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User Guide - Ham Radio Deluxe

1. Cancel When you start the installation the first screen shows the release and build you are installing Doc To Help Standard Template Installation e 11 Ham Radio Deluxe InstallShield Wizard License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully IMPORTANT Before commencing using this Product carefully read the following terms and conditions which have been accepted by your company Licensee 1 DISTRIBUTION This Product may be distributed for use by Radio Amateurs butitmay notbe sold The maximum charge allowed for the distribution medium is 10 euro or 10 2 GRANT OF LICENSE Simon Brown HB9DR hereby grants to Licensee You and You accept a nonexclusive license License to use the this Product delivered pursuant and subject to this Agreement You agree that You will not assign sublicense or otherwise transfer your right under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Simon Brown 8 acceptthe terms ofthe license agreement C I do not acceptthe terms of the license agreement Install amp hield You must accept the licencing conditions Ham Radio Deluxe is free for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners commercial use requires a licence Ham Radio Deluxe InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where setup will install files Setup will install Ham Radio Deluxe in the following folder To install to this folder
2. Internet Enable Out Of Band Enable In band Qut of band Mouse Wheel CW Fine CV Hot Other Fine Other Hot Selection Window Advanced values Tree expand Toolbars Reminder A Accelerators Comms COM Port TX Docking Panes ICOM Calibration j i Info Modes Info Options Internet Out Of Band Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates How often you are reminded to check for Ham Radio Deluxe updates Remind me to check for updates every O Day Month Check Now Select how frequently HRD reminds you to check for new updates DDE Support Introduction HRD uses dynamic data exchange DDE for inter process communication DDE allows two or more applications running simultaneously to exchange data and commands Available Support Select DDE Monitor from the Tools menu to display the supported DDE items m DDE Monitor All currently supported ODE items for software developers service HRD RADIO Viel ae HRD CAT Item HRD BAND HRD BUTTON STATUS HRD DOPPLER DOWNLINE 2705 9 HRD DOPPLER UPLINE 5079 6 HRD DROPDOWN LIST HRD EXEC RESULT HRD FREQUENCY 145 602 705 HRD HERTZ 145802705 HRD MODE USB HRD PRODUCT Ham Radio Deluxe v3 3 Beta HRD RADIO T5 480 Demo HRD SAT DOWNLINE 145500000 HRD SAT DOWNLINE MODE USB HRD SAT DOWNLINE RADIO 145502705 HRD SAT UPLINE 435350000 HRD SAT UPLINE MODE LSE HRD SAT UPLINE RADIO 4353419
3. The appearance and operation of the selection window single click normally the Favourites tree folders are opened closed with a double click Check this option to enable single click operation Show numeric value the Select Windows s Advanced slider values are optionally superimposed on the slider Show the Options icon historical support for the version 2 Advanced slider look and feel Doc To Help Standard Template Program Options e 37 Toolbars A Options Switch Off Polling COM Port TX RTS DTR Both None Docking Panes Appearance ICOM Calibration S Meter Info Modes Mapping Info Options Supported Internet Enable Out Of Band Enable In band Out of band Mouse Wheel CW Fine C Hot Other Fine Other Hot Selection Window Advanced values Font Tree vues a v Accelerators Comms COM Port TX DockingPanes ICOM Calibration Info Modes Info Options Internet Out Of Band Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates Defines the appearance oftoolbars Fant Connect Selection Favourite Show text Quick Save Full Screen Select the toolbar font and whether text 1s displayed in toolbars The default suggest font is Lucida Sans 7 point Updates Options COM Port TX RTS DTR Both None Docking Panes Appearance ICOM Calibration S Meter Info Modes Mapping Info Options Supported
4. ALC dB buttons Colours S Meater Updates Always update when changing frequency slower performance The design aim of the bar meters was heavily influenced by my fine Sony stereo still giving fine service here in the HRD R amp R suite after some 15 years of abuse The Background and Text colours should be obvious There are three graduation colours e Bars Low the first bar colour e Bars High the colour at the position set by the High Position slider and e Bars Free the colour for the free empty bars If you check Show peak reading the recent peak value is displayed When HRD is in TX mode the S Meter value is replaced by the value selected in the Main and Sub dropdowns the value you select must be displayed by HRD in the upper right hand corner of the display For Kenwood radios the value to be displayed is selected with the meter slider or the individual buttons SWR Comp ALC dB If you check the A ways update option then the S Meter is updated when you change frequency this results in slower performance Sliders Appearance A Customise Layout ERA TEE schemes Layout Buttons Faceplate Frequency Meters Sliders Appearance Sliders Layout Tuning Dial Defines the appearance of slider controls on the radio display RF iain 50 IF shift 28 Options Custom Colours amp Font Automatic colours Inside Border Rounded appearance Channel Face Channel T
5. Ham Radio Deluxe User Guide By Simon Brown HB9DRV December 26 2005 Contents Introduction 7 Lot AM B Pdl ocius ee ee ee y LED SOIN m m ee leere ee 8 A T nen re ee ee eer ee ee ee 8 Rogue MACOS CE TT TET ee ee ENS UTE 8 SUPPONE 8 RIOS cs 9 A ee A 9 Installation 11 nitro ue EOD en res es ne Areas IM Loi t eee E ee 11 Haw Radio DENKE cao seen EA E innere 11 First Steps 15 CONDECION A E E seele 15 Dem o MR m PP 15 OLIO xcci ue i EC uM I ee d CEDE I5 Sn edu per erent S EE 16 WEA S ee Nec eu uM iD M ED ry Radio Display 19 ii le bod gen ee Ld be Bere Cn e LP c ei he er 19 Be MCMC DUIS Day ee ee ee een 19 o A EEE RETOUR EL ih ocio e cto ahd t UN ARENA 20 Pia innen eter nee en eH ULM MO M Ld LL M E LE LE 20 E EUN 20 Band Se lee Hohes ee se es rege 21 Displar crol es u se ee 21 Band Selec Oi aec eset o tette rada tate tuo semet i s ne i Uem 21 DA PA 21 BUON T RER TTE 2 Dropdo Wy TIS aceto Sores sc mca hut mus Eton Sates pereas e As 21 A ea RE 21 Customise Layout 23 ItroQuetloleken due s tiu e n ud uu CI ee E ee eee Cee 23 CMC le ee ee ee een 23 MA Rr cT TX 24 BUON Sa QNS 25 A O ee E E EL beu LUE 26 o TTC Rc Di liso i o aC 28 Sliders Appeatance aes Meri ee Divan pei teu ineo ee 29 eic I M T m P 29 Ma Dialer ee mo o mme 30 Program Options 31 TENIS sd 21 A EI E TR EN ON 3 COS eRe men me oie ee Ree ee eR Men Ee mer 32 A E MER RN 33 Docans Panes usd
