[WriteLog] Control isses with FT-950

[DickT-W0RAA]

Hi Al,

Not sure which rig control issues you may need clarification on.  When I 
first got my FT-950 a couple years ago, I had always used the %O command in 
my macro that basically said "%C TU GL de W0RAA CQ%O%L%E" (without quotes, 
of course).  The %O Zero'd the CLAR, The %L logged the contact & the %E 
ended the transmission, of course.

With the FT-920 the %O always worked.  With the FT-950 it didn't.  So I 
wrote to Wayne (W5XD) and mentioned this to him and sent a .pdf format of 
the FT-950 CAT Commands off the Yaesu web site.  Within a week or two he had 
it fixed and sent me a beta to test.  I tested it for two weeks, and it 
never failed to Zero the CLAR when the %O command was issued, so he made it 
part of the program in future releases.

I have never used the Alt-F1/F2 Combination in WL so that was never a big 
issue for me.  I do use the Alt-F9/F10 combination to raise and lower CW 
speeds in WL and those have always worked.   I had never experienced any 
Alt-F1/F2 problems until John, N1JM mentioned it.  Since I have never used 
it before it wasn't a real issue with me, but he may have discovered a bug. 
Hitting Alt-F1 should send the radio to the next lower contest band, and 
Alt-F2 should send it to the next higher contest band.  Hitting either key 
combo should not put the radio in split mode.

If you can be more specific as regards "control issues" I'll be most helpful 
to address them, if I can.

73,

Dick - W0RAA
CU in the Colorado QSO Party
September 4, 2010

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