Hi Ron: Thanks for the info.
Currently I have it set on 756PRO VFO A ONLY. Yesterday I worked a DX station working split before he had been spotted. When I manually entered his call sign and hit enter, DXbase correctly entered everything and in the Frequency box it put my transmit frequency from VFO B and not the receive frequency of the DX station from VFO A. I was surprised because I had set the HF radio to ICOM 756PRO VFO A ONLY. Thus I thought I would only get VFO A ONLY Frequency info. No problem, just surprised. Can you explain the difference between 756PRO and 756PRO VFO A ONLY. Tnx and 73, Tom, N0YD "Yankee Doodle" --- Ron Stordahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes it does handle split...but not exactly as I would like, thus I created > the VFO A ONLY variation when I went thru and speeded up and made other > improvements to the definitions for the ICOM 781, the 756, 756 Pro and 756 > Pro 2. When I say not exactly as I would like what I mean is that it > doesn't do Dual Watch, nor is it capable of actually telling if the radio > has been put into split by hand, thus reading back split cannot be > guaranteed to be correct. But if you use the regular 756Pro definition you > will be reasonably satisfied and it will set split, but you cannot read it > back and have confidence in it, nor can you run dual watch under computer > control. > > I am very disappointed with ICOM for offering a bewildering set of options > for controlling and radio via the RS232 port, yet they left out the issue of > reading split and reading dual watch. I have taken it up with them via > e-mail and in person, but short of setting up a picket line at the ICOM > offices in Japan I don't think I could get their attention. Want to join me > in Tokyo with sheets of cardboard and a felt tip pen? > > If perfection in the interface is what you desire, then don't buy a ICOM 756 > series! But I guess you already have, and with this one blemish it's a very > nice rig. I worked the CQWWCW this weekend with it and was completely > satisfied..although the filters are not quite as good as the old 781, > however people don't zero beat worth a darn in a contest and so the 'blow > by' in the software digital filers can actually be an advantage. > > Ron N5IN > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:02 AM > Subject: [DXBase] ICOM 756PRO and DXbase operation > > > > > Hi all: > > > > > > I've read the Help file about HF radio interface and , as usual, learned > a > > lot I didn't know about the DXbase program. > > > > > > There is a section called ICOM considerations. From reading it, I'm > > assuming that my ICOM 756PRO does not send split info to DXbase. > > > > > > But then I go to user options/HFRadio and I notice that there are two > > choices: > > > 756PRO and > > > 756PRO VFO A ONLY > > > > > > If I select 756PRO will DXbase change the freq in both VFO A and VFO B > or > > not. > > > > > > Tnx and 73, > > > > > > Tom, N0YD "Yankee Doodle" > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
