[ICOM] More thinking going on.

[Michael P. Olbrisch]

Sunday Morning.  It is getting pretty smoky here in the shack.  I have been
thinking again.  Here is my problem.

I have an IC-706 next to my bed.  I use it for AM-BCB listening and some
late-night 80m, and local 2m repeaters.  I have a lot of memories programmed
into it.

A very good friend is getting an IC-706.  He asked me for a list of my
memories.  I don't have a list.  He asked if I can clone them into his radio
for him.  (I am impressed he knows about cloning at 82 y/o)  Well, anyone
who has programmed memories into a 706 by hand knows it ain't easy.  I did
it by hand a few years ago.  WHEW!!!

I have a computer tied to a CI-V unit in the shack.  I hate to pull the 706
apart from the bedroom just to download the memories.  The 706 main chassis
and P/S is in the closet, the control head, speaker, mic etc is on the night
stand.  But I could do it, I guess - if I had software.  It would be a PITA
though.

Something I do have is the OPC-478 cable.  It is used to program the
IC-W32A.  I just got to thinking - would the OPC-478 work as a single-line
CI-V?  If so, I can put it on my laptop computer and download my memories,
then carry the laptop to his 706 and dump it all in.

So - Gary, Adam, Clif, and all you others.....

A.  Will the OPC-478 act as a single-line CI-V?
B.  What software will work best with the 706?  I have tried a few before,
but with little satisfaction.

Thanks - you guys are great.


Mike.  KD9KC

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