[WriteLog] WL frequency control on 1000MP

[Jerry Pixton]

John,

At risk of getting in trouble twice in one day -

A band decoder and antenna relay works nicely. The FT1000mp puts out band 
data. The W5XD keyer puts out band data. Writelog puts band data on a 
parallel port with Win95/98.

My setup switches antennas by band automatically. And as long as you have 
the Tuner button on it does tune; some times not as quickly as one might 
want if you are hopping all around.

Jerry, W6IHG



At 09:42 AM 11/28/2001 -0500, John E Bastin, K8AJS wrote:
>I sent a note to the list about this problem once before and got no 
>response, and I was aggravated with it again in CQ WW DX over the weekend, 
>so I'll ask again.
>
>I've found that when changing bands in WL from a packet spot, for 
>instance, that ONLY the frequency of the radio is changed. In my setup, I 
>have the radio switch antennas when I go from 20 meters and above to 30 
>meters and below, or vice versa. If I make a change like that using 
>WriteLog, the antenna is not switched, and I find myself transmitting on 
>the wrong antenna.
>
>ALSO, when I travel from the bottom of the band up some distance when 
>going from spot to spot, the automatic antenna tuner doesn't pickup on the 
>frequency change either, resulting in a higher SWR than I would have if I 
>was tuning up the band using the tuning knob.
>
>Is there any solution for this problem, or is it a limitation in the CAT 
>capabilities? Or worse yet, some problem with the 1000MP memory storage 
>that it doesn't store antenna by frequency, for instance, but by what 
>button on the front panel is pushed?
>
>Does anyone have any idea of a solution? It's a bit of a pain to remember 
>to push the front panel button on the radio to switch bands before I go to 
>a particular packet spot on that band.
>
>73,
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Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs LLC
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