[WriteLog] CAT Support

[Don Melcher]

Jim 

I am the "pesky" West Coast user he refers to - I have the remote
station that he has been using for development - for one reason is that
latency issues are a big problem and being 1/2 the world away, Simon can
get a better feel of performance. The other is I own just about every
type of radio that HRD talks to - including 2 K2's - so fear not. Simon
first used my station to develop the support for the Icom PCR-1000, so
it is a proven method.

All the radios that HRD supports will work, much like the N4PY Pegasus
programs. HRD is set up to control the radio (as long as it is supported
by HRD - the make/model doesn't matter) as usual - and WL talks to HRD
by setting up WL as connecting to a Kenwood (and later Icom) radio on
the "virtual" com port that HRD is using to talk with WL. The beauty is
that this will allow radios that WL doesn't necessarily support - such
as the SDR-1000 (yes - I have one of those too) when it is supported by
HRD (coming soon to a computer near you). 

Don
W6CZ

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:43:18 -0500
From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] CAT Support
To: "Simon Brown (HB9DRV)" <simon at hb9drv.ch>,
	"writelog at contesting.com" <writelog at contesting.com>
Message-ID: <20050623034320.891867D48 at gw1.nlenet.net>
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:58:15 +0200, Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote:

>I am adding virtual COM port 
>support into Ham Radio Deluxe so that users of third-party programs can

>seamlessly talk to the radio via Ham Radio Deluxe. 

Many thanks for doing this, Simon. I haven't been vocal, but I have very
much 
wanted this ever since I discovered your software. 

The Elecraft K2 is an important radio for CW contesters, and should be
supported 
when you have time to do it. 

Jim K9YC