rigctld causing unwanted bandwidth change
When operating VarAC using rigctld, every band change or slot sniffer action changes the RX bandwidth to its default for the selected mode. This
should not happen. Here are 2 ideas to solve this problem:
(1) do NOT set mode when changing band (operator's task)
(2) use pseudo bandwidth -1 (no bandwidth change).
Have tried this by sending rigctl commands to rigctld:
Start rigctl daemon (TRX = K4 via tcp/ip):
rigctld -m 2047 -r 192.168.68.114:9200 -t 4532
Launch rigctl in new command shell:
rigctl -m 2 -r localhost:4532
Rig command: m # query mode and bandwidth
Mode: PKTUSB
Passband: 700 # value previously set on the rig
Rig command: M PKTUSB 0 # set mode. 0 --> default mode bandwidth
Rig command: m
Mode: PKTUSB
Passband: 2000 # 2000 Hz = default PKTUSB bandwidth
Rig command: M PKTUSB 700 # set bandwidth back to 700 Hz
Rig command: m
Mode: PKTUSB
Passband: 700
Rig command: M PKTUSB -1 # set mode. -1 --> no bandwidth change
Rig command: m
Mode: PKTUSB
Passband: 700 # bandwidth unchanged!
Markus HB9BRJ


I prefer option 2 but I already done this and sent test version and got a report that it did not help... I can try again with you if you want. send me an email to iradirad@gmail.com