Nice call :) 73 de, Jim - K9DD
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert B. Bonner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 5:34 PM Subject: RE: [DXBase] IC781 & DXBase Yeah Bill there isn't much you can do about he slow polling rate on a 1988 designed radio. All you can do is crank up the rig up to max serial speed and hold on. I can guarantee this, even though the rig is slower than Molasses in January.... hooking them up to a computer and operating system from the 21st century will greatly improve your situation. There's nothing like being able to have 6 programs open, spotting DX, logging, surfing the net, writing an email to Mom, signing up for an online dating service and IMing with all your ham buddies all at the same time... Congrats on the free radios! Now go buy a computer, hahahahaha... Sincerely, Bob KØDD -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 5:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [DXBase] IC781 & DXBase A friend of mine had a pair of IC781s and didn't have a place to keep them. He asked if I would keep them for him. (No he doesn't have any more!) I've been playing around with them and they work fine. After finding out that they require an outboard interface to connect to the computer I have them interfaced and working. One small irritation, it seems to take a fairly long time after I press enter for my QSO to appear in DXBase. I found in my reading that the native communication rate for ICOM is 1200 Baud. Since my FT1000MP is virtually instantaneous, I assume that this may be the reason. The 781 is capable of using other rates so I upped it to 4800 like the MP but it still seems slow. I am using DXBase 2004 and a Pentium II 350 with Windows 98SE. I was just wondering if someone had run across this problem before or might have a suggestion. These 781s have not had an easy life; they are the ones we used down at 6D2X. My guess is that the technology was not quite there in 1990 when these radios were new. Bill, W5VX _______________________________________________ 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