6. Dual yFO Tracking Accelerators Comms COMPort TX Docking Panes ICOM Calibration Info Modes RX Timeout z Switch Off Polling Communications options restartto apply new values COM Port TX RTS DTR Both None Read Timeout r Docking Panes Specifies the maximum time in milliseconds allowed to Appearance elapse between the arrival of two characters on the ICOM Calibration communications line S Meter Info Modes Mapping Info Options supported Switch Off Dual VFO Tracking Internet Enable V Promptto switch off the Track dual VFOs every refresh not suitable for Out Of Band radio when closing if slow comms connection Recommended for Enable supported by the radio satellite tracking In band Out of band Mouse Wheel CW Fine Polling D Only poll radio if HRD is O100 300 Os Other Hot enge uu dn Ozo 0400 1000 Selection Window Advanced values Refresh interval milliseconds Normally you will not have to change the default settings e Read timeout serial port timeout e Switch off some radios such as the FT 817 can be powered down using a CAT command If this option is selected you are prompted to switch off the radio e Polling to reduce CPU load for slower systems e Dual VFO tracking if selected both VFO s are tracked on every refresh Only of use with Satellite Tracking page 59 e Refresh interval the inter
7. Flow control Interface power FiexRadio you must install the virtual serial ort drivers from Philip Covington NSVE 1 Dem o matic The Dem o matic radios do not need cables simply select Dem o matic in the Company dropdown select an option in the Radio dropdown and then press Connect They are ideal for demonstrating HRD when you do not have a suitable radio available Options Company Select your radio manufacturer from the drop down list First Steps e 15 FlexRadio you must install the virtual serial port drivers from Philip Covington N8VB These are used to provide the connection between HRD and the PowerSDR sofware which must be running before you try to create the connection with HRD More information is available from http www flex radio com ICOM disable the CI V Transceive option for best performance Kenwood make sure Packet communication mode is switched OFF if supported Most Kenwood radios require CTS and RTS to be ON for flow control Radio Select your radio model from the drop down list COM Port The COM port on this computer where you have connected the radio interface cable Make sure that you do not have other programs using the same port for example mobile phones and personal organisers Select Auto detect to try all available ports Speed The speed used for communicating with the radio check the speed setting via the radio s configuration menu Select Auto detect to
8. IPIS PONO ROC en ee E L eat E 56 CO O ee I ee ee 56 STEIGEN een 57 Satellite Tracking 59 IVT OCLC CUO clic cree ON 59 O O AA TIRE cto Etc ett ULM LIT creased ED EM eC Ci tup 59 OD NR RP 62 Ground Controla NR T M 63 Kenwood TS 2000 RR ita 63 A RN 64 A EEE ET 65 Smelle VFORIdI ae Re 65 Lincar Transporte S ados eek 66 Frequency Resolution Au ee 66 OPTION Attend 66 SCH A RN EE IE O A een 67 CurrepDt AAA A O a II E AE in 68 DIESEN SID I O E re 68 VS e E AE EREE NE TAN a a c AE E 69 NOT ae E echoes ota L IE IO I Ne AL mue UE a EII AAT 70 SITE en a IM EU A OAA 71 Piotr POE E O 12 DOE ee nee ease 72 Synchroniser 73 A INE OTT RR 73 O T TEE O D MOUNTED 73 Dual Radio satelite Trackin nee 74 Annex Command Tester 77 In e ROS ee ee ee 77 Too Many Radios ses es es od nues d DA uote ase M UM o ed Lo A Ded nn AA Command Sad eee 14 ST MS en ee ee lese ee 14 CONNEC T TT T T TE 78 A A eie ee ee MIU E tA EL o 78 BRU ERR T m 79 Pla OLIN x6 oro terere oro berss eo dta poste e atc Sadie De en Seded ne vata ers I a erste aera 79 A domi dL nr LL LM A tI iue A E ERE LAS 79 e 9n Ee 80 Introduction How It All Began In early 2003 Peter PHP1PH and myself Simon HB9DRV talked about developing a simple program to control the soon to be released ICOM IC 703 We had previously developed the FT 817 Commander which proved to be very popular the main lesson being learnt that future programs
9. Various Compression IF shift Meter Mic gain NB level NR level RF gain RF power Squelch Break in Break in delay Carrier point Contact no style Key speed Key type Keyer ratio Keyer repeat Keyer tx ind Keying polarity Pitch Side tone level Side tone limit 9600 bps Marker freq Shift width Anti VOX gain Beep band Beep enable Beep level Beep limit 14 0F 1A 03 05 1A 03 22 14 0C 1A 03 18 1A 03 19 1A 03 20 1A 03 21 1A 03 16 14 09 1A 03 06 1A 03 07 1A 03 08 1A 03 14 1A 03 15 1A 03 10 1A 03 02 1A 03 01 1A 03 03 1A 03 04 Program Options e 35 cOOOOO 000 OONOOHNOSOOOHO Oooooooococoo Internet Options COM Port TX Accelerators Comms COMPor TX Docking Panes ICOM Calibration Info Modes None Info Options Internet Out Of Band Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates Docking Panes Blocs ICOM Calibration S Meter Info Modes Mapping Enable internet access DX Cluster Check for Updates etc Info Options Supported Appearance r gt Internet Access Options Enable Out Of Band Enable In band Out of band Mouse Wheel CW Fine Cw Hot Other Fine Other Hot Selection Window Advanced values Tree expand Toolbars Font Updates Reminder HRD is able to detect whether you have an Internet connection with InternetGetConnectedState Uncheck this opt
10. 28 12 2005 04 45 24 2871272005 04 50 24 00 71272005 06 24 48 28712 2005 06 33 48 00 12 2005 16 09 45 28 12 2005 16 17 45 00 1272005 17 49 01 71272008 17 56 01 00 o Future days Vik 00 y 0 010 O0 C On 0 1 E 0 O CO 00 0o O sa J 00 D Select two or more stahons this list is dehned on hie Observer poge Werner 8 Local C JIUTC GMT The mutual visibility window answers the question when is a satellite simultaneously visible from two or more locations The information is determined up to 99 days in the future for any stations from the list defined in the Observer page Visibility Doc To Help Standard Template The satellite is considered to be visible if the elevation is the same as or greater than the selected value Use the Viewer option to display the data in Notepad for example Satellite Future Min elevation Time format Observer GD4ELI 22 12 2005 22 12 2005 22 12 2005 22 12 2005 23 12 2005 23 12 2005 23 12 2005 23 12 2005 24 12 2005 24 12 2005 24 12 2005 24 12 2005 24 12 2005 25 12 2005 25 12 2005 25 12 2005 26 12 2005 26 12 2005 26 12 2005 26 12 2005 27 12 2005 27 12 2005 27 12 2005 27 12 2005 27 12 2005 28 12 2005 28 12 2005 28 12 2005 28 12 2005 JN46AT IO74TH 22 12 2005 22 12 2005 22 12 2005 22 12 2005 23 12 2005 23 12 2005 23 12 2005 23 12 2005 24 12 2005 24 12 2005 24 12 2005 24 12 2005 24 12 2005 25 12 2005 25 12 2005 25 12 2005
