[Dx4win] Wish List

[Mel]

No this is not necessary.

To those of us with more than 2 radios... often the case when active on 
VHF/UHF... it is just necessary to be able to easily select which radio 
is Radio 1 or Radio 2 as a start. This is implemented in most 
competitive logging programs.... hot switching more than 2 would be even 
better... usually radios VHF UHF have their own antennas/amps so the 
SO2R RF switching is not necessary... however I like your idea for 
expanding the LPT control. I can imagine many useful functions such as 
routing the Mic or Key as well as RF routing.

Randy Farmer wrote:
>> Hi, I really like the option to choose between different radios quickly.
>> Would it be hard to be able to include more than 2 in the next release? I
>> would personally like to see 4. This is especially handy on VHF/UHF with
>> different radios, not the all in one. Thanks- John W9RPM
> 
> The problem with this is that it would require a proprietary hardware 
> interface. The existing two-radio switching uses the "industry 
> standard" LPT pin 14 toggle that's been around since the days of DOS 
> loggers such as CT and TR. Paul even made the logic of this control 
> line selectable to work with NA in Version 7. This convention works 
> well with several commercially-available SO2R switch boxes such as 
> the Top Ten DX Doubler I use. Using more than one LPT pin to do the 
> radio selection would require some sort of decoding hardware to do 
> the switching. I suppose pin 14 could serve as the least significant 
> bit of a two-bit radio select word and it would be up to the user to 
> come up with a custom switchbox to switch the various audio and 
> control lines among the four radios. I know of no hardware that 
> supports more than two radios.
> 
> 73...
> Randy, W8FN 
> 
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