Future of ETO amps

pduff at austin.ibm.com pduff at austin.ibm.com
Fri Feb 9 11:25:22 EST 1996


ETO amps are favored by many contesters around the world.  With the recent
aquisition of ETO by a non-amateur related corporation, I'm wondering if
any contesters have any solid indications or information as to whether
ETO intends to remain in the amateur amplifier market over the long-haul?

 73 de Phil NA4M

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Phil Duff  -. .- ....- --                               pduff at austin.ibm.com
IBM AIX Build Group, Austin, TX.               
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My opinion, not IBM's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


>From broz at csn.net (John Brosnahan)  Fri Feb  9 17:33:19 1996
From: broz at csn.net (John Brosnahan) (John Brosnahan)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 10:33:19 -0700
Subject: 8875/8874/MLA2500 ?
Message-ID: <199602091733.KAA19861 at lynx.csn.net>

>On 2/9/96 you wrote: 
>
>> MLA2500 owners, etc....
>> Has anyone tried a 8874 in place of the 8875?

>The mechanical changes necessary to convert the MLA-2500 to use 8874s 
>would amount to almost a complete rework of the packaging ... and even 
>then the electrical problems (driving impedence, grid metering, 
>improper plate circuit Q on some bands) would remain. 

--------------------

I disagree completely on the electrical issues  (driving impedence, grid
metering, improper plate circuit Q on some bands) and disagree in principle
on the cooling issues.

The ONLY difference electrically is the plate dissipation.  300 watts for
the 8875 and 400 watts for the 8874, which is solely due to the
effectiveness of the heatsink.  Electrically they are interchangeable.
Mechanically the 8874 is smaller than the 8875 so should fit the available
space.  Then the only issue is the modifications required to cool the 8874.

I don't have one of the amps to look at, but it should (in theory) be
possible to add chimneys from the top of the anodes to the top of the case
(I think the 8875s were mounted vertically).  Then the only thing required
is a fan that pulls the air up through the tubes and out the top of the
case.  All of those vent holes provide lots of air INPUT area.  Muffin fans
do not work well into back pressure, but in this mode where the fan is
pulling through the tube it may work adequately--at least well enough to get
the 300 watts dissipation of the 8875 from the 8874.  If the top of the case
is "full of holes" it is possible to mount a square of thin brass the size
of the fan on the underside of the cover, to which the chimneys are attached
to short sections of tubing the diameter of the tubes and located directly
over the tops, which have been soldered to the flat brass.  A plenum may be
required on the top of the cover for the fan to be located above the cover
with enough space to allow it to "pull" with full force.  (Locating it
directly on the cover might reduce the suction due to turbulence from the
proximity of the tiny holes.)  I would probably go for a larger fan than the
standard 4" muffin.  Something more like a 6" one.  Seems like the 8875s
were mounted very closely to the back of the case, making it more difficult
to mount the larger fan directly over the tubes.  This may push one even
more towards the plenum concept, with the fan offset somewhat from the
position directly above the tubes.  Probably ought to space it an inch or so
above the cover.  Anode temperature is the key issue.  Don't know where to
get tempelaq (sp?  they say spelling is the second thing to go)
(temperature sensitive laquer that turns color upon reaching a certain temp.
Handy to paint on the anodes to see if they exceed the "turning"  temp of
the particular paint used.

(A word is worth a millipicture.  Hope this makes enough sense to
extrapolate to the actual amp in question.)

The type of chimneys needed can be fashioned from high temp silicone rubber
sheet the way ETO does it in their amps.  If the cabinet top can be modified
(you aren't worried about resale value are you?) then the mechanical mods
should be even easier.

Reminds me very much of all of the fans that I mounted on top of my old
Collins S-line transmitters to keep them cool during the early K0RF contest
operations.  They were all held on with cable lacing string tied to the
holes in the top lids in order to eliminate the need for any mods to the case.

Hope this is useful.  73  John  W0UN

BTW You might want to confirm that the tube sockets allow some air to flow
around them in order to make sure there is enough air flow to keep the base
end of the tube cool.  I would guess that the proposed mod would provide
better air flow than the original design, not worse.