11. All text files in the Data Folder are loaded into Ham Radio Deluxe so you should delete old files if you no longer need them Select up to 100 entries from the Available list by either double clicking on individual entries or by highlighting one or more entries and pressing By pressing gt gt all entries up to a maximum of 100 are moved to the Selected list Doc To Help Standard Template Satellite Tracking e 61 Observer all Satellite Tracking Local JN46AT RS 22 Uplink OFF Downlink ON Satellites Y Observer 9 Ground Control Schedule Current Data Mutual Visibility Visibility NextPasses Single Pass Plot DOE O gt Enter your locebon end hevght above sea level and any other stehons to be ploted Your Location Stations To Plot Locator JN46AT Convert Station ui u A GD4ELI 5431250000 437500000 or enter direct Landt 46 48 m 45 Longitude 8 Height Formats Meters 1035 e Local Feet 3395 O UTC GMT Changes are applied immediately In the Observer window you enter your location and height above sea level in meters or feet for users more familiar with imperial measurements metre is 3 3 feet You also enter an optional list of stations that are plotted on the world maps Only the checked X entries are plotted Enter your location either 6 Byentering your Maidenhead Locator in the Locator field and the pressing Convert gt gt or 7 By entering the Latitude and Longitu
12. Frequency Resolution The frequency resolution is set the 1 Hz for e AIL ICOM e All Elecraft e All FlexRadio e All Kenwood All other radios are set to 10 Hz If you have a radio that supports 1 Hz resolution and is not in the above list please contact the author Options Option Description VFO The VFO used for the uplink TX and downlink RX If checked X the selected VFO is updated regularly as the satellite frequency is corrected for Doppler shift Satellite The satellite frequency Click the Open button to select a new frequency from a popup window containing the Favourites definitions or enter the new frequency Transverter If you are using a transverter enter your transverter s intermediate frequency here and check the X box If you are not using a transverter either leave this field empty or do not check the X box The radio frequency is calculated as Satellite Transverter Doppler shift Radio The radio frequency as computed by HRD taking Doppler shift into account Satellite Select the current satellite from a dropdown list that contains the entries selected earlier in the Satellites window Plot for Determines the amount of information that is plotted over the surface of the planet for the current satellite TX gt RX Copy the Uplink satellite frequency to the Downlink satellite frequency RX gt TX Copy the Downlink satellite frequency to the Uplink satellite frequency TX lt gt RX Exchange the
13. Orion YOK CW R N CW R MD Mouse Wheel Orion Demo YOK DIG USB MD CW Fine OK FM FM MD4 CW Hot Y OK FMN FM MD4 Other Fine OK FSK FSK MDE Other Hot YOK FSK R FSK R MD3 Selection Window YOK LSB LSB MD1 MD2 Advanced values OK PKT USB Tree expand TS 2000 Demo YOK PSK USB MD2 v Toolbars TS 4405 B Font TS 4508 ui l Updates TS 480 v Program gt radio Radio gt program Reminder Mainly for use by the HRD programming team all modes for each radio are listed For each mode the mapping to the internal HRD mode is shown YYY ON YYY VY VY ww it uw w w ww wu tH ww wm wu gw HW M e v A om nm Info Options Options COM Part TX Accelerators Comms COMPortTX Docking Panes ICOM Calibration Info Modes RTS DTR Both None Info Options Internet Out Of Band Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates Docking Panes J ll l Appearance ICOM Calibration S Meter Info Modes m NEN l Mappin The options currently implemented for each radio For use by Ham Radio Deluxe developers ta listthe implemented commands IC R20 CAT Command IC R75 Cmd AGO 03 Mir Cmd SD 04 Min Cmd SH 02 Min Cmd SL 02 Min Cmd 15 04 Min Cmd KS 03 Min Cmd RM 01 00 01 t Crd MG 03 Min Cmd NL 03 Min Cmd RL 02 Min Cmd RG 03 Min Cmd PC 03 Min Cmd PL 03 00 03 lv J Category Advanced Basic Advanced Basi
14. Total command size 4 bytes HRD Command index e nSize the total size in bytes of the message being sent e nHead 4 bytes of sanity HRD e nCmd a command from the table below Command Structure MSG CMD AUTHENTICATE MSG AUTHENTICATE MSG CMD CLOSE HANDLE MSG COM PORT MSG CMD CREATE FILE MSG COM PORT MSG CMD DEVICE IO CONTROL MSG COM PORT MSG CMD GET COM PORTS MSG GENERAL MSG CMD PURGE COMM MSG COM PORT MSG CMD READ FILE MSG COM READ MSG CMD READ FILE EX MSG COM READ MSG CMD SET COMM MASK MSG COM PORT MSG CMD SET COMM STATE MSG COM PORT MSG CMD SET COMM TIMEOUTS MSG COM PORT MSG CMD WRITE FILE ASYNC MSG COM WRITE MSG CMD WRITE FILE SYNC MSG COM WRITE MSG AUTHENTICATE typedef struct MSG HEADER BOOL char char char header bAuthenticated szUsername 64 szPassword 64 szStatus 512 MSG AUTHENTICATE MSG COM PORT typedef struct MSG HEADER char DWORD DWORD DWORD BYTE DWORD BYTE DWORD DWORD header lpFileName 32 dwDesiredAccess dwCreationDisposition OwlOConmero Leode byInBuffer 64 dwlInBufferSize byOutBuffer 604 dwOutBufferSize dwBytesReturneg Remote Server e 57 DWORD DWORD DCB COMMTIMEOUTS HANDLE BOOL char MSG COM PORT MSG GENERAL typedef struct dwFlags dwEvtMask dcb timeouts hHandle bStatus szStatus 256 MSG HEADER header BOOL bSstatus BYTE byData 4096 MSG GENERAL MSG COM READ type
15. Uplink and Downlink satellite frequencies Schedule Satellite Tracking Local JN46AT VO 52 Uplink ON Downlink ON Satellites Observer Ground Control 9 Schedule Current Data Mutual Visibdity Visibility NextPasses Single Pass Plot Pass Schedule for the next 24 hours Wed 2100 Thu 00 00 Thu 03 00 Thu 06 00 Thu 09 00 Thu 12 00 Thu 15 00 Thu 18 00 Range in hours _ This window shows the pass schedule for the satellites selected in the Satellites window Doc To Help Standard Template Satellite Tracking e 67 Current Data all Satellite Tracking Local JN46AT VO 52 Uplink ON Downlink ON Sme ites Observer 9 Ground Control Schedule 9 Current Data Mutual Visibility Visibility NextPasses Single Pass Pict DOE e gt Current sotelite dala used tor Ground Control and DDE Vis Satellites Field Value AO 27 Satellite V0 52 ADS Visible No FO 29 Direction Southbound GO 32 Azimuth 319 54 Iss Elevation 52 11 RS 22 Longitude 132 16 W 0 50 Latitude 15 53 N Renge km 10 842 32 Altitude km 617 22 Range rate 4 09459070 AUS 1 00 08 LOS 1 12 40 amp Xx MMM Select Refresh every 010 w seconds Defauk Viewer This window shows all computed information for a selected satellite This window provides the data for the Ground Control and DDE windows Press Viewer to display the data with the default text file viewer usually Notepad Mutual Visibility 2 Satellit
16. VFOA VvFOB TX A TX B Dropdowns Mode USB v AGC Fast v Sliders AOS LLLI C Cy Doc To Help Standard Template Radio Display e 21 Customise Layout Introduction Schemes Doc To Help Standard Template Used to define the appearance of the radio display Customise Layout 1s selected from the Tools menu or by pressing the Customise button A Customise Layout Schemes Layout Buttons Faceplate Frequency Meters Sliders Appearance Sliders Layout Tuning Dial Your Ham Radio Deluxe schemes and settings are stored in CADocuments and Settings Simon Application Data Simon Brown HB8DRs AHam Radio Deluxe Defaults Schemes 7 AKIG Peter s Persuasion Scheme AK9G TS 480 Plastic Blue Army Surplus Plastic Green Danielle s Amberglow Plastic Kahki Danielle s Blues Plastic Orange Danielle s Borgcube Traditional Danielle s Liquorice W9ZO Danielle s Redeye W9Z0 LC Danielle s ts 2000 W9Z0 LCD Danielle s ts 480 Danielle s uv Dark Save to File Default Ginger Greyfriars Igor th Thpethial LCD Light Matt NSQQF N P 2 s HRD Colour Scheme Night Vision Nowt Oranges and Lemons PD5DP Blues PG5S Icom Schemes are pre defined customizations created by author and by other HRD users There are four default schemes shipped with HRD Scheme 1 3 and the System Default The HRD team and the HRD users have created the other schemes Special thanks to Danielle in Northallerton UK Customise La
