[ICOM] DXLAB

[Jerry Keller]

Larry... DXLab's rig control app ... Commander... doesn't much if anything 
of the functions you describe. It will change freq, band, mode, filters, and 
work the split and dual receive functions. It will switch main & sub and do 
PTT. It has lots of memories, shows main & sub VFO freqs, and has a signal 
strength indicator. And it has a separate bandspread window that will show 
callsigns if you have the spotting application ... SpotCollector... running. 
Commander works great with ICOM radios... I use it with my ProII.  Adjusting 
gain, PBT, NB, etc is done at the radio. I've found it more than adequate 
for DXing, which is what DXLab is optimized for.  But if you want 
more-or-less complete takeover of all radio functions and a simulation of 
the radio front panel on the monitor screen, probably something like TRX 
Manager is what you're looking for.

Godd luck in your quest....mine is fulfilled with DXLab. 73,  Jerry K3BZ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LARRY M WASSMAN" <w3oz at msn.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:06 PM
Subject: [ICOM] DXLAB


I have heard the talk about the DXlab program and how well it works. I use 
Ham Radio Deluxe and it is great. But I am always looking at other things 
especially ones that are free or next to free. Maybe some of you users of 
DXlab can help me. I have a Pro III. I looked at the screen shots and they 
gave examples using a Kenwood on the rig control program. I did not see much 
as far as rig control on that example and wondered if they rig control for 
the 756 Pro series was better. For instance where is the control for things 
like AF gain, RF gain and Pass Band tuning? Also Filter width, Noise 
blanker, VOX control, internal EQ controls and others. I did not even see a 
way of changing the level of the monitor. So if some of you guys could 
verify that there is in fact controls like this on the Icom rig control that 
I did not see, I may be interested. Maybe the functions that I mentioned are 
on another module. The rig control that I did see and example of was pretty 
rudimentary and is no way as complete as HRD. Any help would be appreciated. 
73 Larry W3OZ
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