First I congratulate you on the good product developed. I have digirig 1.9 and it works as expected on my FT-818. Soon I will buy the LITE version for my HT’s.
As a Yaesu FT-991 and FTDX-3000 user, I use a single USB connection for EVERYTHING I need, CAT, PTT, audio in/out, FSK and CW keying. All thanks to TWO COM ports inside these TRX’s.
Unfortunately digirig 1.9 only has one COM port and CW keying is not possible without modifying connections and disabling another function such as PTT.
I don’t know the modifications and production costs if you decided to add a second COM port, just like all modern equipment (Kenwood, Yaesu, ICOM, Elecraft and others)
I consider that a future version of digirig that has TWO COM ports and an extra connection to connect to the CW KEY input of the transceivers would be very attractive to potential clients like me who also like CW.
Thank you for the suggestion. I’ll keep collecting information to see if there is a demand for this feature.
If implemented, it will likely be in a different model because Digirig Mobile doesn’t have space for additional connectors or additional electronics and I would prefer to keep it at a small size.
I appreciate your support of my project. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any other ideas or suggestions.
i stumbled upon reference to a digirig shack model but not for sale
yes, a shack sized model with an extra comport OR two would be great for ‘toggling’ things.
1/8" mono jacks tied to BOTH rts and dtr for each comport would be sweetness.
some of the older software packages out there had/have checkboxes to toggle ptt with either rts or dtr as well as cw keying functions.
last non-commercial version of ham radio deluxe is UNABLE to use the same comport for C-IV and PTT keying.
and of course my ic-736 and ic-821h cannot PTT via C-IV
a couple of reasons for an extra comport in the same ‘box’
so one usb cable to the PC from a box offering and audio device and four (4) jacks with ground switching would be convenient
Hi folks,
I am using digirig now for the first time and I am impressed. However the CW-keying is an important matter for me. A 2nd COM-port can be a way. A real Winkey-implementation would be much better than a RTS/DTR-keying as I have experienced problems with the USB-connection in permanent use like contests etc. Normally I use wkmini for cw. If it (winkey-chip) was inside digirig the interface would be a giant-tool even for contesters and dxpeditions.
73 Marcus DL3NC