17. about the satellites you will be tracking this information is known as Keplerian elements Johannes Kepler 1571 1630 discovered the three laws of planetary motion in 1609 and 1619 a remarkable feat Doc To Help Standard Template Satellite Tracking e 59 all Satellite Tracking Local JN46AT RS 22 Uplink OFF Downlink ON Smelites Observer Ground Control Schedule Current Data Mutual Visibdity Visibility Next Passes Single Pass Pict DOE gt Select o meorum of 100 sotelktes kom the Available kst Avolable Selected Data Folder NOAA 14 AO 7 Loaded when Satellites Tracking starts NOAA 15 AO 51 NOAA IE FO 29 Folder Dirham Ra dioDebudgSaellites TE os E es JE nea Casera wee 55s 4 posse 8 aces 00 30 wO 52 PIE PO 34 Download us ng H In POSAT lt lt RESURS Fie URL RS 10M1 Y ameeurbd http ww celestrak comMNORAD elements amateur bd RS 1273 RS 5 SICH 1 SO 33 SO 41 so SUN TO 31 UARS UO 11 LIO 14 UO 22 Uo 36 WO 10 WO 39 nd Last download 21 12 2005 20 0422 V Download when Satelite Tracking starts AMSAT Opereabonel gt gt E Download UOT AMSAT Semr perssonal gt gt The satellites window lists the files containing the Keplerian elements used to plot the position of satellites and compute the correct frequencies for the uplink and downlink The default folder is Satellites located below the folder where you have installed HRD
18. by pressing the Options button Selection Window Toolbars Updates ICOM Calibration Info Modes Custom keyboard mappings changes saved immediately Keystroke Alt N NB Ctrl Alt O Notch Ctrl x TX Ctrl c Comp space ATT Add Save to File Radio Button f Load from File 2014 070 150 The digit index ranges from 0 Hz to 9 GHz Increment Alt Ctrl Shift lt diqit gt Decrement Alt Ctrl lt digit gt Example Alt Ctrl Shift 4 1 kHz Example Alt Ctrl Shift 1 MHz Define accelerators for use with the Keyboard or with programmable interfaces such as the Griffin Powermate When you press Add the definition window is displayed Program Options e 31 Comms Accelerator Define a keyboard combination Keyboard Combination Key w v Alt v Ctr Assigned Alt N Ctrl Alt O Ctrl c Ctrl x space Reserved Alt A Alt Ctrl D Alt Ctrl F1 Alt Ctrl F2 Alt Ctrl U Ham Radio Deluxe Option Alt K Arrow Keys E y 2 QuUp ODown Let Bight Ctrl F Ctrl F5 HRD Button Ctrl Fb Ctrl F8 Grex Tunel Ctrl M NES Ctrl N Here Ctrl Alt W is assigned to the Tune button Keyboard combinations are assigned to display buttons and arrow keys The HRD menu has pre assigned accelerators these cannot be redefined Options Comms Info Options Internet Out Of Band Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates
19. command then these fields must be left empty Examples These examples show a CI V address of 6A the default for the IC 7800 Change this to the CI V address assigned to your radio Test Description Read Command is 03 no sub command or data these fields must be left frequency empty The returned data 1s e FEFE preamble e EO Controller address e 6A IC 7800 CI V address e 03 Command number e 89 38 06 07 00 frequency in BCD format e FD end of message Read Mode Command is 04 no sub command or data these fields must be left empty The returned data is e FEFE preamble e EO Controller address e 6A IC 7800 CI V address e 04 Command number e 0001 mode e FD end of message Read S Meter Command is 15 sub command is 02 There is no data these fields must be left empty The returned data 1s e FEFE preamble e EO Controller address e 6A IC 7800 CI V address e 15 Command number e 02 Sub command number e 0109 s meter value e FD end of message Mode Filter A common problem is determining the data returned for the possible mode and filter combinations Doc To Help Standard Template Annex Command Tester e 81 To list all combinations follow the following steps for each mode and filter combination e Select the Mode and Filter on your rig using the rig buttons and controls e Enter a value in the Command Tester Title field which corresponds to the mode and filter se
20. for example C Program Files Amateur Radio Ham Radio Deluxe Satellites To change the folder just press Select It is recommended that you update the data files in the Satellites folder when you start using Ham Radio Deluxe as the files shipped in the kits will be out of date by the time you start to use them These files should ideally be refreshed every few days If you check the Download when Satellite Tracking starts option then the files are downloaded every time you start satellite tracking To download the latest Kepler data files press Download The files are downloaded to the folder containing your satellite data To edit the list of files press Edit List The file is HRD Satellite List txt in the folder Satellites folder Example The entries below are downloaded using the Satellites page in the Satellites data option Data is saved in txt files Entries must start with http Ham Radio Deluxe only supports the two line format for example AO 40 1 26609U 00072B 03309 95521145 00000007 00000 0 00000 0 O 3675 2 26609 9 9303 22 9678 7977178 228 8131 28 6254 1 25597973 13867 Se Fe FR FR SR SR FR SR SR SR OR SRR HEHEHE TEIE TEIE TEIE TEIE TEIE TEE TEIE TEIE TEIE IEE TEIE TEIE TEIE IEE TEIE IEE TEIE EE TEIE EE TEIE IEE TEIE EE TEIE EE TEI EE EEE HH HHHHEHE when you change this list you should delete old files which are no longer being used JET EEEE EEEE EEEE TE EE EEEE EEEE EEE
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22. try all available speeds CI V Address ICOM only the address assigned to the radio consult the radio s handbook for the default address This can also be configured via the radio s configuration menu CTS Enables the CTS flow control required for Kenwood radios DTR Enables the DTR line when the COM Port is opened and leaves it on usually to provide power for an interface cable For Yaesu CT 62 and ICOM CT 17 interfaces this can be left unchecked off RTS Enables the RTS line when the COM Port is opened and leaves it on usually to provide power for an interface cable For Yaesu CT 62 and ICOM CT 17 interfaces this can be left unchecked off Connecting Press Start to connect to the radio If you see the error below then the COM port is currently held open by another program uj IC 7800 COM1 19200 Access is denied Make sure your radio is switched on and not in memory mode If you are using a homemade non standard cable you may need to select RTS and or DTR Check that you have not started another radio control program Other culprits are PDA and mobile phone connections Even if you have disconnected a device from a COM port you must make sure that the software is no longer running One connected HRD reads the radio s frequency to ensure that the options you selected are correct If you see the error below then HRD failed to read the radio s frequency uj IC 7800 COM7 19200 Failed to read frequency Make s
