Folks,
If you have no radios connected this is the workaround for now.
RADIO ONE TRACKING ENABLE = FALSE
RADIO TWO TRACKING ENABLE = FALSE
You can put the commands directly in LOGCFG.DAT or change the values in
the CTRL-J menu.
By the way ALT-B and ALT-V will wrap around from top to bottom bands and
visa versa.
73 es God Bless de KK1L...Ron Rossi (kk1l@arrl.net) <><
QTH: Jericho, Vermont
My page: http://www.intergate.com/~kk1l
Paul Kirley wrote:
> Recently there have been posts describing difficulties changing bands with
> Alt-B in version 6.85, leaving the log at the default of 160 meters.
> Although I have not adopted any versions of TRLog since 6.79 because I have
> no computer-controllable radios, I detected an undercurrent that the problems
> lay with the difference between a logging program and a radio-control
> program.
>
> So I conducted an experiment (described below) and came to the following
> conclusions about version 6.85 when used on a computer NOT connected to any
> radio in any way:
> (1) Alt-B has no effect; Alt-V cannot be tested because there is no band
> below the default of 160 meters, from which 6.85 cannot be moved.
> (2) Alt-M has no effect for Field Day (one of the freebie events), although
> that may be because
> (3) Field Day is only CW--according to 6.85.
> (4) Additions to LOGCFG.DAT of the commands BAND = 40 and MODE = PHONE had
> no effect.
>
> If version 6.85 is to be a logging program as well as a radio-control
> program, some repairs will be needed.
>
> 73, Paul W8TM
>
> ***************************
>
> Experiment description:
> (A) The computer used was an old laptop with no Windows, Linux, etc. Only
> DOS 6.22 is on it, which I had to load myself because this $25 Dayton
> wonder-machine had only 4 files on its hard drive when purchased.
> (B) Both CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT were bypassed by pressing F5 at the
> beep while DOS started.
> (C) The resulting path appears as PATH=C:\DOS, so that other TRLog files
> won't be found accidentally.
> (D) TR.EXE and TR.OVR versions 6.85 were downloaded today (11/27/06) from
> http://www.kkn.net/~tree/TR685.ZIP (using a more capable computer), unzipped
> and put alone into a directory C:\PKTEMP on the experiment machine. The
> directory name was chosen to reduce interaction potential even further.
> (E) In C:\PKTEMP the command TR was issued, which resulted in a non-start
> with the error message that no CTY.DAT could be found. A copy of the current
> CTY.DAT was copied into that directory.
> (F) A second command of TR in C:\PKTEMP resulted in the program asking if I
> wanted to set up a contest. I chose to set up Field Day, got through the
> configuration routine, but received a second error message saying that the
> program needed file ARRLSECT.DOM. A copy of the current ARRLSECT.DOM was
> copied into that directory.
> (G) LOGCFG.DAT thus produced was:
> MY CALL = W8TM
> MY SECTION = OH
> MY FD CLASS = 1E
> CONTEST = FIELD DAY
> DISPLAY MODE = COLOR
> (H) TR finally started, showing Field Day, but only CW (FD should show CW,
> phone and digi). It also showed 160 meters. Neither Alt-B nor Alt-M had any
> effect except to blank momentarily the time display. However, the DOS
> speaker emitted CW and I was able to log fantasy QSOs on 160 CW. I didn't
> bother with the simulator.
> (I) TR was shut down and the following commands were added via DOS EDIT to
> the LOGCFG.DAT file:
> BAND = 40
> MODE = PHONE
> LOG.DAT, LOG.TMP and RESTART.BIN were deleted and TR was restarted. The
> added commands had no effect.
>
>
>
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