Since my logging program, DXbase, doesn't poll my FT-2000D, I haven't been able to control the SteppIR with the radio since I sold my PRO3. (The PRO3 can be used to control a SteppIR without running a logging program.)
I finally ordered and today received the SteppIR Y-cable for use with a logging program so I could experiment with different programs. As expected, the radio controls the antenna fine if I am using the contest logging program N1MM Logger, which polls the radio. As a workaround for DXbase, I decided to use the free FT-2000 rig control program from the Yaesu web site and set the radio option in DXbase to no radio connected. Now I have to manually log the frequency and mode in DXbase, but the antenna follows the radio. I don't even have to look at the Yaesu control program, which is called PCI-2000, as long I am controlling the radio by the front panel. For a contest using N1MM, there's no problem. The same approach would work if another logging program that polls the radio is running in the background is used instead of the Yaesu rig control program. The solution would be for Jack to add polling to the DXbase radio setup options, even if DXbase doesn't use the frequency/mode (for a band map, for instance). Maybe the same approach would work with other radios. It's free, though not perfect. Jim N7US ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