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24. 00 e P1 00 P2 00 P3 00 P4 00 OpCode E7 The format of the returned data is 1 byte The returned value is 00 Read TX The OpCode is F7 P1 P4 can have any value in this example they are status set to 00 e P1 00 P2 00 P3 00 P4 00 OpCode F7 The format of the returned data is 1 byte The returned value is FF not in TX mode Other Commands For the commands you want to investigate e Select the option on your rig using the rig buttons and controls e Enter a value in the Command Tester Title field that corresponds to the option you are investigating e Referring to your rig s handbook enter the P1 P4 parameters and OpCode as appropriate to read the rig s current value or set a new value If there are no values specified for Pl P4 then enter 00 in these fields e Press Send Doc To Help Standard Template Annex Command Tester e 83
25. 1 Properties H A Floppy disk drives 3 Human Interface Devices IDE ATA ATAPI controllers amp IEEE 1394 Bus host contre a Keyboards Resource settings E ECP Printer Port LPT1 mi Mice and other pointing de Resource type Monitors WO Range 30 Multi port serial adapters WO Range 88 Network adapters DMA 4 Other devices Setting 0378 037F 0778 077B 03 4 Ports COM amp LPT Communications Port 4 ECP Printer Port LPT1 Processors amp SBP2 IEEE 1394 Devices o SCSI and RAID controllers Sound video and game cd Conflicting device Use automatic settings ist No conflicts Storage volumes In the Windows XP example below the base address is 0378 Various The options are Auto switch as the frequency displayed by Ham Radio Deluxe changes a lookup is made against the parallel port definitions and the parallel port switched to the configuration for the first definition in the list that matches the new frequency e Selection window displays a Parallel Port pane in the main HRD selection window See Selection Window on page 49 Monitor The monitor window is started from the Tools gt Parallel Port menu The monitor e shows the current state of the data pins for a selected parallel port e allows you to select a definitio
26. 20 HRD SMETER Gb HRD SMETER_RAW HRD TRANSVERTER HRD TX HRD TX METERS Commands The commands below are supported by HRD Doc To Help Standard Template DDE Support e 39 Add ADIF Record ADIF data Adds a record to the logbook the record is supplied in ADIF format Used by PSK31 Deluxe Refresh REFR button status Refreshes all buttons REFR dropdown list Refreshes all dropdown Set Button BUIN Dutton title value Sets a button state For normal buttons the value 1s either on or off If title starts with then it s a dropdown the value must be a dropdown value Set Dropdown DROP button tritle value Selects a dropdown value Set Frequency FREQ lt hertz gt Sets the frequency to the value supplied in Hertz Set Mode MODE mode Sets the mode to the supplied value Top Window TOPW Makes the HRD the top most window in the Z order in other words brings HRD to the front of your monitor DX Cluster Introduction A DX Cluster is a means for Amateur Ham Radio operators to tell each other in real time about DX stations other interesting or rare Amateur Radio stations all over the world From http www dxcluster org by Dirk Koopman GITLH One station is set up with Packet Cluster and is linked to one or more other stations who have installed the software These nodes when connected are called a cluster Clusters are connected to clusters expanding the network Indi
27. 26 12 2005 26 12 2005 26 12 2005 26 12 2005 27 12 2005 27 12 2005 27 12 2005 27 12 2005 27 12 2005 28 12 2005 28 12 2005 28 12 2005 28 12 2005 B Satellite Tracking Local JN46AT VO 52 Uplink ON Downlink ON 9 ANI p v A0 27 A0 51 FO 29 60 32 ISS RS 22 50 50 V0 92 V x x x x x x Y x C Visible now 126 194 158 136 0 122 B 318 O Visible in next Satellite Azimuth 80 42 29 73 DO 69 30 42 Satellites Observer 9 Ground Control Schedule Current Data 9 Mutual Visibility Y Visibility Sotell e visibility sotete i in range Elevation 70 0 73 26 6 1 67 0 0 19 9 02 54 2 minutes d Los 153 23 91 49 49 58 32 5 01 1 11 32 un u PJ O Y NextPasses Single Pass Plot DOE Altitude 822 27 Range Rate 0 19481537 714 95 6 11760712 1 325 65916760 817 6 6 35537086 U 00000000 676 6 79986937 664 2 02066673 616 89572984 The visibility window gives you an overview of the satellites you have selected in the Satellites window Select the satellites that are displayed All displays all satellites Satellite Tracking e 69 e Visible now displays only the satellites which are currently visible e Visible in next displays the satellites visible at any time in the time period you select for example the next 60 minutes For each entry in this display the columns
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29. 57 2 Man 26 Dec 2005 Mon 26 Dec 2005 Mon 26 Dec 2005 21 22 3 Mon 26 Dec 2005 23 4 MOX OX XX C N N e pes amp RN hh Nr D v ws hy ee ss s de PJ de 9 PR e LPI whe ut M Wh uw rh bet p w N oOo Select Betrech Passes 50 v Viewer This window shows up to 1 000 passes for a selected satellite Note do not select more than 100 passes unless you have a very powerful computer minimum CPU frequency of 2 GHz is recommended Press Alarm to add an audio alarm when a satellite is about to pass overhead Single Pass Doc To Help Standard Template Press Plot to plot a selected pass in the Single Pass window Press Viewer to display the data with the default text file viewer usually Notepad satellite Tracking Local JN46AT VO 52 Uplink ON Downlink ON Sme ites Observer 9 Ground Control 9 Schedule Current Data Mutual Visiblity Visibilay VO 52 21 23 04 21 35 36 Local Elevation Azimuth 1 406 19 ka 21 Dec 2005 21 31 26 212500 21 27 00 21 31 00 21 33 00 TM Elev lt gt Azim Popup info EIGENE 615 13km 11 401 93km This window plots a single pass for the satellite selected in the Next Passes window The elevation is plotted on the left y axis time 1s on the x axis Select Azimuth Altitude or Range to be plotted on the right y axis If Popup info is checked a vertical dashed marker line is displayed which either tracks the curren
