[PCR-1000] ex2099 software - Think I'll give it a try

[robert.mc at att.net]

The software make work fine if it is done in strict order, I was impatient.  Any version 1.0 software makes me twitchy, but am happy to have gotten this far.  I seems all I did was largely tweaking the settings a bit, no real "fixes".  But then, the radio worked fine AFAICT.

I do use PCR1000BUR to give me nice printable EEPROM readouts.  Will not use the averaging or xtal set features though, the averaging values are too far off for my radio, and I know where they need to be the right way.

Bob

-------------- Original message from "DG8FAI" <w4-dg8fai at myacc.net>: -------------- 


> Could I have a copy of the EEPROM, too? 
> Mine is early #1400. 
> 
> I don't think EX299 made it past version 1.0.(June 1997) 
> Did you try PCR1000BUR V1.2? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Cord in FL 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: pcr-1000-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:pcr-1000-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of robert.mc at att.net 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 20:24 
> To: Discussion of PCR-1000 by Icom 
> Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] ex2099 software - Think I'll give it a try 
> 
> 
> Sent the EEPROM data to those that asked, now that I *think* I am done. 
> 
> All voltages came out fine, and I did not bother to diddle the AF gains. 
> 
> The band pass filters (BPF) were what interested me and might have shot 
> myself in the foot not following the Icom instructions in strict order. 
> Eventually did follow them, and slowly got it all right. Only seemed to be 
> 2 BPFs that were off much, like 350.02 MHz. What was really off was S-meter 
> settings, and the flatness of "S9" over the BPF frequency ranges. Bandscope 
> levels were well off, probably a reflection of the S-meter settings. They 
> are linked, and if you change one, you best look at the other. Center tune 
> was off a bit too. 
> 
> Xtal settings are very insensitive, you really have to go a long way to see 
> it on a freq counter in the 10Hz column. Left mine at "63" as it looked 
> good there. Could have used 50-90 and not seen much of any difference. 
> 
> I did a sweep using a stable signal level from 50-1200 MHz and TalkPCR's 
> spectrum analyzer, and the levels were very consistant across the band, 
> except around 380 MHz. Dropped about 5 dB there, so I went back and checked 
> the 383.28 and .32 BPF level settings, and sure as hell they were off. 
> Coulda sworn I did it right, but this was par for the course with Icom's 
> software. 
> 
> Took me four tries to get it all right, mostly finding spurious settings the 
> program decided to set on it's own, and put the values back right. Dunno if 
> the radio will act much different, but I feel better knowing I set it all 
> correctly. 
> 
> Ayn questions, ask away. And no one should diddle with this progaram unless 
> your are very comfortable using test geat and have the right stuff to do it, 
> and even then I think this program is buggy. It is version 1.0 after all. 
> Who knows how many versions came later? I was very anal checking the levels 
> at every frequency step with the signal generator, and verifying the freq 
> with a counter. Hopefully it paid off. 
> 
> Bob 
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