Re: [Dx4win] USV to CIV
No thanks Kostas. It is fairly obvious from your response and others I have corresponded with at length that these cheap Chinese interfaces sold on eBay do NOT work properly... they are introducing errors and relying on error correction in the programs to make them work after a fashion. Kostas SV1DPI wrote: Mel i have bought one usb to ci-v from ebay for my ic910. The cost was something like 10-15$. it works fb with other programs but i had problems with dx4win. d4w reads strange frequencies. As i read recently the problem exists with others. But i have not tried the solutions. Maybe i can find my supplier if you are interesting. Kostas sv1dpi - Original Message - From: Mel ve...@videotron.ca To: DX4WIN dx4win@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:14 AM Subject: [Dx4win] USV to CIV Are there any converters from USB directly to CI-V recommended. I already have a USB-RS232 and a RS232 to CI-V... but I would like to simplify the cabling. I see some advertised on ebay very inexpensively but considering some members experiences I am pretty sure some don't work very well. Are there any that work other than the Rigtalk which is a bit pricey at $60. Mel, VE2DC __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] USV to CIV
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Melve...@videotron.ca wrote: No thanks Kostas. It is fairly obvious from your response and others I have corresponded with at length that these cheap Chinese interfaces sold on eBay do NOT work properly... they are introducing errors and relying on error correction in the programs to make them work after a fashion. DX4WIN doesn't read all of the response string from the rig when it's checking what mode is currently set. When the next command is sent, DX4WIN sees the leftover garbage and recovers. The lack of buffering in the cheap interfaces means that this leftover garbage isn't reliably read and confuses the next command (which is what reads the VFO). All that I do is to fix the command definition to read the entire response. You can see this for yourself using your current interface: File/Databases/Radios, select the Test tab, then click Read a few times. Notice that every time DX4WIN complains about garbage ignored or something like that. Fixing this bug makes the cheap interface 100% reliable, at least for me. The non-USB interface still works fine as well (even though it didn't require the fix). 73, -Rick -- Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] Importing a ADIF file from MixW into 8.01
Hello all. This may well be an issue for the MixW reflector, but I will ask the question here first. I just imported my first QSO from MixW into V8.01. (Been in VK6 without a radio). The name, QTH and frequency imported perfectly from MixW to the 'correct' boxes. The information in the 'Notes' column from MixW however lobbed up in the 'Notes for this call' box rather than the box I thought may have been the correct one, 'Notes for this QSO'! In V7 the name and QTH information from MixW ended up in the 'Notes for this call' box, and the frequency and other information ended up in the 'Notes for this QSO' box! That is, correct (in my view). I 'thought' this is where it probably belongs (in the 'Notes for this QSO' box) but I will stand corrected!! Is there a 'fix; for this, in either DX4Win or MixW, I wonder? Any views welcome. Ernie Ernie Walls VK3FM vk...@wallsy.com.au vk...@arrl.net Mobile 0418 301 483 __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Importing a ADIF file from MixW into 8.01
FWIW I agree with you I hadn't noticed this with the few MixW Qs I've imported since switching. Ernie Walls wrote: Hello all. This may well be an issue for the MixW reflector, but I will ask the question here first. I just imported my first QSO from MixW into V8.01. (Been in VK6 without a radio). The name, QTH and frequency imported perfectly from MixW to the 'correct' boxes. The information in the 'Notes' column from MixW however lobbed up in the 'Notes for this call' box rather than the box I thought may have been the correct one, 'Notes for this QSO'! In V7 the name and QTH information from MixW ended up in the 'Notes for this call' box, and the frequency and other information ended up in the 'Notes for this QSO' box! That is, correct (in my view). I 'thought' this is where it probably belongs (in the 'Notes for this QSO' box) but I will stand corrected!! Is there a 'fix; for this, in either DX4Win or MixW, I wonder? Any views welcome. Ernie Ernie Walls VK3FM vk...@wallsy.com.au vk...@arrl.net Mobile 0418 301 483 __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Importing a ADIF file from MixW into 8.01
If you edit your MIXW ADIF file, look for either the field NOTES or COMMENT, change one to the other (search/replace). See if this fixes the problem. 73 - Jim AD1C On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Ernie Walls vk...@wallsy.com.au wrote: Hello all. This may well be an issue for the MixW reflector, but I will ask the question here first. I just imported my first QSO from MixW into V8.01. (Been in VK6 without a radio). The name, QTH and frequency imported perfectly from MixW to the 'correct' boxes. The information in the 'Notes' column from MixW however lobbed up in the 'Notes for this call' box rather than the box I thought may have been the correct one, 'Notes for this QSO'! In V7 the name and QTH information from MixW ended up in the 'Notes for this call' box, and the frequency and other information ended up in the 'Notes for this QSO' box! That is, correct (in my view). I 'thought' this is where it probably belongs (in the 'Notes for this QSO' box) but I will stand corrected!! Is there a 'fix; for this, in either DX4Win or MixW, I wonder? -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] DX4WIN.CTY Release #66 - second call
I've updated the release notes for DX4WIN.CTY #66: http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/release.shtml#66 I believe I've fixed all the problems reported to me since the release of DX4WIN 8.01. If I missed anyone, please send me the information again. Please let me know if there are any other changes needed. I will release this file the weekend of September 5/6 (Labor Day weekend in USA, unofficial end of summer). Thanks 73 - Jim AD1C 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] DX4WIN ver 702.15
Hi, I am in the process of migrating from one computer to another and have miss placed the original download file for version 702.15 which is the one I currently use. Anyone have a place I can download it again as I don't want to upgrade at this stage. John ZL1BYZ. __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