John Brosnahan  
La Salle Research Corp      24115 WCR 40     La Salle, CO 80645  USA
voice 970-284-6602            fax 970-284-0979           email broz at csn.net


>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil at seattleu.edu  Fri Feb  9 17:38:51 1996
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil at seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:38:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: One More Watt-Me-Worrier Needed!
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9602090951.R8117-9100000 at handel.seattleu.edu>

One more lunatic willing to do the CW Sprint low-power is needed for
Watt-Me-Worry Team #2.  C'mon, c'mon!

73, Ward N0AX

WMW #1: NX1H, K7FR, K6XO, K0ZX, WB4IUX, N0AX, K8JLF, KK9W, KW1K, K7GM
WMW #2: N4ZR, KA2GSL, NM1Q, VP2E/KI4HN, K8NZ, K7SS/KH6, KB8N, WA0RJY,
AA5BT, AND ?



>From Larry Tyree <tree at cmicro.com>  Fri Feb  9 17:48:09 1996
From: Larry Tyree <tree at cmicro.com> (Larry Tyree)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:48:09 -0800
Subject: First Timer sprint team
Message-ID: <199602091748.JAA19890 at cascade.cmicro.com>


Okay...  if you meet the following two criteria, please consider joining
the "First Timer" CW sprint team:

1. You have never operated the CW Sprint before (except for maybe a few
   QSOs here and there).

2. You like to put things off to the last minute.

So, it IS the last minute as the sprint happens tomorrow at 0Z!!

If you would like to join a group of nine others who are in the same
situation, then let me know via return message to tree at cmicro.com.

The winner of this team gets a certificate, and the whole team will be
listed in the results!!  

Thanks for your support.

Tree N6TR/7

PS: For those of you who haven't heard, I will be at TI1C for the ARRL DX
CW contest, single op all band.  I should be active several days before 
the contest as TI4CF concentrating on the low bands.

>From Pete Soper <psoper at encore.com>  Fri Feb  9 17:51:40 1996
From: Pete Soper <psoper at encore.com> (Pete Soper)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 12:51:40 EST
Subject: Protection vs hope (was Re: Polyphaser reply about balanced line protection)
Message-ID: <16128.9602091751 at earl.encore.com>

K4VUD Charlie wrote:
>More on lightning:
>Put a lightning suppressor inside the shack, and near your radios, too, 
>as suggested is dumb (pardon me).  Do you want lightning inside your 
>home?  Inside your wire trace very near the rig?
>UNPLUG DISCONNECT etc. There is no such thing as a 
>direct-hit-lightning-"suppresor" (the name tells you something, it does 
>not say "lightning protector") at ham radio prices.  73, K4VUD Charlie


With all due respect, Charlie, and I think there are such things as
"direct-hit-lighting-suppressors". Go visit your local TV station
and ask them if they unplug all their feedlines during stormy
weather. They broadcast right through the storms while taking direct 
hits to their towers. 

I don't pretend to expect this kind of protection with my shoestring 
budget, pea-shooter station. However I sure as hell won't depend on 
unplugging and throwing my feedlines out the window when I think 
conditions are dangerous if I can arrange a better alternative. 
For my new station my feedlines, AC distribution, phone lines, 
antenna switch lines, EVERYTHING will going to go via the most serious 
ground window connected to the biggest collection of bonded ground rods I 
can create. So if the lightning doesn't cooperate in regards to its 
route I can't say I didn't try to arrange the best place for it. 
Whether the ground window is inside or outside my (wooden) shack 
seems laughably irrelevant when millions of volts are involved. But 
I've settled on an outside location with the feedlines passing down 
close to the ground and then back up to the suppressors as a tribute 
to the gods of superstition (going to direct that lightning right 
down into the dirt, yep).

Today I have been a Ham exactly one year, so you and most of the 
other reflector members have a great deal more experience and I really
hesitate to speak out on any subject where I don't have at least an
illusion of empirical data. However my house and shack are just 
below the crest of a ridge and from time to time I live through 
"artillery barrage" style lightning storms. There is a 60 foot 
vertical "tatoo" on one of my Poplar trees, for example. I 
simply can't be comfortable with less than a serious effort in 
this department, within the limits of my budget. When I'm done
I'll have two thirds of the cost of my (albeit cheap) transceiver 
sunk into a ground and suppressor system and my wife is going to be
quite angry when the next VISA statement comes. But in my humble
opinion, its worth it.

