[Dx4win] Modifying radio commands....

Sun, 24 Nov 2002 04:12:27 -0500

Floyd,

Good work! In the next release you will be able to switch between
the two radios with a few keystrokes.  

Don't ask me 'when'; still working on this!

Paul

At 08:14 PM 11/23/02 -0500, Floyd Sense wrote:
>I recently had this question: With an Icom 765, when I mouse on a CW DX
>spot, the wide filter is automatically selected.   I wanted the narrow
>filter to be selected in this case, so the question was: How to do that?
>Here's how I accomplished it with the Icom 765.
>
>1. In the DX4WIN/SAVE directory, I found the file called Icom 765.rig and
>renamed it "Icom 765CWWide.rig" and made a copy and named it "Icom
>765CWNarrow.rig".
>
>2. From the DX4WIN File menu, I went to Databases / Radios and selected
>"Icom 765CWWide" as the Radio model.  This was just to make sure that
>everything still worked after the name change.  Note that after editing the
>radio information, DX4WIN disables the Radio communications and you'll have
>to go to File / Preferences / Radio and specify the Type. I used "Icom
>765CWWide" here.  After this, the wide filter was selected on CW spots just
>as before.
>
>3. I then went to File / Datebases / Radios and selected "Icom 765CWNarrow"
>as my Radio model.  Next, I went to the Cmds/Fields tab and selected the Set
>Mode command from the pull-down list.  The command string that appears just
>below is: 0600FD.  I changed that to 060002FD.  The "02" causes the narrow
>filter to be selected.  I then saved the change by File / Save Changes and
>Exit.
>
>4. At this point, I had to go back to File / Preferences again and set the
>radio model to "Icom 765CWNarrow".  After DX4WIN was again communicating
>with the 765, mousing on a CW DX spot caused the narrow CW filter to be
>selected.  If I want to go back to having the wide filter selected, I just
>change the radio model to "Icom 765CWWide".
>
>I strongly suggest you make a backup copy of the .rig file you're dealing
>with before making changes via the editor.
>
>K8AC
>Floyd Sense in Angier, NC
>
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