I have actually seen an increase in the HRD controls for the K3 since the new ownership took over. Many of the front panel functions can now be activated/deactivated by simply clicking buttons in the HRD rig control interface. Personally, I like HRD/DM780 better than DXLabs for rig control and digital modes. The log books to me are a toss-up. Much of the same information, just presented in different lay-outs. As to some functionality, such as label printing, that is coming in HRD v6.0 later this summer.
I will admit, I alpha/beta tested some of the HRD 5.2x releases prior to some family/job situations taking over much of my time. However, I think that, with time, the new ownership will improve HRD's compatibility interface with the K3. Just my two cents' worth. 73, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua [email protected] K3 #281, P3 #688 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team On 5/22/2012 8:22 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I use HRD for my station. > > I dont do much rig control except for digital modes where the macro > function and switching and it works great. I also like the integrated > logger. > > Otherwise I tend to turn knobs on the radio. > > Just my experience. > > ~73 > Don > KD8NNU > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Bill wrote: > >> I have used HRD in the past with several rigs - all quite >> successfully. Now I am using it with the K3. >> >> It seems to me that there are very few of the K3's many features that >> can be controlled via HRD. I would consider HRD version 6 for purchase >> - if it is to become K3 feature rich. I posed the question to HRD >> support and received the following: "We support whatever Eric has in >> the cat commands, if it's in there, we support it." >> >> Currently I am also testing N4PY's software for rig control. I know >> little about this software - only used it a couple times today. I have >> 9 more days on the free trial. >> >> Perhaps neither is suitable and I should continue twisting knobs. >> Comments regarding both programs would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Bill W2BLC >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