Oh, the house service panel will shortly have an MOV unit the size 
of a hocky puck as a first line of defense for the wiring and major
appliances. All the electronics in the house, cable and phones
already have MOV protection at each site. When the Poplar got its
tatoo last year my electronics were unphased, while my next door
neighbor (much farther from the tree) got his TV smoked. I want
to believe that my past actions to prepare resulted in that difference.

For me it isn't "if" but "when".

(But I won't be pretending I'm a TV station. Prior to and during
storms the transceiver and tuner ports will be grounded!)

Interested readers may find the URL below "enlightning". It covers
the full range of notions about the subject.

     http://www.4w.com/ham/ka9fox/lightning_and_towers.txt

To cq-contest: Thanks for making my first year with this hobby an
               INCREDIBLE experience!

Regards,
Pete
KS4XG

>From Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr at Interpath.com  Fri Feb  9 17:04:42 1996
From: Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 13:04:42 -0400
Subject: Scores WPX RTTY
Message-ID: <199602091809.NAA29131 at mail-hub.interpath.net>

I will be doing the scores for this weekends WPX RTTY contest. Please
email them to me direct, WF1B reflector or 3830 reflector. Please do
post any on here. I will post the summary sheet on here if you are 
interested.

73, Jim
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>From Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr at Interpath.com  Fri Feb  9 17:04:32 1996
From: Jimmy R. Floyd" <floydjr at Interpath.com (Jimmy R. Floyd)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 13:04:32 -0400
Subject: CQ 160 Mtr. CW Contest 96 Scores Final Posting
Message-ID: <199602091809.NAA29098 at mail-hub.interpath.net>

1996 CQ 160 METER CW CONTEST
Raw Scores

Compiled by
WA4ZXA

Date Posted 02/09/96
Final Posting


IMPORTANT NOTICE!!
Please do not submit scores to CQ-Contest Reflector. Send them to me
or the 3830 Reflector. 



CALL               HRS           SCORE       Q'S      PTS     ST/VE    DX
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Single/OP/QRP

K0GU                             42,222      278       681      52     10
KA1CZF                           34,272      300                46      5
W2CRS/0                          22,904      178                    56
VE7CQK                              680       20        85       7      1


Single/OP/HP

VP9AD                         1,220,880     1630                58     62
ON4UN                         1,133,370     1275      8995      47     79
VE3EJ                           743,971     1287      6953      59     48
G0IVZ                           542,016      863      5646      41     55
VE9AA                           443,515      678      4145      56     51
WB9Z                            430,008     1123                59     55
KC8MK                           416,193     1084                58     54
AA5BL                           411,000     1165                57     50
W3GH  (W9XR)                    353,052     1057                58     50
W4MYA               16          331,886      925      3286      54     44
WZ3Q                            309,309      963                54     47
K1IU                10          250,357      570      2581      51     46
WD8LLD              18          228,200      783                56     44
K8FC                            195,608      703                57     41
K1KI                 5          180,928      412                50     38
K2WK                 8          177,570      503                51     39
WR3O                            174,856      746      1987      56     32
K3JT                            173,512      808                56     26
WR30                            172,172      746      2002      56     30
NW6N                            162,488      669                55     21
C31LJ               12          157,006      512                14     44
K3ZO                 9          151,890      524                50     33
N6ZZ                            148,068      675                55     26
NC0P                            144,780      770                    76
OZ1AXG               8          143,496      350      1993      17     55
W8CAR                           140,778      687      1782      52     27
K0EJ                13          131,978      637      1714      52     25
NI8L                12          131,824      638      1712      52     25
OI6YF  (OH6YF)                  129,584      439      2314       6     50
N3RR                10          122,122      498                47     30
AI7B                            120,085      634      1645      56     17
KR4DL                           103,842      461      1282      52     29
VE6KRR                           95,703      350      1679      52      5
KF3P                 6           91,500      432      1220      51     24
WB9HRO              13           91,242      506                58     16
WV5S                             89,836      480                55     19
VE6JY                            81,114      245                53     13
AB5YG                            81,114      518      1229      51     15
K9JF/7              15           75,768      451      1114      56     12
K9MA                 5           62,510      333                54     16
VE7IN                            55,047      182                47     12
K8MR                 4           51,035      370                49     10
N4BP                             48,768      302       762          64
KC0EI                            47,100      347                52      7
N8ATR                            44,840      180       590      47     29
W5ASP                6           41,667      321                    57
N4OGW/9              3           32,480      215                46     12
WE9V  (KS9K)         3           25,596      180       474      43     11
N8RR                 2           17,360       84                34     18


