Re: For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there..
Well if we¡¯re waxing nostalgic I was army signal corp when I got my first ham license. Bit later than you two, 2003. Ended up being a physician instead so can¡¯t say the signal corp stuck with me, tho I still ride the waves!
KD7YJW
Teletype repair was one of the school choices that the Army offered me in 1976. ? Glad I declined that one.? Nike Test Equipment Repair (22L) provided a lot more opportunities over the years.
Davee W2IJL
On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 2:11?PM Donald, KD5UGY via <dcasillo= [email protected]> wrote:
I was an Air Force Teletypewriter Tech. for 20 years, five
months, eight days, Nov. 1958 to Dec. 1978. Msgt Donald Casillo
USAF (ret)?
On 9/24/24 11:02, Bo, W4GHV wrote:
Nice! I had 2 Model 15s.?
My troubleshooting skills:?
Look at working one, fix broken model.
Monkey see, monkey do
Where's my 35 minute paper tape of the X O . pinup girl on a
stool?
73 Bo W4GHV for SEVENTY YEARS?
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Re: For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there..
Teletype repair was one of the school choices that the Army offered me in 1976. ? Glad I declined that one.? Nike Test Equipment Repair (22L) provided a lot more opportunities over the years.
Davee W2IJL
On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 2:11?PM Donald, KD5UGY via <dcasillo= [email protected]> wrote:
I was an Air Force Teletypewriter Tech. for 20 years, five
months, eight days, Nov. 1958 to Dec. 1978. Msgt Donald Casillo
USAF (ret)?
On 9/24/24 11:02, Bo, W4GHV wrote:
Nice! I had 2 Model 15s.?
My troubleshooting skills:?
Look at working one, fix broken model.
Monkey see, monkey do
Where's my 35 minute paper tape of the X O . pinup girl on a
stool?
73 Bo W4GHV for SEVENTY YEARS?
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Re: For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there..
I was an Air Force Teletypewriter Tech. for 20 years, five
months, eight days, Nov. 1958 to Dec. 1978. Msgt Donald Casillo
USAF (ret)?
On 9/24/24 11:02, Bo, W4GHV wrote:
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Nice! I had 2 Model 15s.?
My troubleshooting skills:?
Look at working one, fix broken model.
Monkey see, monkey do
Where's my 35 minute paper tape of the X O . pinup girl on a
stool?
73 Bo W4GHV for SEVENTY YEARS?
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Re: For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there..
Nice! I had 2 Model 15s.?
My troubleshooting skills:?
Look at working one, fix broken model.
Monkey see, monkey do
Where's my 35 minute paper tape of the X O . pinup girl on a stool?
73 Bo W4GHV for SEVENTY YEARS?
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Re: Guide to New Rig backend creation?
How to add a new transceiver
to flrig
? Two new files will need to be added:
??? . src/include/RIGFAMILY/NEWRIG.h
??? . src/rigs/RIGFAMILY/NEWRIG.cxx
? Three files will need to be modified:
??? . Makefile.am
?????? add the references to the two new files
??? . src/include/rigs.h
??? . src/rigs/rigs.cxx
?????? add the references to the new rig
? RIGFAMILY might be icom, yaesu, elad, etc.
? NEWRIG might be IC-9999, FT-9999, etc.
Suggest using an existing rig (.cxx, .h) files as a template for
the new rig.? Choose a file that will use similar CAT commands.
After the new files have been added and the three files updated
you will need to recreate the build scripts.? From the top level
flrig directory:
? $ autoreconf
? $ ./configure
? $ make
David
On 9/23/24 12:00, Dave, G?WBX via
groups.io wrote:
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Afternoon
All...? (From a wet day in the UK.)
Some time ago (back in the day of Linux Mint 15!), I helped "flesh
out" a new(ish) backend for the Kenwood TS870.? Receiving much
welcome help and hints from Dave and Ed via this list.
Sometime later (years.) ? ISTR there was mention of (or proposal
for) a documented guide for a "How to" showing the correct way to
create a new radio backend for Flrig, doing that either based on
an existing similar rig, or new "from scratch".
