay control
\nRig control interfaces for CAT, CI-V or DB9 on radio
\nHigh speed (50 wpm) CW keying output for keyboard CW and RTTY software<\/p>\n

Completely Integrated Sound Card<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eliminates need to reconfigure computer’s internal sound card for digital mode operation
\nFrees computer’s existing sound card to generate system sounds, music etc. without danger of spurious transmission<\/p>\n

Computer Interface<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supplied with plug and play USB cable interface and built-in USB to serial converter
\nUSB provides positive PTT, CW\/FSK keying and CAT\/CI-V rig control
\nMicrosoft\u00ae certified USB drivers are automatically installed from West Mountain Radio website
\nPowered through USB cable, no wall supply needed<\/p>\n

Compatible with All Manufacturers’ Radios<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pre-wired microphone jumper blocks known as ISCs enable users to match microphone connector wiring schemes without having to refer to wiring diagrams. Six ISCs are provided (three “Round Metal”) and three “RJ45 Modular”) to cover the most popular radios – Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood, JRCm SGC and Elecraft
\nOlder radios can usually be wired up with individual jumpers
\nWorks with any radio that has a 8 pin round screw on microphone connector or RJ45 modular telephone style connector
\nAny radio with RJ25 6 wire microphone connector with the purchase of an optional FT100 style 6 wire modular mic. cable
\nAny radio with 4 pin round microphone connector with the purchase of a optional 4 pin mic cable<\/p>\n

Built-in Rig Control<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAT\/CI-V and DB9 rig control interface built in
\nCustom CAT\/CI-V cables available as accessories
\nOnly RIGblaster with RS232 (DB9) radio control<\/p>\n

True Keyed CW<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to the PTT keying circuit there is a fully isolated CW\/FSK keying output for direct keying of your rig’s CW or FSK jack for keyboard CW and RTTY software
\nInput for control of the additional fully isolated CW\/FSK keying circuit as well as the PTT circuit is jumper selectable between serial port control pins: RTS, DTR, and TXD<\/p>\n

Mic\/Keying\/Audio Flexibility<\/strong><\/p>\n

Front panel mounted transmit and receive power level knobs makes it easy to adjust transmit\/recieve levels on the fly without having to make changes in software sound levels
\nNo extra manual switches needed, two DPDT relays for true automatic operation unlike other sound card interfaces
\nSimpler operation than the other brands, you never have to remember to push un-needed switches to make your station work
\nPTT override and interrupt enables mic to override the computer or stop the computer program, perfect for contesting or SSTV operation
\nRear panel RCA PTT switch \/ foot switch jack enables the PPT override and interrupt
\nInternal diagnostic RTS, DTR and TXD LEDs show at a glance what the serial port is doing
\nProperly matched and RF suppressed audio for your radio
\nFully isolated transmit audio and PTT keying, unlike other interfaces that have little or no isolation
\nPositive and fully automatic PTT control supports almost 100 ham programs<\/p>\n

Price: $200<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Capabilities Internal sound card generates audio completely independently from PC’s sound card Single plug and play USB cable connection to PC – no separate audio\/rig control cables or power supply needed Mic input with PTT override and interrupt for automatic switching between voice and digital modes Includes Instant Setup Connectors and cables for microphone configuration…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[194,304],"class_list":["post-21428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-equipment","tag-ham_radio","tag-new-equipment-2","category-8","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}