Single/OP/LP

K7SV                            217,168      816                58     40
KM9P                18          179,742      750                    87
VE6WQ                           120,734      366      1802      55     12
W5FO                            117,068      621                56     18
K04EW               18          103,464      602                55     17
WA6KUI                           80,036      501                54     14
WO1N                             79,560      420      1105      52     20
K7FR                             77,452      478      1156      56     11
KU8E                17           72,964      430      1073      50     18
WX9E                11           59,085      387                54     11
K9WIE               12           54,492      422       956      52      5
N0UEI               20           36,192      267       629      54      4
AA7BG                            33,276      218                50      9
NW8F                             32,791      281       643      43      7
N2BIM                            32,214      225                47     12
WA8YRS               7           31,311      288       639          49
W3CPB                9           30,381      213                46     11
W7TSQ               11           28,875      188       525      47      8
AL7PT                            26,221      512                45      6
KM0L                             23,348      191       449      45      7
KZ8E                             20,900      175       418          50
WA7VNI              21           18,630      159       405          46
KE5FI               10           17,850      141       350      42      9
DL7ANQ               8           16,492      121       532       1     31
WA7BNM               5           16,468      153                42      4
K5NA                 4           14,085      135       313      40      5
KJ6HO                            12,768      118       304      36      6
NM1W                 6           10,881      109       279      33      6
NM1Q                 3            6,238       71                28      3


Mutlit-OP

W2GD                            837,000     1515                58     70
WW2Y                            824,000     1438                59     65
W1KM                            789,538     1380                58     60
KY1H                            551,464     1273      4754      58     58
DK1NO                           482,349      799      4683      35     68
AB4RU                           462,735     1108      3955      59     58
K3WW                            448,690     1088                58     52
SL3ZV                           376,112      758      4274      24     64
AA0RS                           308,320      959      3280      57     37
N4RJ                            276,262      918                55     43
AA3B                            206,804      760      2132      58     39
WD9INF                          202,895      940                56     29
SM5HJZ                          202,440      527      2892      16     54
N6DX                            200,260      733      2356      57     28
G4BUO                           198,922      416      2518      29     50
RK9CWW                          191,394      428      3906       0     49
WX0B                            176,064      801                55     29
WA3WJD                          172,408      635      1874      57     35
K8DO                25          157,850      872                57     20
K7OX                            133,200      674      1850          72
K6XO/7                          116,178      694                56     11
KC7U                12          105,975      489      1413      55     20
K3KO                            101,634      511                53     25
DL8OBC                           85,332      348      1641      13     39
KC7KUH                           81,575      494      1255      54     11
W6GO                             57,120      309       840      55     13
AA8SM                            43,859      309       719      49     12
AB6FO                            40,016      225       656      49     12
N7AVK                            25,000      125                42     11
WB0O                              1,404       17                    12

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

THESE ARE NOT OFFICIAL SCORES!!!! DO NOT TRY TO SEND ME LOGS!!! I do not
have anything to do with CQ Magazine or this contest. 

Remember that I do not change anything sent to me. If the scores are
wrong then you need to send email to the people who gave me the scores. 
I will only orrect scores that are sent to me by the person with the 
score. Classes are according to how they were sent to me.

73's  Jim

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>From flanders at GroupZ.net (Jerry Flanders)  Fri Feb  9 18:38:18 1996
From: flanders at GroupZ.net (Jerry Flanders) (Jerry Flanders)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 13:38:18 -0500
Subject: Surge suppressors for balanced feeders?

