[Elecraft] Ham Radio Deluxe v1.1 released

[Peter Halpin]

Hi all,

The award-winning Ham Radio Deluxe Development Team are pleased to =
announce the release of Ham Radio Deluxe v1.1.

HAM RADIO DELUXE IS FREEWARE.

For those who didn't know it already, Ham Radio Deluxe is the logical =
evolution of the immensely popular and groundbreaking FT-817 Commander =
program. Unfortunately the FT-817 Commander was only capable of =
controlling Yaesu's FT-817, and there was a clear requirement for a CAT =
program with comprehensive support for various rigs.  This led to =
development of Ham Radio Deluxe being started in early June 2003, since =
when the program has been rapidly evolving.

Ham Radio Deluxe does not make the mistake of trying to look like a =
traditional radio with rotary knobs and buttons. The GUI is more =
reminiscent of an old Eddystone receiver, with clearly marked buttons =
for switching modes, filters and other functions. Some - but not all - =
rigs also support sliders, which can be displayed or hidden as =
preferred, to control volume, IF shift, RF gain &c. The GUI is fully =
user-configurable with respect to colours, fonts and band indicators: =
this offers the user an unprecedented level of customisation. Because =
the program is so simple and logical to use, no documentation is =
required other than the rig's user manual.=20

Included in the package are PSK31Deluxe and Mapper.

 PSK31 Deluxe is a very sophisticated PSK31 program based on Moe =
Wheatly's PSKCORE.DLL. It has two main guises: a traditional QSO window =
type of user interface, and the revolutionary SuperBrowser - =
SuperBrowser allows you to monitor up to 40 QSO channels at one time =
while conducting a QSO. PSK31 Deluxe offers comprehensive user-defined =
macros and tags, and of course the GUI is fully user-configurable.

Some of the more interesting features are:

The unique SuperBrowser.
Centring of the desired signal in the filter's passband.
'Click and insert' of your QSO partner's information into tags and =
macros (callsign, name, QTH &c)
TX frequency shift for soundcards with differences between RX and TX =
frequency.
A fully customisable waterfall display.



MAPPER:

Mapper is - the name says it all - an amateur radio mapping program. It =
is capable of printing customisable maps of up to 10 x 10 sheets of =
paper, but its main function is the capture and display of Maidenhead =
locator information from PSK31 Deluxe. Beam heading and distance can =
also be displayed, and for the QRP ops among us there is also a 'miles =
per watt' calculator. Just place your mouse pointer on the relevant spot =
on the map and read off the MPW.


RIG SUPPORT:

At the time of writing (10 December) the following rigs were supported:

Elecraft K2,  ICOM IC-703, IC-706, IC-706MkII, IC-706MkIIG, IC-718, =
IC-735, IC-7400, IC-746, IC-746Pro, IC-756, IC-756Pro, IC-756ProII, =
IC-775DSP, IC-781, IC-910H, Ten-Tec Argonaut,       Yaesu FT-100, =
FT-1000D, FT-1000MP, FT-817, FT-847, FT-857, FT-897,  Kenwood TS-140S, =
TS-2000, TS-450S, TS-50S, TS60S, TS-570, TS-680S, TS-690S, TS-850, =
TS-870, TS-940S, TS-950.

These programs are in a constant state of development, with new features =
and rig support added almost weekly.


You are invited to join the Ham Radio Deluxe users group at:

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ham-radio-deluxe/

where you will find a great many enthusiastic users who can help you =
with (almost) any questions you may have.

Just to boast a little, Simon and I were awarded the RSGB's Special 90th =
Anniversary Award 'in recognition of (our) significant contribution to =
the development of amateur radio technology' for this package.

You can download the latest version of all these programs at:

www.hb9drv.ch


As icing on the cake Dave Bernstein has added a bridge between his =
DXLabs suite of software and HRD to make logging easier.



145, Pete   PH1PH - G7ECN=20





The company of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred
      to that of those who think they've found it already.


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