I use an IC-765 configured to be used through COM 3. Everything works swimmingly. However ...
Let's say I am sitting here on 21026.8 CW listening to 5T0CW. I happen to be on VFO B. I work him, simplex. I type the call into the log field and hit the <tab> key so that Dxbase will poll the radio and populate the frequency and band info (and time, and date, etc...) from the radio into the fields, or I just hit F10 to do all that and save the record, too. The radio, however, first switches to VFO A, which is at 1844.5, LSB. Dxbase enters the 160m freq. from VFO A as the freq and mode that I just worked the station and is ready to save the record (or actually saves it if I hit F10) with the *wrong* info in it. Why does Dxbase make the transceiver go to VFO A before it starts asking questions and giving commands. Is there a way to keep this from happening? I use NA as my contest logging software on *the same computer with the same serial interface, plugged into the same port* and I do not have this problem. The software and the hardware communicate just fine, regardless of what VFO is selected. When NA polls the radio for the current freq and mode, the radio responds appropriately. If the radio is told to go to a particular freq. or mode by NA, it does so without changing VFOs. NA can even assign a freq to the *other* VFO, so you can set VFO A and B (or reverse) right from the keyboard. Suggestions?
