[WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 59, Issue 40
Rabbi Cy Stanway
rabbicy at msn.com
Sun Nov 25 16:20:00 EST 2007
Got it. Thanks. How come the txcvr stays in tx?
Rabbi Cy Stanway
www.bethmiriam.org
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Psk (Don Hill AA5AU)
2. Re: IC-756PRO3 can't split (Gerald Wilson)
3. Band Map problems (Phil Snyder)
4. Re: IC-756PRO3 can't split (Ric Plummer)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:59:03 -0600
From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Psk
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
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There is no waterfall. There is only a spectrum display.
1. Open a RTTY window (Rttyrite)from the main WL Window menu.
2. In the TU Type menu of the Rttyrite window, select Soundboard AFSK.
3. In the Mode menu of the Rttyrite window, select BPSK and a small tuning display will appear.
I played with this today. I had to really crank up the audio from my receiver in order to get a signal to show up in the display. I
may have been able to compensate this by increasing the level in the Windows Record Control panel but didn't play with it. And it
seems the filter of the PSK function of WriteLog is centered around 1000 hz with no way to adjust it. You can adjust transmit and
receive frequency but if you get too far from 1000 hz you lose the signal on the display even though you can hear it clearly through
the headphones (or speaker). This is probably by design and makes for a nice narrow filter. I'm guessing Wayne envisioned PSK
contesting like RTTY contesting where you tune in a signal with the VFO instead of clicking on a signal in a waterfall or spectrum
display.
However, I was extremely impressed with the ability of WriteLog to copy PSK while a CW contester hammered away in my receiver's
audio passband.
73, Don AA5AU
http://www.aa5au.com
http://www.rttycontesting.com
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From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rabbi Cy Stanway
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 2:47 PM
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] Psk
I have been reasding the thread on psk so I went to WL to play with it. I can't find any reference to it or waterfall etc. Where is
it?
Rabbi Cy Stanway
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:15:22 -0000
From: "Gerald Wilson" <gtwilson at integrity.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] IC-756PRO3 can't split
To: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>, "WriteLog Reflector"
<writelog at contesting.com>
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Hi Gary AL9A and others,
Thanks for the Q's in both the CW and phone SS tests.
Regarding the RIT/tuning problem of other stations, I can't explain it these
folks who call and are almost unintelligible; but I suspect they have used
their RIT (or XIT ?) control somewhere else on the band and have forgotten
to cancel it. They are therefore transmitting on a different frequency when
they think they have us tuned in properly. I also had a couple of great
examples of this mis-tuning during the SS phone test.
Regarding the halting behavior of some of the IC-756 Pro class rigs with
WriteLog, the advice given to up the baud rate will help. Another helpful
feature is to reduce the software's rig polling rate. See the help files
for implimenting this and the archives for more history. I don't know
what's happening on the CIV bus to cause these delays or unresponsiveness.
I don't experience this with the DXLab Suite for general non-contest,
DX-logging/rig control. In my "WRITELOG.INI" file, under the
[Configuration] section, I have set my polling rate as follows:
RigPollInterval=1000
I had improved performance at 500 and just went on up to 1000. This makes
any issue manageable for me.
Yes, there are some missing commands from the ICOM instruction set. I have
heard that other manufacturers also have issues with certain aspects of
their computer interfaces.
I can tell you I sure like running my rig (a Pro 2) with a MicroHam
MicroKeyer interface and WriteLog.
73,
Jerry K7VIT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 08:16
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] IC-756PRO3 can't split
> Another serious deficiency with Icom's rig protocol is the inability to
> clear the RIT back to zero from within WL. Not a WL problem, it is owned
> by
> Icom. I believe the WL command to do this is %O, but Icom's do not
> recognize this command. Consequently, if the RIT is used it must be
> manually cleared from the radio panel. Often times my IC-756Pro doesn't
> respond when the RIT Clear button is pressed. I assume there is so much
> info exchange going on between the radio and the computer the rig fails to
> pick up on the press of the panel Clear button. Often the only way to
> reset
> the RIT to zero is to manually turn the RIT knob back to zero. Certainly
> not an attractive solution in the middle of a pile up! Of course, another
> solution would be for calling stations to properly tune to the transmitted
> signal and thus eliminate the need to use RIT in the first place. In last
> week's SS SSB contest it was really stunning to hear how far off frequency
> some stations were when they called. Perhaps they were trying to skirt
> around QRM from other stations, but I think many of them simply don't know
> how to tune their receivers!
>
> Gary AL9A
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <lists at w1nr.net>
> To: "Jim McDonald" <jim at n7us.net>
> Cc: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Sent: November 22, 2007 5:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] IC-756PRO3 can't split
>
>
>> As Ric mentioned there are serious deficiencies in the Icom rig
>> protocol. The easiest way to do it is to hit the minus key when the log
>> window is in focus. This brings up a small edit box in which you enter
>> your split TX frequency. Writelog will command the rig to split and set
>> the TX frequency much faster than using the rig controls.
