Pactor modem 2e (upgraded to Pactor 3)

[emnick]

I just bought a S/H pactor 2e and will want to connect to an Icom 802. First I guess I will need to connect to my small netbook (Samsung N110) running widows XP will the netbook recognise the modem or will I have to get drivers from somewhere?

Thanks for any help

 

[nigelmercier]

Surely it has RS-232 I/O so no driver needed, just software.

 

[ianabc]

Pactor

wow

"Interestingly, as the cost of PACTOR keeps going up, there is a marked increase in other modes, such as PSK-31, JT-65, and others. Most are involved in direct QSO's, at a speed that's much slower than PACTOR. What these modes have in common is that the cost is mostly FREE."

My favourite 4 letter word

FREE

 

[Bilgediver]

I just bought a S/H pactor 2e and will want to connect to an Icom 802. First I guess I will need to connect to my small netbook (Samsung N110) running widows XP will the netbook recognise the modem or will I have to get drivers from somewhere?

Thanks for any help

The Pactor IIe uses a 232 connection and maybe your notepad only has USB. In this case you will need a usb adaptor and that will need a driver which is usually located on the web and found and installed easily.

The adaptor is something like this.
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/produ...tjvVNiFZ8sCppjSm274jLgTy_5qQDRhJZYaAkyV8P8HAQ

Your Pactor manual can be found here.

http://www.p4dragon.com/download/SCS_Manual_PTC-IIe_4.0.pdf

The Airmail or Winlink software you use for E mails and collecting grib files has the pactor software installed within it so it is only a matter of making the right selection.