30. 790 079 Mode USB Connected ta instance 1 Radio Ke Demo Freg 145 790 079 Mode USB Connected ta instance 2 Radia TS 2000 Demo Freg 145 795 0879 Mode USB In the Frequency and Mode dropdowns you select the corresponding source from the HRD master instance e Radio as seen on the main HRD display e Transverter frequency is taken from the Transverter window selected from the Tools menu e Satellite uplink the uplink frequency and mode see Ground Control on page 63 e Satellite downlink the downlink frequency and mode see Ground Control on page 63 In the HRD Slaves group box check the instances to be controlled by the Synchroniser As soon as you check a slave the slave s frequency and mode are updated with the current values from the master every time the master frequency and or mode change they are sent to the slave for so long as the slave option remains checked Dual Radio Satellite Tracking For more information about satellite see Satellite Tracking on page 15 specifically Ground Control on page 63 If you are using two radios for satellite tracking for example two FT 817 or IC 7000 1 Start an instance of HRD for each radio connect to the radios 2 Select an instance to use as the master in this example the radio used for receive 3 Inthe master receive instance e Start the display e Enter transmit and receive frequency informat
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32. E EEEE E EE EEEE EEHEEHE From AMSAT recommended for Amateur radio satellites http www amsat org amsat ftp keps current nasabare txt From Celestrak Remove the comment to add these SRR RRR TR IR TR SR http www celestrak com NORAD elements amateur txt http www celestrak com NORAD e lements goes txt http www celestrak com NORAD elements stations txt http www celestrak com NORAD e lements visual txt http www celestrak com NORAD e lements weather txt New satellite data files can be downloaded from the Internet for example from http www amsat org or from http www celestrak com maintained by T S Kelso The only supported file format is two line element sets for example AO 7 1 07530U 74089B 03265 96753648 00000029 00000 0 10000 3 0 2356 2 07530 101 7328 311 4393 0012255 21 1784 338 9793 12 53565904320301 AO 10 1 14129U 83058B 03265 06525444 00000148 00000 0 10000 3 0 9658 2 14129 26 3223 129 7582 5974698 27 0721 354 5394 2 05868478124501 The verbose format is not supported The bare NASA format elements from http www amsat org contain all satellites of interest to radio amateurs Alternatively if you look at http www celestrak com NORA D elements you will see many files that can be downloaded Just download these files and save them in the Satellites folder selected previously For more information about the contents of these files browse http www celestrak com
33. E nelson 1011Z DX de VEITE 3799 LABWEA cqdx 1009Z Here GDAELI has logged on to GB7MBC DX spots are displayed in this window as they are received and are sent to the DX Cluster window for immediate display Custom Top 9 DX spots on Spotter Comment IKIXVO Oman special call France dmf55012 moulin de V Saudi Arabia Manfred cq Sri Lanka nelson Norway cqdx Belgium CQ OLIVIA Asiatic Russia Ken rough Hungary cq 1st 3 MATT RANA TATA I INAN 137 kHz 1 8 MHz 3 5 MHz 7 MHz 10 MHz 14 MHz 18 MHz L21 ME 3000 31PO0O00 The advantage here 1s that you can apply any filtering supported by the DX Spider node you connect to If your interest is European 144MHz then you don t want to see 144MHz spots from the rest of the world Press to enable regular updates the update interval is set by pressing amp not applicable is using a custom DX cluster Press to refresh the display Refresh Interval Enter the refresh interval a value between 10 and 999 seconds then press OK Interval seconds Press aA to change the font size Select an entry in the display then press orz to perform a lookup of the station from the ORZ website ORZ Lookup Field Value Callsign HIRS Name RAFAEL CHIKIN VIGUERA Address FOBOS 30541 SANTO DOMING GTH SANTO DOMINGO Country DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Locator Home Page QSL vie no qsl mar Press to display the homepage for t
34. ElONC Way Ww Z2 UASWHX Dec 13 4 GE7CGL Starting Select DX Cluster from the Tools menu HRD Top 50 DX spots on ALL Refresh 5 seconds EE DX Spotter Comment 4Z5ML Qatar CQ A7 1BX P E MHz GOCGL JJ2LP England 3 5 MHz GW3YDX DCIZP Wales EA 1VHF B G4RRA Spain INS3RE lt TR gt IC GW3IYDX JJ2LPV Wales VR2MY a LX1AX Hong Kong 56 9 XU7TZG DC9ZP Cambodia Sri Call A4IAXK FSDGY Oman al M eede 34 I1 11 T 3 TAMdan T 7 c T TT TM When you click on an entry the frequency is sent to the HRD display Configuration Press amp to open the Configuration window Cluster Source There are three possible sources for DX spots 3 OH2AQ the original and most widely used web based cluster The spots are read by parsing data from the pages on the OH2AQ site at http oh2aq kolumbus com dxs 4 Ham Radio Deluxe a web based cluster with data downloadable in CSV format from http dxcluster ham radio ch These web pages were made available by the HRD team as the OH2AQ cluster can be overloaded at times especially at the weekend and during contests 5 Custom using the DX Cluster Client built into HRD Here you connect to any DX cluster node OH2AQ Ham Radio Deluxe Using these web based clusters is the easiest way to get started All you need is an Internet connection OH2AQ supports the Spot option the Ham Radio Delu
35. MSG CMD DEVICE IO CONTROL MSG CMD GET COM PORTS MSG CMD PURGE COMM MSG CMD READ FILE MSG CMD READ FILE EX MSG CMD SET COMM MASK MSG CMD SET COMM STATE MSG CMD SET COMM TIMEOUTS MSG CMD WRITE FILE ASYNC MSG CMD WRITE FILE SYNC Description Authenticate username password Close COM port Open a COM port Send control code to COM port driver Return a list of COM ports Discards all characters from the input buffer of the COM port Terminates pending read or write operations on the resource Read the COM port Read the COM port extended read Specify events to be monitored Configure COM port SET timeouts Asynchronous write no reply expected Synchronous write reply expected All commands expect a reply except for MSG CMD WRITE FILE ASYNC The command values are enum RemotesvrMessages MSG CMD AUTHENTICATE MSG CMD GET COM PORTS MSG CMD CREATE FILE MSG CMD DEVICE IO CONTROL MSG CMD SET COMM MASK MSG CMD PURGE COMM MSG CMD SET COMM STATE MSG CMD SET COMM TIMEOUTS MSG CMD READ FILE MSG CMD READ FILE EX MSG CMD WRITE FILE SYNC MSG CMD CLOSE HANDLE MSG CMD WRITE FILE ASYNC Copy On sO 0 E FRR wo NHOS gt n ww Doc To Help Standard Template Structures The structures used are shown below All members are byte aligned All commands start with the structure typedef struct UINT nSize UINT nHead UINT nCmd MSG HEADER Jf
36. Radio Deluxe Remote Server Properties Local Computer General Log On Recovery Dependencies Service name HRD RemoteSvr Display name Hem Radio Deluxe Remote Server The Ham Radio Deluxe remote server www ham Description radio ch Path to executable CAProgram Files Amateur Radio Ham Radio DeluxeHRDRemoteSvr exe Startup type Automatic Service status Stopped You can specify the start parameters that apply when you start the service from here Start parameters a Cosme Press Configure to edit HRDRemoteSvr cfg which contains the service configuration Ham Radio Deluxe Remote Access Server Copright c 2004 by Simon Brown HB9DRYV Note this only runs on windows NT 2K XP It does not run on windows 95 98 ME SE This file defines the configuration of the Remote Access Server The format of each entry is TOKEN VALUE Supported tokens COM PORT USER1 to USER20 WELCOME A comma separated list of COM ports that are returned If not defined then the server returns a list of all COM ports available on the computer 7h ee e AAA FR OR SR OR SR OR SR OS SR k SR SR SR SR SR OM COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 OM COM 1 The TCP IP port on which the server listens for connections If not defined then the default value of 7805 is used Select any port number you want which is not in use by other programs PORT 7805 Username passwords these are case insensi
