[Dx4win] Icom 756 Pro III_B rig file

[Erkki Heikkinen]

Yes I am using Micro Keyer with USB ports. No problems with that one.

The original Pro III rig file adds extra digits to the logged frequency
time by time, mostly it is OK. Looks like occasional data collision
somewhere.

73 Erkki OH2BF

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Reisert AD1C [mailto:jjreisert at alum.mit.edu] 
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 6:12 PM
> To: Erkki Heikkinen
> Cc: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Icom 756 Pro III_B rig file
> 
> 
> The new .rig file doesn't work with my 756 Pro III.  The original one 
> works just fine, and that's the one I'm using.
> 
> Paul created this file for one particular user.  I don't know 
> that that 
> there are two different versions of 756 pro firmware, I have 
> had the 756 
> (original) and 756 Pro (I) and all used the same .RIG file as the Pro 
> (III) I have now.  I suspect this particular user (who needed the _B 
> file) had something else set up incorrectly, but those are baseless 
> accusations on my part without any hard evidence.
> 
>  > For the time being I am using the old rig file (but one 
> has to check the  > frequency before spotting or logging it - 
> sometimes it is garbled).
> 
> Are you using a USB radio interface (like microHam)?  That's been the 
> source of my problems in the past.  I didn't seem to have any 
> problems 
> recently using 7.05 and the latest microHam firmware (7.1.5).  But I 
> didn't get a lot of testing in (i.e. I've only logged about 
> 50 QSOs and 
> put out a few spots).
> 
> If I can get a real antenna up this weekend, and get back on the air, 
> I'll have more time to play around.
> 
> 73 - Jim AD1C
> 
> On 9/13/2008 2:27 AM, Erkki Heikkinen wrote:
> > Version notes: "Frequency field for Icom 756 Pro III was 
> too wide" (v. 
> > 7.05.03).
> > 
> > The new rig file seems to be called ICOM 756 Pro III_B 
> (there are two 
> > rig files for Pro III now). The only difference to the 
> earlier one I 
> > found is the field [RF-Current VFO] where the new file now 
> has POS=5 
> > (instead of POS=6) and LM=4 (instead of LM=5).
> > 
> > The new rig file works OK when you click a spot, but if you choose 
> > "Return to last freq" the results are very strange - 
> sometimes outside 
> > of ham bands.
> > 
> > For the time being I am using the old rig file (but one has 
> to check 
> > the frequency before spotting or logging it - sometimes it is 
> > garbled).
> > 
> > Anyone with ideas how to get the Pro III_B rig file to return the 
> > radio to the previous frequency correctly?
> > 
> > 73 Erkki OH2BF
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
>