>Sorry, but Jerry has a lot to worry about from a direct or partial direct 
>lightning hit on his installation.  ...

...  I use two banana 
>plugs/sockets to unfasten my ladder line from the window patch panel 
>termination point.


>73, K4VUD, Charlie 
>
>=====================================================================
Thanks for the comments, Charlie.

Of course, I cannot totally eliminate the risk of lightning damage. But I
definitely worry less with my present setup - perhaps this is the bliss of
ignorance :)

I don't know the statistics on this, but I believe there are MANY more
damaging transients from NEARBY strikes that could take out SS devices than
there are direct strikes. I believe I have protected my station from these,
and also have eliminated any need for me to personally touch or even get
near the antenna  conductors to disconnect them before or during a lightning
storm. My disconnect occurs automatically every time I switch off the master
power to the station - no getting up in the middle of the night and going
outside to disconnect something.

Perhaps I should also have explained in my initial comment that the metal
relay switching box definitely, firmly, and positively provides as
low-impedance path to ground for any transient on the line. So the actual
circuit is: The shield of all coax-fed dipoles are firmly grounded at a
junction box outside the house, and the center conductors of these have a
pretty short (maybe 1/16 inch) pointed gap to the same ground. The shield of
the coax going into the house is connected to this same ground, as is its
center conductor (I would prefer to have these isolated from the box, but
this isn't practical). At the other end of this line (at the rig) the shield
is firmly and positively grounded (before entering the rig). The rig is
connected to the coax, of course, and the rig is also separately grounded to
the same shack ground. If you analyse the system, you realize that you want
a VERY good ground at the outside box. I think I have this.

I don't worry about anything short of another direct strike. The one which
melted the wires I referred to earlier was the first I had ever had (been
stringing conductors in the air since 1951 - never a really tall tower,
though. My antennas are generally less than 70 feet high). One could hit me
tomorrow, but I honestly don't expect another direct strike in my lifetime.
And if a direct strike does hit, I will probably suffer much less damage in
the shack than the first time.

I have a friend here in town who, when a storm comes up, wraps his hand
around his PL239's and "plays Ben Franklin" for several seconds while he
disconnects each of them. His wife does this for him if he is not home.
Russian Roulette, anyone?

Do your family a favor, Charlie: Stay away from those bananna plugs on the
ladder line when there is a storm around. 

Jerry Flanders      W4UKU      South Carolina     flanders at groupz.net


>From David C. Patton" <mudcp3 at uxa.ecn.bgu.edu  Fri Feb  9 20:31:59 1996
From: David C. Patton" <mudcp3 at uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (David C. Patton)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 14:31:59 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Final-SSBSprint-Scores
Message-ID: <199602092032.OAA21679 at ecom2.ecn.bgu.edu>

Collected from 3830 by WX3N

K6LL/7       14,805       315 x 47
VE7NTT       13,662       297 x 46
K4VX/0       13,554       251 x 54  WX3N
AA5RB        12,784       272 x 47
N8SR/6       11,684       254 x 46
W0UA         11,610       258 x 45
K7UP/5       11,438       266 x 43
KW8N         10,604       241 x 44
KJ6HO        10,578       246 x 43
AI7B         10,191       237 x 43
W5ASP        10,105       215 x 47
W9UP          9,786       233 x 42  N0BSH
W5NN          9,576       228 x 42  KB5YVT
K9ZO          9,522       207 x 46
AA5WQ/0       9,416       214 x 44
N9ITX/7       9,282       221 x 42
NM5M          8,979       219 x 41  lp
W9RE          8,897       217 x 41  really loud in KH6 on 40
N6HC          8,862       211 x 42
NC6U          8,400       210 x 40
W6TKF         8,280       207 x 40
VE7IN         8,241       201 x 41
WA7BNM/6      7,760       194 x 40  lp
KB4GID        7,744       176 x 44
KO9Y          7,503       183 x 41  lp
KM0L          7,280       182 x 40  too many pig farmers
KN6DV         6,790       194 x 35
KE3Q          6,660       180 x 37
KU8E          6,435       165 x 39  wires only
KF3P          6,201       159 x 39
WX9E          5,547       129 x 43  lp
KC4ZV         5,291       143 x 37  lp  ice and no carpet
KZ8E/5        5,236       154 x 34  lp
K9WIE/0       4,560       120 x 38
W7ZRC         4,216       136 x 31
KO4EW         3,800       100 x 38  lp
WE9V          3,774       111 x 34  had to quit and wash underwear
KK6XN         2,808       117 x 24  lp
KK5EA/4       2,204        76 x 29
AA7TF         1,656        69 x 24
N4TW            624        39 x 16  lp buried antenna

Miserable condx reported everywhere.

