[TRLog] More Icom Radio Delay

[Mike Wetzel]

Rich-thanks for the confirmation as several others have not seen the
problem!

For a little more info on this-I just ran a test using Writelog, and it
falls in between CT and TR as far as response.  I tried it at both 4800 and
9600 and didn't see much difference.  Writelog does not wait for the dial to
stop but still lags a fair amount more than CT.

I always used the band map in CT but after going to TR in the fall, I
stopped using the band map and in the major contests doing SO2R, I didn't
miss it that much (obviously you don't need it on the cq radio and as your S
& P on the second radio is not as intense as if you were 1R S & P'ing, I
didn't miss it too much).  But in minor contests (state qso parties) where
you are constantly S & P'ing, then I really missed having it.

Mike W9RE

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trlog-admin@contesting.com [mailto:trlog-admin@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of KL7RA
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:17 AM
> To: TRlog Reflector
> Subject: [TRLog] More Icom Radio Delay
>
>
>  Mike writes:
>
> > I see my that I did not communicate my problem clearly!
> > People are talking about tuning the radio then typing a call and hitting
> >the space bar which with the 1 second delay is workable.
> >What I was use to doing with CT was using the frequency readout
> >(bandmap) on the monitor screen as a tuning indicator.   I was able
> >to tune by a frequency (quickly) and figure out the station ID without
> >typing a call or waiting for the station to ID (because I had
> the call in
> >the band map) in this case a 1 second delay is not acceptable.
> >
> > Mike W9RE
>
> Hi Mike
>
> I ran some tests with TR and a 781 this morning after our private e-mails
> on this subject, and you are correct.
>
> For a test I loaded the bandmap with a call every 1 KHz for 5 KHz. Then
> tuning the radio, as you suggest in a slow and steady rate, no calls blink
> as you go through. The reason is easy to see as the freq stays frozen
> until you stop moving the dial.
>
> CT did follow the 781 dial but it uses the IRQ feature. My operating style
> is such that I stop often and listen for a second or two so I have never
> noticed this to be a problem. I can see where it would be for you.
>
> The Icom Pause and Timeout commands are for outgoing so no use here.
> The poll rate is default at one second and the program will not set below
> that. With the bandmap guard freq open to 400 Hz vs 200 I was able to
> "blink" every call, but again having to pause.
>
> The problem in the past was Icom would download a bad read and
> throw the program off into the light band. Tree added a software Icom
> filter that makes sure the freq is correct before sending it on into the
> program. This is probably why the freq does not update until the
> dial stops.
> He has to wait until the data is stable.
>
> Never the less Icom does work with CT so I suppose it should with TR
> as well, just programming...
>
> 73 Rich KL7RA
>
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