[ICOM] 746Pro PW1 CT17 problem

[Jerry K3BZ]

My PW-1 does the same thing. Not often, just once in a great while. I'm
using DXLab/DXKeeper.  I don't notice anything that's inconsistent with
Mike's analysis. No idea what to do about it.  No idea if anything actually
needs to be done about it. It would be interesting to hear from the other
ICOM experts we have here on the reflector, Adam.... 8^).... is this a
common phenomenon? Is it harmful to the PW-1?   73,  Jerry K3BZ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Mellinger WA0SXV" <wa0sxv at mellinger.com>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:34 PM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] 746Pro PW1 CT17 problem


> The problem you describe, while annoying, is (in my experience) fairly
> normal.  It results from the software polling the radio at the same time
the
> radio is sending its changed frequency information and the same time that
> the amp does its every ten-second polling of the radio.
>
> 73,
> Mike WA0SXV
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On
> Behalf Of K4IBC
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 16:06
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ICOM] 746Pro PW1 CT17 problem
>
> I have had a PW-1 now for about a month and has been working great.
Decided
> since it was working so good I would try using some type of rig control/
> logging software with it. So added in the CT17 interface which I had used
> before when I was using the just the radio. Now the problem starts. Tuning
> across any band either with the VFO or the software every once in awhile
the
> amp band relays will click and the band display on amp will jump from
> whatever band I am using to 80M then back to the band I am on. Shut down
the
> software and problem goes away. Rig and amp works fine using the CT17 with
> no software running. Running the CT17 from a wall wart and the rig from an
> Astron power supply. I am tempted in running the interface from same power
> supply. The software I was using is Ham Radio Deluxe. Might try another
> software package but so far I love this one when I was running just the
> radio. Anyone else had this problem before.
>
> Bill
> K4IBC
>
>
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