37. a computer running the HRD Remote Access Program 1 Remote Computer Connection 2 Remote COM Port Address www simon home ch Port 7805 Default 7805 Username Wombat Password Enter the remote computer connection information then press Connect Enter connection information e Address the remote computer address in either numeric or alphabetic form for example 195 154 179 101 or www simon home ch e Port the port assigned to the remote service usually 7805 e Username a valid username defined in the configuration file This is case insensitive e Password the password corresponding to the username This is case insensitive e To save these values make sure the Save settings option is checked X Press Connect If the connection is successful the text Username password authenticated Select a remote COM port then press OK is displayed o Remote Connection Connectto a computer running the HRD Remote Access Program 1 Remote Computer Connection 2 Remote COM Port Address 201 42 12 114 COM v Port 7805 Default 7805 Username Simon Password Connected to 201 42 12 114 7805 username password authenticated selecta remote COM Port then press OK Now select the COM port and then press OK to connect to the remote COM port and start the HRD radio display When the connection with the radio has been confirmed a Remote Connec
38. age of selecting options such as Buttons Dropdowns Sliders and Status Texts 1s that it may take a second or two before HRD detects that you are changing the frequency by dragging the tuning marker and the current refresh operation cannot be interrupted Slow Link If you have a slow link a round trip time gt 100 ms then select only Meters As this is a remote station it is unlikely that anyone else will be adjusting the radio s controls so you will not need to refresh buttons and dropdowns as you would with a locally connected radio The disadvantage of not selecting Buttons and Dropdowns is that inter button dependencies will not be shown for example you may have 4 AGC buttons Off Fast Medium and Slow only one of which will be active at any one time If Buttons is not enabled for regular refreshes then pressing Fast will not update the Remote Server e 55 other AGC buttons In this case you must press the small refresh button to the right of the Buttons check box To refresh all display options click Refresh All Technical Information Remember that the software 1s designed for Windows NT but it should be possible to map all these commands to Linux and other UNIX derivatives The source code for the main processing thread is available the rest is highly Windows oriented and is of no use for other platforms Commands The supported commands are Command MSG CMD AUTHENTICATE MSG CMD CLOSE HANDLE MSG CMD CREATE FILE
39. als bs is E DS Sy eee S TE _ gud Title Options SE pte ales yt ae een ee aac d Te LT ee LT UN Fins Title Clock Frequency 7 048 8 7 049 2 7 049 6 7 050 0 7 050 4 7 050 8 7 051 2 Band Button Text BSP 10m 15m 20m 40m 80m Band Button Face Fine Line Fine Text Fine Inside Fine Hotspot ral ET tri ers aes ay bol es pia luca sla ees ls pea ese Normal 80m Line ES ETRE BER PN A AA A TES ATA A A AS AT Normal 80m Text 7 000 7 025 7 050 7 075 7 100 7 125 7 150 7 175 7 200 7 225 7 250 7 275 Normal 80m Inside Active 40m Line Active 40m Text Active 40m Inside Active 40m Hotspot Fonts Title Options Title Clock Frequency Band Buttons Band Titles Band Frequency Align band buttons Horz Centre v Vert Centre Here you define the colours fonts and band button positions Program Options Introduction Accelerators Doc To Help Standard Template A Options Accelerators Custom Table Comms Dual WFO Tracking RX Timeout Switch Off Polling COM Port TX RTS DTR Both None Docking Panes Appearance ICOM Calibration S Meter Info Modes Mapping Info Options Supported Internet Enable Out Of Band Enable In band Out of band Mouse Wheel CW Fine CW Hot Other Fine Other Hot Info Options Internet Accelerators Comms Out Of Band Mouse Wheel Docking Panes COM Part TX Used to define various HRD features Program Options is selected from the Tools menu or
40. ansponder Do not use the satellite tracking built into your radio let HRD do the work for you for example on the FT 847 this 1s the Tracking option To set up the linear transponder frequencies e TXcenter The center frequency of the uplink TX band For example on VO 52 the uplink band is 435 220 435 280 MHz LSB CW so the center frequency 1s 435 250 000 MHz e RX center The center frequency of the downlink RX band For example on VO 52 the downlink band is 145 870 145 930 MHz USB CW so the center frequency is 145 900 000 MHz As you tune your RX frequency the TX frequency will be correctly adjusted by applying 1 offsets from the center frequencies and then 2 Doppler correction To adjust your transmit signal so that it matches the receive frequency use the spin button to the right of the TX center field It will be necessary to adjust the transmit signal as your radio s may not be correctly aligned also the linear transponder in the satellite may also not be correctly aligned The tracking option in a radio cannot correctly compensate for Doppler this 1s one reason why many QSO s drift gently across the linear transponder s available bandwidth Only correct computer control will ensure that two or more stations stay on the same frequency while the satellite passes overhead When using the linear transponder option HRD will correctly control your radio s frequencies so that are they are both compensated for Doppler shift
41. are Column Description Vis Whether the satellite is currently visible Satellite The name of the satellite Azimuth The azimuth of a satellite is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian It is customary to reckon the azimuth of a line from the south point of the horizon around by the west from O deg to 360 deg Elevation The angular distance above the horizon AOS Acquisition of signal is the elapsed time at which the satellite becomes visible and a signal can theoretically be heard If empty then the satellite is already visible LOS Loss of signal is the elapsed time after which the satellite is no longer visible and the signal can theoretically no longer be heard Lon The satellite s current longitude Lat The satellite s current latitude Range The distance of the satellite from the observer s location measured in kilometers A mile is 1 6 kilometers a kilometer is 0 62 miles Altitude The altitude of the satellite above sea level measured in meters Range The value required to calculate Doppler frequency adjustment Rate Next Passes all Satellite Tracking Local JN46AT VO 52 Uplink ON Downlink ON Satellites Observer 9 Ground Control Schedule Current Data Mutual Visibility Visibil y Y Nent Passes Single Pass Pict DOE Next posses lor a selected satellite lt Satellites V0 52 AOS AOS Azi Max Elev Azimuth Duration AO 27 Wed 21 Dec 200
