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Re: [WriteLog] Control isses with FT-950

To: DickT-W0RAA <dickt@w0raa.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Control isses with FT-950
From: Al Zelna <mr.mri@epix.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:23:30 -0400
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Thanks,

Al, N3KAE



On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:03 PM, DickT-W0RAA <dickt@w0raa.com> wrote:

> Hi Al,
>
> Not sure which rig control issues you may need clarification on.  When I
> first got my FT-950 a couple years ago, I had always used the %O command in
> my macro that basically said "%C TU GL de W0RAA CQ%O%L%E" (without quotes,
> of course).  The %O Zero'd the CLAR, The %L logged the contact & the %E
> ended the transmission, of course.
>
> With the FT-920 the %O always worked.  With the FT-950 it didn't.  So I
> wrote to Wayne (W5XD) and mentioned this to him and sent a .pdf format of
> the FT-950 CAT Commands off the Yaesu web site.  Within a week or two he
> had
> it fixed and sent me a beta to test.  I tested it for two weeks, and it
> never failed to Zero the CLAR when the %O command was issued, so he made it
> part of the program in future releases.
>
> I have never used the Alt-F1/F2 Combination in WL so that was never a big
> issue for me.  I do use the Alt-F9/F10 combination to raise and lower CW
> speeds in WL and those have always worked.   I had never experienced any
> Alt-F1/F2 problems until John, N1JM mentioned it.  Since I have never used
> it before it wasn't a real issue with me, but he may have discovered a bug.
> Hitting Alt-F1 should send the radio to the next lower contest band, and
> Alt-F2 should send it to the next higher contest band.  Hitting either key
> combo should not put the radio in split mode.
>
> If you can be more specific as regards "control issues" I'll be most
> helpful
> to address them, if I can.
>
> 73,
>
> Dick - W0RAA
> CU in the Colorado QSO Party
> September 4, 2010
>
> >
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:42:07 -0400
> > From: Al Zelna <mr.mri@epix.net>
> > Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Insert Key
> > To: DickT-W0RAA <dickt@w0raa.com>
> > Cc: Writelog Reflector <writelog@contesting.com>
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> > Any rig control/message issues with the FT-950 during the contest?
> >
> > Al, N3KAE
>
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