When I replaced my PRO3 with the FT-2000D, I lost the ability of the SteppIR to automatically change the frequency of the antenna as the band and frequency of the radio are changed. The Yaesu FT-2000 is not user-settable to either "auto info ON" or "auto info OFF" which makes it impossible for a SteppIR controller to read the frequency of the radio. (Yes, I knew I'd have the problem, and, yes, I like the Yaesu better than the PRO3.)
I use DXbase as a general logging program, and DXbase doesn't poll my new FT-2000D. It just reads the frequency when a contact is logged or if I manually retrieve the frequency with a command within the program. I don't have the SteppIR Y-cable (yet) to connect the SteppIR controller to the radio/PC, which is used to listen to the communication between the radio and logging program. Other than my manually retrieving the frequency with DXbase after I QSY, the only other option I am aware of is MicroHAM's new station Master (http://www.microham-usa.com/). It claims to poll the radio for a SteppIR if the logging program doesn't or if no logging program is being used. I no longer have my Top Ten Devices Band Decoder for Yaesu so would like to replace that functionality too, which the Station Master would do. (I still have the decoder with a source driver for the Icom if anyone is interested.) The Station Master seems complicated to me (the euphemism is flexible). Has anyone used one with DXbase or another non-polling program (or no logging program) to get a SteppIR to track an FT-2000? Jim N7US ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