I also seem to recall, Dave 'HKJ sent me something around the same
time, but can I find that, anywhere?? Of course not.? Even if I
could, I suspect things have changed within Flrig since then...??
I can't see anything in the wiki area either.
So, is there an up-to-date document anywhere, describing how to
create and integrate a new radio backend these days?
Only ask as I have acquired an Icom IC-R9000 for the shack, and
would like to "integrate it into the fold" as it were.
(Hamlib knows of the radio, but that's not entirely complete, and
is very buggy too, though it proves that the USB<>CIV device
and radio work OK together.)
Any info re the above welcome.
73.
Dave G0WBX.
Currently running LMDE 6 (Faye) & able to build Fldigi and
friends from source without issues.
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FLRIG with Windows, Linux and the MAC
Howdy all,
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First post here!
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I've been a Linux user since the mid 1990's starting with Redhat 7.x, 8.0 and 9.x when they switched to Fedora.
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I then switched to SuSE Linux at around version 9.0 and have stayed with OpenSuSE to this day using Leap 15.5 on my 6-core AMD desktop and Leap 15.6 on my Mid 2012 MacBook Pro (Core i7)
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I have had FLRIG and FLDIGI working on Winblows, and many earlier versions of OpenSuSE? (even KDE Neon) and it has always worked well!
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Interesting problem now though.
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I cannot get the FLRIG S-meter, power, SWR etc (except Voltage display) to work now using the Linux version on the MACBook Pro nor can I get it to work on my other (newer early 2015) MacBook Pro (running MAC OS Monterey)
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All the above operating systems are connected to an ICOM IC-705 (not at the same time!!)
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Anyone know what obvious problem I have that I cannot see?
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Thanks,
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73/Rick
W4XA
Western? Wa
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Flrig TS870 TX power control.
Hi.
As part of warming up the grey cell, I pulled the latest Flrig Alpha (2.0.05.75).
With my TS870s.??? I noticed the "Power" slider was able to go down to 0.? (The rig's control ability only goes down to 10W.)
So..? I tweaked the code in TS870s.h
From line 82...
//? int? get_swr();
??? int? get_power_out();
?? ?double get_power_control();
Is now...
//? int? get_swr();
??? int? get_power_out();
??? double get_power_control();
//? void get_pc_min_max_step(double &, double &, double &) {
?? ?void get_pc_min_max_step(double &min, double &max, double &step) {
?? ???? min = 10; max = 100; step = 1; }? // wbx4
??? void set_power_control(double val);? // relocated from original line 94 wbx4
It builds without error, and the resulting "Pwr" control on the UI, is now scaled 10 to 100W and behaves well.
Hopefully, the TS870s.h file is not referenced by any other backend.
( That is something I've yet to figure out, how to trace what other code might call what I'm looking at / working on.
I don't think even Doxygen can help with that, at least asking vastly more experienced coders in the past hasn't been fruitful.
Tracing forward call's is easy of course, but backwards across multiple source files?? Anyone know? )
Anyway...? Bouquets or Brickbats welcome.
73
Dave G0WBX.
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Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using open source software:
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Guide to New Rig backend creation?
Afternoon All...? (From a wet day in the UK.)
Some time ago (back in the day of Linux Mint 15!), I helped "flesh out" a new(ish) backend for the Kenwood TS870.? Receiving much welcome help and hints from Dave and Ed via this list.
Sometime later (years.) ? ISTR there was mention of (or proposal for) a documented guide for a "How to" showing the correct way to create a new radio backend for Flrig, doing that either based on an existing similar rig, or new "from scratch".
I also seem to recall, Dave 'HKJ sent me something around the same time, but can I find that, anywhere?? Of course not.? Even if I could, I suspect things have changed within Flrig since then...?? I can't see anything in the wiki area either.
So, is there an up-to-date document anywhere, describing how to create and integrate a new radio backend these days?
Only ask as I have acquired an Icom IC-R9000 for the shack, and would like to "integrate it into the fold" as it were.
(Hamlib knows of the radio, but that's not entirely complete, and is very buggy too, though it proves that the USB<>CIV device and radio work OK together.)
