[TenTec] ORION and IC7800 - Kirby - GUI's

[Charles Greene]

At 12:37 AM 6/29/2004, you wrote:

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> > One thing I have done is to run two simultaneous
> > copies of MixW, controlling two K2s on different
> > bands, and transmit/receive digital signals on one
> > or the other, shifting rigs by the click of a mouse
> > and typing in the window that is selected.  The non
> > transmitting rig copies the selected station
> > while transmitting on the other. Typical SO2R
> > operation.
>
>Similarly in concept I've been running 4 "radios"
>simultaneously on 4 separate bands and have all of
>them communicating with WriteLog. Works pretty darn
>slick too, rather than trying to drive radios from
>WriteLog I drive the radios from the N4PY software
>sessions and the WriteLog program dutifully follows. I
>can envision many improvements over what I'm now
>doing, but the limitations to date are mostly the
>hardware that is being driven, not the software, after
>all software can only do what the hardware will let
>it.
>----snip----

Duane,

Read your fine response.

Some questions,

I have been hesitant about registering with N4PY software, as other rig 
control software I have used are just pretty pictures of the front panel 
and just duplicate rig controls.  I am using N1MM Logger software 
http://pages.cthome.net/n1mm/.  Do you know if it integrates as well with 
N4PY software as Writelog?  I queryed N4PY and he said he was not familiar 
with N1MM Logger.

I have been operating SO2R with 2 K2s, but one of the K2s is the original 
QRP version and I want to keep it that way.  So I am going to try SO2R with 
one K2 /100 and one Omni-VI, both of which are 100 watts, and possibly use 
a linear on one or both.  Can I do this with one copy of N4PY software?

The final thing is that with the either the K2 or OMNI-VI,  I'm not sure 
the N2PY program is worth it because of the limited functions you can 
control.   If I had an Orion, that would be a different story.  Comment?

>Duane
>N9DG
>