[TRLog] IC-765 Radio Control

[K2ONP@aol.com]

Hi Pete,

As you mentioned, I also do not run TR from the DOS window in Windows. 

Rather, I boot up TR from a DOS disk, and found the program to work 
perfectly, except for control of the IC-765.  Booting up from a disk is an 
easy way to customize the config.sys and autoexec.bat file.  In contrast to 
CT, TR seems to require that EMM386 and HIMEM.SYS devices be installed.  
Since I am also running a DVP, I also install a RAMDRIVE.  The DVP, by the 
way, peforms flawlessly.

My computer is an AMD 266 with 128 meg RAM running Windows 98 SE.  I keep my 
DOS programs on a separate small slave drive which is configured with FAT16 
partitions.  Again, no problems running either CT or TR.

The ICOM radio control is a separate problem.  I have spent endless hours 
adjusting the two ICOM parameters in TR, but have not really gotten anywhere.

The radio will QSY with no problem.  Since I mostly CW contest, I can live 
with the flaky split function performance, but I really have a problem with 
the program changing my filter settings!  The QSY operation with the shift 
keys would really be a nice feature, but I can live without that.

The IC-765 is a great, relatively inexpensive contesting radio which is 
superb on CW.

Since radio control of the 765 in CT is flawless, my belief is that this is a 
software issue with TR.  There are enough contest operators who use the 765 
to warrant a further look.

Thanks for your help,
Geo K2ONP

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