Any info re the above welcome.
73.
Dave G0WBX.
Currently running LMDE 6 (Faye) & able to build Fldigi and friends from source without issues.
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Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using open source software:
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Re: For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there..
Great video, thanks.
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73, Bruce. W4BRU
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Re: For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there..
On 23/09/2024 03:55, David Ranch, KI6ZHD via groups.io wrote: For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there, this is a fantastic video Takes me back to my youth. School radio club was run by a teacher into RTTY. So I grew up from 11-18 on AR88, CR100, B40 receivers and Teletype models 14, 15 & 28s as well as British Creed 7Bs. We used US CV89A FSK units. The built in 1in scope made tuning noisy signals easier. As a kid I wanted to play with computers and solid state stuff but there no computers and most gear used valves(tubes) and radio and RTTY was the next best thing. Teletype 28 was my favourite unit. We had 2 of them both KSR units. Plenty of TTY15 page printers and a complete TTY19 which was a TTY15 ASR unit and an extra tape TD unit on a metal table strong enough to take the weight. The PSU used a mercury rectifier so there was a light show in time to the selector magnets clicking. They were all set for 45.45 baud commercial speeds and so we'd copy news output from behind the Iron Curtain, Tanjug and TASS being the easiest signals to copy. I can remember copying some class propaganda about "American imperialists and fascists" from an Albania news source. Even as a kid with limited understanding of world politics it was funny to read. I last used a real Teletype in 1979, 45 years back. The last few years there has been a demonstration teletype running at the Friedrichshafen Rally. The smell of warm machine oil and the clackety-clack made me feel 50 years younger. That was a Siemens 100 which is similar in looks to a TTY15 page printer but quieter. RTTY with a PC holds no interest compared to RTTY with a real TTY. Andy
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Re: For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there..
Very interesting, David.? I have a model 15 which
I acquired around 1968 and used for many years here prior to the
ubiquity of PC's.? The machine in the video described as a model
14 is not.? The model 14 was a typing reperforator usually with a
rotary TD attached to transmit.. Because the paper tape was also
used to transmit it needed holes, but if you had holes you could
not read the print.? The solution was to punch "toilet lids."? The
chad was attached to the paper tape by being punched almost all
the way around.? I had one and let it go many years ago.
I will be happy to share any and all, as well a few stories about
using the model 15 and it's quirks.
On 9/22/2024 7:55 PM, David Ranch,
KI6ZHD via groups.io wrote:
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For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there, this is a fantastic
video taking the viewer through how a teletype unity actual works
including details into Baudot 45, a full teardown and rebuild of
both a typewriter style and ticker-tape style teletype, etc.?
Great stuff and well worth your time:
??
This video comes from "Usagi Electric" who has made a lot of other
great videos on building his own vacuum tube based 1bit computer,
restoring various tube and legacy Mini computers, etc.?
--David
KI6ZHD
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For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there..
For all you RTTY / Teletype fans out there, this is a fantastic
video taking the viewer through how a teletype unity actual works
including details into Baudot 45, a full teardown and rebuild of
both a typewriter style and ticker-tape style teletype, etc.? Great
stuff and well worth your time:
??
This video comes from "Usagi Electric" who has made a lot of other
great videos on building his own vacuum tube based 1bit computer,
restoring various tube and legacy Mini computers, etc.?
--David
KI6ZHD
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Re: mhuxd for MKii microham on Mint Linux
The step-by-step is here:
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I do have to say that I spent a big block of time one day trying to get it to work with my Mint system, and was only partial successful. In order to troubleshoot something at this level, you need to be an experienced software nerd with experience with device-driver level code.
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mhuxd for MKii microham on Mint Linux
I am new to Linux and have seen a good report for mhuxd, the Microham MKii driver with Linux Mint.??? Where/how can I download this.?? Very simple instructions are needed as I confuse easily.
Help??? mycall at arrldotnet
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Re: flrig 2.0.05.75 alpha release
Hi David and group
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I'm exited to report that, after compiling and installing flrig 2.0.05.75 today, that SWR and ALC metering are working on my TS590SG!? (I think these were actually fixed on 2.0.05.66 which I never tested - thanks Filip!)
