[RTTY] Adaptive RX software announcement for Icom rigs

[Larry Gauthier (K8UT)]

In advance of this weekend’s CQ WPX contest, I’m releasing a free utility program developed from my experience in the ARRL ROUNDUP and beta tested in the BARTG SPRINT contest. I operated primarily S&P and found myself performing the same repetitive task: select wide bandpass filters; search for a station; select narrow bandpass filters; work the station; select wide bandpass filters; search for next station... 

This utility monitors the Icom CI-V traffic between your radio and your logging software and automatically widens/narrows your configured filter selections. The premise is that your radio is in one of two States - either TUNING to find somebody or STATIONARY to work somebody. I’ve tested it successfully with my three logging programs: DX4Win, DXLabs Commander, and N1MM Logger.

Documentation and Download instructions are available here:
http://www.k8ut.com/tiki-index.php?page=CI-Vfilter+Utility+Documentation

Perhaps a poor fit for Big Gun stations that operate primarily in Run mode; but helpful at Little Pistol stations (like mine) on crowded bands in Search&Pounce mode. Works in both RTTY and CW operation.

Comments welcome. 

-larry (K8UT)