{"id":45226,"date":"2020-09-07T07:17:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T11:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45226"},"modified":"2020-09-07T07:17:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T11:17:43","slug":"catsync-control-web-sdr-tuning-from-your-rig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/catsync-control-web-sdr-tuning-from-your-rig\/","title":{"rendered":"CATSync: Control web SDR tuning from your rig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CATSync.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45228\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CATSync.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CATSync.jpeg 625w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/CATSync-300x127.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Rob (PE9PE), who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is an interesting tool for those hams suffering from lots of local QRM.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/catsyncsdr.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/catsyncsdr.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks, Rob! CATSync seems to allow control of a web-based SDR from any OMNI Rig-supported radio via CAT control (which is the majority of transceivers). It appears CATSync allows control of tuning and mode changes via your radio and from the web SDR interface back to your rig.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vco_Ho-gstY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One interesting use of this would be to use a remote SDR for receiving while using your home antenna for transmitting. This could help those inundated with RFI at home. While this might not be an allowed practice for contesting (having your receiver and transmitter in two different locations) it&#8217;s certainly permitted if you want to check in with a net or chat with friends. You don&#8217;t need CATSync to do this&#8211;you can always manually tune a web SDR separately&#8211;it would simply facilitate keeping both your RX and TX on the same frequency.<\/p>\n<p>CATSync has a free trial with limited control&#8211;you can purchase the full version for 9.95 EUR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catsyncsdr.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to check out CATSync.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the tip, Rob!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rob (PE9PE), who writes: This is an interesting tool for those hams suffering from lots of local QRM. https:\/\/catsyncsdr.wordpress.com\/ Thanks, Rob! CATSync seems to allow control of a web-based SDR from any OMNI Rig-supported radio via CAT control (which is the majority of transceivers). It appears CATSync allows control [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2509,545,3,43,158],"tags":[3182,6918,4741,8803,5392],"class_list":["post-45226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apps","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-applications","tag-catsync","tag-kiwisdr","tag-rob-pe9pe","tag-web-sdrs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bLs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31326,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/catsync-a-new-tool-to-control-websdrs-with-your-tabletop-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":45226,"position":0},"title":"CATSync: A new tool to control WebSDRs with your tabletop radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) Introducing CATSync - The new CAT tool for WebSDRs Oscar, DJ0MY, has developed a new software tool for radio amateurs and SWLs. 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