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It's not clear to me what the ALC graduations (1 to 4, further subdivided into tenths) on flrig's ALC meter mean as they don't seem to correspond to ALC meter dots on the rig's display, for which I've never read an explanation either. ?For example, one dot on the rig is displayed as 3 or 4 tenths on the flrig meter; two dots is displayed as about 7 or 8 tenths (roughly double), and three dots as a full '1', so the readings are roughly proportional to one another. ?But the main point is that the ALC meter displays, is useful, and I know where to aim on it!
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I find a few minor issues with flrig and the 590SG that I thought you might like to be aware of. ?None of them are deal-breakers, as they are easily worked around.
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(1) ? ?Whenever starting flrig, I am always told to click Init to get it to communicate with the transceiver, even if the transceiver is already powered on. ?Perhaps this is normal, but if so, it might save a couple steps if the Init button were on the front page, rather than under Config>Setup>Transceiver. Or perhaps I've just missed something in the Config?
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Related to this, just clicking the Init button results in the same error; to get around the error, I must first click the Tuner button before clicking the Init button - then all is well. ?Only the Tuner button works - I've not found any other button that fixes it. ?
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(2) ? ?Speaking of the Tuner button, I think it's been mentioned elsewhere in the forums that the yellow indicator turns on momentarily, but does not remain on, even when the tuner is in line. This is my experience also.
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(3) ? ?The 590SG has a feature not present on the 590S whereby one can choose Hi- and Lo-cut filters instead of Width and Shift controls in USB-Data mode, via menu option 29. ?This is essential to using the rear-panel USB port for WSJT-X audio. ?However, flrig's filter controls on the SG behave the same as for the S, that is, they still function as Width-Shift controls, even if the SG's Menu 29 is set for Lo-Hi cut. ?The simple workaround, mentioned elsewhere in the forum, is to program Lo-cut and Hi-cut command buttons.
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As I say, none of these issues prevent me from using flrig to do what I need it to do, which is to view and control my radio's settings while using wsjt-x remotely.? A very handy piece of software. ?Thank you!
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73
Bill Hunter
VE3BOK
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Re: flrig 2.0.05.75 alpha release
Dear David
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IC-7610 it some difference of IC-7600, Date Time CIV command should 1A 05 01 58 & ?1A 05 01 59, and IC-9700 it miss Time Sync funtion , hope can update in next version, thanks!??
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IC-7610 CIV
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IC-9700 extra control
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IC-9700 Date Time CIV :? 1A 05 01 79 & ?1A 05 01 80
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73
Yip VR2VRC
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Re: flrig 2.0.05.75 alpha release
Manual CAT commands of date/time
//
---------------------------------------------------------------------
// set date and time
// 1A 05 00 54 HH MM : set time
// 1A 05 00 53 YY YY MM DD : set date
//
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// dt formated as YYYYMMDD
//
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void RIG_IC7600::sync_date(char *dt)
{
?? ?cmd.clear();
?? ?cmd.append(pre_to);
?? ?cmd += '\x1A'; cmd += '\x05';
?? ?cmd += '\x00'; cmd += '\x53';
?? ?unsigned char val;
?? ?val = ((dt[0] - '0') << 4) + (dt[1] - '0');
?? ?cmd += (val & 0xFF);
?? ?val = ((dt[2] - '0') << 4) + (dt[3] - '0');
?? ?cmd += (val & 0xFF);
?? ?val = ((dt[4] - '0') << 4) + (dt[5] - '0');
?? ?cmd += (val & 0xFF);
?? ?val = ((dt[6] - '0') << 4) + (dt[7] - '0');
?? ?cmd += (val & 0xFF);
?? ?cmd.append(post);
?? ?set_trace(1, "set xcvr clock");
?? ?waitFB("set xcvr clock", 200);
?? ?seth();
}
//
---------------------------------------------------------------------
// tm formated as HH:MM:SS
//
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void RIG_IC7600::sync_clock(char *tm)
{
?? ?cmd.clear();
?? ?cmd.append(pre_to);
?? ?cmd += '\x1A'; cmd += '\x05';
?? ?cmd += '\x00'; cmd += '\x54';
?? ?unsigned char val;
?? ?val = ((tm[0] - '0') << 4) + (tm[1] - '0');
?? ?cmd += (val & 0xFF);
?? ?val = ((tm[3] - '0') << 4) + (tm[4] - '0');
?? ?cmd += (val & 0xFF);
?? ?cmd.append(post);
?? ?set_trace(1, "set xcvr clock");
?? ?waitFB("set xcvr clock", 200);
?? ?seth();
}
The code corrresponds correctly to the CAT command
descriptions.?? You can check whether the correct commands are being
sent to the transceiver.? Open the trace panel and deselect all
trace functions with the excepttion of the "set trace".? Press the
"view trace" button.
