[TRLog] TR with FT817??

[W1HIJCW@aol.com]

Hi All,

I recently used TRLog (version 6.70) with the FT897 in the Cal QSO Party. No 
problem at all, although I did have to upgrade my copy of TR to a version 
which had the FT817 protocol available.

As far as I could tell, the documentation for the instruction set of the 
FT897 was identical with that for the 817, so I went ahead and told the 
computer that the radio on the other end of the cable was an 817 and it was 
gloriously happy for 20 hours.

Once in a great while, the computer would lose track of the radio but that 
was quickly and easily fixed by cycling the power on the radio (a 3 second 
fix). I'm not convinced that the problem wasn't either a computer problem 
(WIN98se "restarted in DOS" on 100 MHz Pentium) or an RFI issue, rather than 
something with the radio or the interface. BTW, there was never a computer 
generated CW problem either.

73 de Bill, W1HIJ/6
(W6UFT in CQP2002)


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