73, Dave Patton, WX3N op at K4VX
mudcp3 at uxa.ecn.bgu.edu

Email logs to K7GM at aoniswan at ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu

>From nt5c at easy.com (John Warren)  Fri Feb  9 20:19:53 1996
From: nt5c at easy.com (John Warren) (John Warren)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 15:19:53 -0500
Subject: Cushcraft 40-2CD
Message-ID: <1388243293-34950178 at BANJO.EASY.COM>

|I do not agree that cushcraft antennas are not strong. Even the 40-m2. I know
|a friend who has this antenna in a very high wind area and the antenna are OK.
|EA3NY
|Eddie Stark
|
|Eddy,
|The Cushcraft HF antennas are made out of the lightest materials of any HF
|antenna manufacturer here in the States. As far as the 40-2CD antennas
|surviving strong winds in your area, when you speed in your car, you don't
|always get a speeding ticket do you?
|Steve  K7LXC

I have to agree with Steve. The 40-2CD is a superb antenna - electrically -
but the driven element on mine is already bent 10 degrees due to a Central
Texas squall line (still seems to work fine though). Looking back, I should
have incorporated the mechanical strengthening suggested by W6QHS and
others before putting it up. I would recommend those mods to any new users,
except in the easiest of environments. Too bad Cushcraft couldn't build
them in - then the 40-2CD would be a SPECTACULAR antenna!

John, NT5C.



>From Scotty Neustadter <scotty at iquest.com>  Fri Feb  9 22:33:35 1996
From: Scotty Neustadter <scotty at iquest.com> (Scotty Neustadter)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 16:33:35 -0600
Subject: Web Page for Contester's Hamfests
Message-ID: <199602092233.QAA03034 at vespucci.iquest.com>

Huntsville Hamfest has established a web page (http://www.hamfest.org) that
will enable all hamfests to advertise their show on the Internet. There is
no cost -- check the page out and if you are involved with a hamfest please
provide the data, and we will put you on the web

73
Scotty Neustadter, N4PYD                  Internet: scotty at iquest.com   
Huntsville Hamfest Chairman
Question Pool Committee, NCVEC


>From Steven Sample <aa9ax at iglou.com>  Sat Feb 10 00:12:43 1996
From: Steven Sample <aa9ax at iglou.com> (Steven Sample)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 19:12:43 -0500 (EST)
Subject: QUICK HELP ON ICOM SETUP IN TR LOGGING PROGRAM-PLEASE!
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960209190240.25167A-100000 at iglou>

Just received N6TR logging program.  Having problem with com ports which 
work fine with CT and NA.  Nothing changing but the program!  Here's the 
problem on radio control.  I've set up the logcfg.dat file as follows:

    RADIO ONE BAUD RATE = 1200
    RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 2
    RADIO ONE TYPE = IC781

Doesn't work.  Manual says Icom & Tentec need another parameter:

    RADIO ONE RECEIVER ADDRESS =

I entered:  RADIO ONE RECEIVER ADDRESS = 26H

Then, I get an error message in trying to start the program citing that 
line as the problem.  My 781 tells me on the CRT screen that the default 
address is 26H.  CT and NA interface to it fine - no problem.

Would one of you 781 / TR users please tell me what .cfg you use???  
Would like it working for Sprint tomorrow.  Thanx!

P.S.  I haven't spent much time on it, but it's also not reading my com 1 
for packet interface.  (Again - it works fine on CT and NA).  I'm sure 
it's no big deal, and this program certainly allows for some exciting 
"super-tuning".  Thanks again

Steve Sample / AA9AX  (aa9ax at iglou.com)



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