Then open the pull down tab panel to the "extras" tab.
Select as above for the clock and then press the "Sync Now" button.?
The commands should be sent at the 00 second instant.
David
On 9/16/24 22:41, VR2VRC via groups.io
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Hi David
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IC-7610 Time sync no work, please help to check, thanks!?
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73 Yip
VR2VRC
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Re: Raspberry Pi, FLRig, rigctl problem
I see I am already a userof the dialout group.
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GW0WZL@ssd-WSJTX:~ $ getent group dialout
dialout:x:20:GW0WZL
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Re: Raspberry Pi, FLRig, rigctl problem
On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 06:01 AM, Bob Cameron, VK2YQA wrote:
Bob VK2YQA
Thanks for that info Bob, I have run the command and I get:
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?sudo lsof -i -P -n | grep LISTEN
vncserver ? ?861 ? ? ? ? ?root ? 11u ?IPv6 ? 2981 ? ? ?0t0 ?TCP *:5900 (LISTEN)
vncserver ? ?861 ? ? ? ? ?root ? 12u ?IPv4 ? 2982 ? ? ?0t0 ?TCP *:5900 (LISTEN)
sshd ? ? ? ? 871 ? ? ? ? ?root ? ?3u ?IPv4 ? 8538 ? ? ?0t0 ?TCP *:22 (LISTEN)
sshd ? ? ? ? 871 ? ? ? ? ?root ? ?4u ?IPv6 ? 8540 ? ? ?0t0 ?TCP *:22 (LISTEN)
murmurd ? ? 1333 mumble-server ? 12u ?IPv6 ? 9590 ? ? ?0t0 ?TCP *:64738 (LISTEN)
flrig ? ? 186783 ? ? ? ?GW0WZL ? 11u ?IPv4 271398 ? ? ?0t0 ?TCP *:12345 (LISTEN)
cupsd ? ? 234401 ? ? ? ? ?root ? ?7u ?IPv6 337800 ? ? ?0t0 ?TCP [::1]:631 (LISTEN)
cupsd ? ? 234401 ? ? ? ? ?root ? ?8u ?IPv4 337801 ? ? ?0t0 ?TCP 127.0.0.1:631 (LISTEN)
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From this I see that GWOWZL (my unix name) is owner?? of this port. Could this be the reason I cannot connect from another LAN IP address, does the user need adding to dial out group or something similar?
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Thanks
John
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Re: flrig on bookworm strange switching antenna behaviour Yaesu FTdx 3000
Thanks Dave,
I assigned a button in the macros to BU0; and BD0; which tells the radio to go up or down a band, and using this it transfers the ant selection and the tuner selection and also the NB selection. I have all the boxes ticked in the Restore panel and using FLRig in this way so far has retained all the settings.
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Now I can also switch ant from FLRig thanks to you pointing out my error with the commands, I have installed cutecom so will start trying to learn a bit more about the commands now. Is there any other way to see responses apart from in the command panel, would be nice if the button text changed or something similar.
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Thanks for your help I now have a bit more control over the radio for remote use.
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John GW0WZL
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Bo, W4GHV
Dave, W1HKJ
Bruce W4BRU
Bill - VE3BOK