[Icom] Icom 765 & 756proII

[Pat McGrath]

Thanks for the reply Larry.

I tried Barry Rimmer K4MG  ILG Radio scanning Program but it would not tune
my ICOM 765 radio.

I wish it would as I like the concept.




Owning an IC-765 and having written a program to interface to it, I can
yes, and no. The command set for the 756Pro II is a super set of the that
for the 765. However, I can quickly think of at least 2 items which might
keep it from functioning.

First is the address of the radio. Icom has defined the rig address of each
of their radios. If the 756 program allows the user to change that
parameter or you can change the address of the 765 to that which the
program expects, then that hurdle can be overcome. BTW:  the 765 address is
settable with a dip-switch accessible on the bottom along the front panel.

Second, as long as the 756 program doesn't use a feature which the 765 is
missing, then there's a chance. For example, the 756 command set allows the
reading of the s-meter value whereas the 765 doesn't. If the 756 program
were to use a changing of the meter to determine that the radio is ready,
then it wouldn't work with the 765.

I suggest that you contact the author.

73 - Larry W�NFU

At 10:03 AM 8/29/02 -0700, you wrote:

>Should a program that operate  a ICOM 756PROII
>work with a ICOM 765?
>