[Dx4win] CI-V, PW1 and DX4WIN
Please join me in commending K8UT for the extensive testing and analysis of the CI-V PW1 issues. I have been a DX4WIN user and loyal fan since its introduction at Dayton many years ago. I am using DX4WIN with an ICOM 756PRO3 and a recently purchased PW1. My main issues have been described by K8UT: Random errors in frequency reporting to the software and the annoying clacking relays in the PW1 while rotating the PRO3 frequency knob. Fortunately, I have not had a hot switch catastrophe. I am currently running TRANSCIEVE=OFF in the PRO3 as a temporary stopgap measure. However, if one changes bands from the PRO3 front panel and does not wait to transmit (sometimes up to 10 seconds) there could be a band mismatch between the transceiver and amplifier. Not good. Be Careful! My sincere hope is that Paul would be kind to us and implement some or all of K8UT's suggestions. Yes, I am convinced that this is a PW-1 design fault and not the responsibility of logging software providers to implement patches to correct ICOM's deficiencies. However, I doubt that ICOM will retrofit the existing firmware in all our PW1 amplifiers. In that light, Paul, your loyal fans need and would greatly appreciate your kind help! I believe that at least one of the patches recommended by K8UT would not be difficult. That patch would involve having the software send out the broadcast command which would reset the PW1's asynchronous ten second timer before it fires. Sending this along with the DX4WIN two second poll would certainly correct many of our problems. Paul, Thank you for considering this request from your appreciative user/fans. DX4WIN is great! 73, Bill W8NN (W8HVX when DX4WIN was introduced) __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Dx4win] Packet spots spotter State identity
I was getting together a VHF packet cluster spot setup for a ham friend who has no internet connectivity at his cabin and when I got it going I noticed a very helpful identity on its spots. The state of the spotter (where he is currently) was noted on the far right side of the spot. I looked at my DX4WIN which is the latest version and I didn't see this very useful identification? As an example I saw a spot by a K3 station for a DX station. When I went to the frequency I heard nothing. A check on QRZ.COM had shown that the K3 station was really in Az. Does DX4WIN support this in its packet spot window? If so how do I get it to indicate such? Thanks. George W2YJ __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Dx4win] Packet spots spotter State identity
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:35 PM, george goofy...@rochester.rr.com wrote: The state of the spotter (where he is currently) was noted on the far right side of the spot. I looked at my DX4WIN which is the latest version and I didn't see this very useful identification? As an example I saw a spot by a K3 station for a DX station. When I went to the frequency I heard nothing. A check on QRZ.COM had shown that the K3 station was really in Az. Does DX4WIN support this in its packet spot window? If so how do I get it to indicate such? Hi George, First, it depends on what cluster node you are connected to, what software that node is running (i.e. AR-Cluster, DX Spider, etc.) and whether your user profile has the spotters's state turned on or off. Given all that, if the state appears to the RIGHT of the GMT field in a packet spot, then it should show up in the Packet Spots window assuming you have made the window wide enough. It will NOT show up in the DX spots window, since there is no field or column to put it in. If the state appears to the LEFT of the GMT field, then it may show up in the DX spots window at the far right of the Remarks column, assuming that column is wide enough to display the full comment. To widen it, grab the vertical line between Remarks and Spotter in the gray header and drag it to the right. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us __ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