>>
>> Mike, W1NR
>>
>> Jim McDonald wrote:
>>> Using 10.63H, I just noticed I can?t operate split with my IC-756PROIII.
>>> Every time I press the SPLIT button the radio switches to split
>>> operation
>>> for a second and then back to transceive on the same frequency.
>>> Exiting
>>> Writelog enables the split operation as usual.
>>>
>>> Jim N7US
>>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:53:08 -0600
From: Phil Snyder <n9lah at comcast.net>
Subject: [WriteLog] Band Map problems
To: writelog at contesting.com
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OK folks, I have never really messed around with the band map before but
decided to try it in CQWW CW (new tower and antennas make a guy feel
invincible). Any way, I had everything running smoothly here until I
lost my telnet connection. I reconnected and teh spots are radidly
filling in the telnet window but the band map and packet spot windows
will not repopulate. What simple mouse click am I missing here????
Thanks
Phil
N9LAH
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:33:05 -0500
From: "Ric Plummer" <ricp at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] IC-756PRO3 can't split
To: "'Gerald Wilson'" <gtwilson at integrity.com>, "'Gary Senesac AL9A'"
<al9a at mtaonline.net>, "'WriteLog Reflector'" <writelog at contesting.com>
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One other note on Icom rig control
IF you are running IcomForceSplit=1,
THEN at the rig polling rate, the computer
will send split status ( either on or off )
to the rig.
If you try to use a front panel button and
collide, the button will not fucntion.
I have had this on the antenna selection as well
as RIT.
Increased polling interval should help, but of course this
is a tradeoff
Ric KV1W
-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Gerald Wilson
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 01:15
To: Gary Senesac AL9A; WriteLog Reflector
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] IC-756PRO3 can't split
Hi Gary AL9A and others,
Thanks for the Q's in both the CW and phone SS tests.
Regarding the RIT/tuning problem of other stations, I can't explain it these
folks who call and are almost unintelligible; but I suspect they have used
their RIT (or XIT ?) control somewhere else on the band and have forgotten
to cancel it. They are therefore transmitting on a different frequency when
they think they have us tuned in properly. I also had a couple of great
examples of this mis-tuning during the SS phone test.
Regarding the halting behavior of some of the IC-756 Pro class rigs with
WriteLog, the advice given to up the baud rate will help. Another helpful
feature is to reduce the software's rig polling rate. See the help files
for implimenting this and the archives for more history. I don't know
what's happening on the CIV bus to cause these delays or unresponsiveness.
I don't experience this with the DXLab Suite for general non-contest,
DX-logging/rig control. In my "WRITELOG.INI" file, under the
[Configuration] section, I have set my polling rate as follows:
RigPollInterval=1000
I had improved performance at 500 and just went on up to 1000. This makes
any issue manageable for me.
Yes, there are some missing commands from the ICOM instruction set. I have
heard that other manufacturers also have issues with certain aspects of
their computer interfaces.
I can tell you I sure like running my rig (a Pro 2) with a MicroHam
MicroKeyer interface and WriteLog.
73,
Jerry K7VIT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 08:16
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] IC-756PRO3 can't split
> Another serious deficiency with Icom's rig protocol is the inability to
> clear the RIT back to zero from within WL. Not a WL problem, it is owned
> by
> Icom. I believe the WL command to do this is %O, but Icom's do not
> recognize this command. Consequently, if the RIT is used it must be
> manually cleared from the radio panel. Often times my IC-756Pro doesn't
> respond when the RIT Clear button is pressed. I assume there is so much
> info exchange going on between the radio and the computer the rig fails to
> pick up on the press of the panel Clear button. Often the only way to
> reset
> the RIT to zero is to manually turn the RIT knob back to zero. Certainly
> not an attractive solution in the middle of a pile up! Of course, another
> solution would be for calling stations to properly tune to the transmitted
> signal and thus eliminate the need to use RIT in the first place. In last
> week's SS SSB contest it was really stunning to hear how far off frequency
> some stations were when they called. Perhaps they were trying to skirt
> around QRM from other stations, but I think many of them simply don't know
> how to tune their receivers!
>
> Gary AL9A
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <lists at w1nr.net>
> To: "Jim McDonald" <jim at n7us.net>
> Cc: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Sent: November 22, 2007 5:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] IC-756PRO3 can't split
>
>
>> As Ric mentioned there are serious deficiencies in the Icom rig
>> protocol. The easiest way to do it is to hit the minus key when the log
>> window is in focus. This brings up a small edit box in which you enter
>> your split TX frequency. Writelog will command the rig to split and set
>> the TX frequency much faster than using the rig controls.
>>
>> Mike, W1NR
>>
>> Jim McDonald wrote:
>>> Using 10.63H, I just noticed I can?t operate split with my IC-756PROIII.
>>> Every time I press the SPLIT button the radio switches to split
>>> operation
>>> for a second and then back to transceive on the same frequency.
>>> Exiting
>>> Writelog enables the split operation as usual.
>>>
>>> Jim N7US
>>
>
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