[Dx4win] IC746 "Bad Frequency for Radio" problem

[Scott Neader KA9FOX]

Thanks to Wayne WA1PMA for setting me straight!

He told me about the menu option File > Databases > Radio

Now that is a MUCH easier (less cryptic) way to fix the problem, versus
editing the .rig file on the hard drive!

- Scott KA9FOX

At 01:38 PM 7/15/2006 -0500, you wrote:

 >I was able to copy the FHIGH string from the IC-706 .rig file, and paste
 >it into the IC-746 .rig file, to fix the problem myself.  Definitely
 >something that would need to be fixed by DX4WIN at some point, as the
 >IC-746 operates from 1.8 to 148Mhz.
 >
 >Anyway, problem solved... thanks to DX4WIN for making settings like this
 >editable (even if it was a bit cryptic)
 >
 >- Scott KA9FOX
 >
 >At 01:33 PM 7/15/2006 -0500, Scott Neader KA9FOX wrote:
 >
 >>I have the same problem as listed below, but for my IC-746.  When I try
 >>to use frequency control for 6m or 2m, it says "Bad Frequency for Radio".
 >>
 >>Is this a bug, or something I can do here to fix?
 >>
 >>FYI, I am using DX4WIN 7.02 (unsure of build)
 >>
 >>Thanks in advance!
 >>
 >>- Scott KA9FOX
 >>
 >>At 08:12 AM 4/12/2006 -0400, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
 >>
 >>>At 10:27 AM 4/8/2006, David M. Monfried wrote:
 >>>
 >>>>Wondering if anyone else is experiencing this problem controlling the
 >>>>IC7000
 >>>>with DX4WIN: when I click on an HF DX spot, the radio jumps to the correct
 >>>>frequency and mode, but if I click on a 6m or 2m spot, I get the error
 >>>>message, "Bad frequency for radio."
 >>>
 >>>Hi Dave,
 >>>
 >>>It sounds like the .RIG file for the IC-7000 doesn't know that the radio
 >>>can do both 6 and 2 meters.
 >>>
 >>>Paul, can you address this please?
 >>>
 >>>73 - Jim AD1C
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
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