42. c Advanced Basic Advanced Basic Advanced Basic Advanced Basic Advanced Basic Advanced Basic Advanced Basic Advanced Basic Advanced Basic Advanced Basic Advanced Basic Option AF gain Break in delay DSP high cut DSP low cut IF shift Keyer speed Meter Mic gain Noise blanker Noise reduction RF gain RF power Speech proc in gt Mainly for use by the HRD programming team all commands are listed for each radio Supported Internet IC R8500 Enable Jupiter Qut Of Band K2 Enable K2 Demo In band NRD 535 Out of band Orion Mouse Wheel Orion Demo CW Fine PCR 1000 CV Hot R 5000 Other Fine RXx 350 Other Hot SDR 1000 Selection Window TS 1405 Advanced values TS 2000 Tree expand TS 2000 Demo Toolbars TS 4408 TS 4505 Font Updates Reminder Press Radio for a l st of all supported radios To display the commands 1 Selecta radio 2 Press Viewer P IC 703 Supported Commands txt Notepad Doc To Help Standard Template File Edit Format View Help Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Packet RTTY Packet RTTY Packet RTTY Various Various Various Various
43. click Mext To install to a different folder click Browse and select another falder Destination Folder C Program Files Amateur Radio Ham Radio Deluxe Cancel Select the folder where Ham Radio Deluxe will be installed the suggested default is usually sufficient Ham Radio Deluxe InstallShield Wizard Select Program Folder Please select a program folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing folders list Click Nextto continue Program Folder Ham Radio Deluxe Existing Folders ArcSoft ShowBiz 2 Canon CD DVD Recorder Codejock Software ComponentOne Core FTP Creative CyberLink PowerDVD Games M tallshield Select the folder in the Start menu where the Ham Radio Deluxe entries will be added the suggested default 1s usually sufficient Ham Radio Deluxe InstallShield Wizard Ready to Install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation If you wantto review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard Install Cancel Click Install to start the installation Doc To Help Standard Template Installation e 13 Ham Radio Deluxe InstallShield Wizard Setup Status Ham Radio Deluxe is configuring your new software installation Installing C Program Files Amateur Radio Ham Radio D
44. d Tester l x m Connection USE THIS DISPLAY AT com y 38400 y CTS DTR RTS Connect YOUR OWN RISK This display is used Company Yaesu to test CAT commands outside of the main Title Read Tx Status Ham Radio Deluxe framework The go oo oo oo F results can be saved BE Ir Fat P4 Opcode toa tert fils tar later analysis Connection Sl a M MM E Connected Read Frequency amp Mode OK 00 00 00 00 03 OK 00 35 78 15 00 Read RX Status OK 00 00 00 00 E7 OK 00 Read TX Status OK 00 00 00 00 F7 OK FF Fields e Title a description of the command you are testing for example Read Frequency or read Mode Mandatory e Pl P4 the command parameters Not all commands require parameters it is recommended that parameters that can be set to any value be set to 00 Fields left empty are set to 00 e Opcode the instruction OpCode Mandatory Examples Test Description Read The OpCode is 03 P1 P4 can have any value in this example they are frequency set to 00 and mode e P1 00 P2 00 P3 00 P4 00 OpCode 03 The format of the returned data is 5 bytes the first four containing the frequency in binary coded decimal followed by the mode The returned value is 00 35 78 15 00 which corresponds to a frequency 00 35 78 15 of 51 875 300 and a mode 00 of LSB Read RX The opcode is E7 P1 P4 can have any value in this example they are set status to
45. de directly You also select the preferred time format either Local default or UTC Distance 1s displayed in either kilometers or miles You must press Apply to update the satellite settings Ground Control Doc To Help Standard Template all Satellite Tracking Local JN46AT VO 52 Uplink ON Downlink ON Sme ites Observer 9 Ground Control Schedule Current Data Mutual Visibaity Visibility NextPasses Single Pass Piot VFO Satelite Transverter TS 480 Tx Me v 435 350 000 M 435 357 142 RJ MA v 145 800 000 E 145 797 607 Satellte VO 5 2 7 Linear Transponder Tracking Q Alam E Optons x ac cC n Plot for Selecton TXcener 435 250 000 gt T mode USB Rx center 145 900 000 J FXmode LSB PA offset 100 000 Hz M Tune F2 M Tune F2 TX Fl 2 m I ve Rotator Ads 1 05 07 LOS 1 17 39 8 Azimuth Azim 324 71 C Altitude Elev 42 36 O Range Range 9 490km Name Visible me 4 11 42 vo 52 i 12 V E r 14 55 LL HE Ya 12 12 47 13 13 37 PE Ls 9 12 15 14 2000000500079 t2 DANN C Ul d A O WWW Nh 7 Ld N This window is used to adjust your radio s TX uplink and RX downlink frequency to compensate for the Doppler effect which is the apparent shift in frequency of a wave due to the relative motion of source and observer Doppler shift is calculated in accordance with Kepler s laws e Enter the satellite uplink your TX fre
46. def struct MSG HEADER HANDLE DWORD BYTE DWORD BOOL OVERLAPPED BYTE MSG COM READ MSG COM WRITE typedef struct MSG HEADER HANDLE DWORD DWORD OVERLAPPED BOOL BYTE MSG COM WRITE header hHandle dwNumberOfBytesToRead byTermChar dwNumberOfBytesRead Dotatus overlapped byData 4096 header hHandle dwNumberOfBytesTowrite dwNumberOfBytesWritten overlapped Dotatus byData 4096 Satellite Tracking Introduction If you are new to satellite tracking visit http www amsat org maintained by The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation AMSAT for excellent articles written for new satellite users HRD s Satellite Tracking support would not be possible without the help of David Taylor and his open source satellite tracking library After using David s code to get started I wrote my won library shipped as a DLL with HRD and based on NORAD SGP4 SDP4 Implementations by Michael F Henry Full source is available on request The most important rule it s the frequency on the satellite that 1s important not the frequency on your radio This is the most common mistake made when using a satellite If you are using two radios for satellite tracking one for transmit the other for receive read this section first then refer to Dual Radio Satellite Tracking on page 74 Dual radio support is arguably the most flexible way to work with satellites Satellites The software requires information
47. e Tracking Local JN46AT VO 52 Uplink ON Downlink ON Satellites Observer 9 Ground Control Schedule Current Data Y Mutual Visiblity Visibilay Nat Passes Single Pass Plot DOE Satellite mutual vwisbdity satellite r m range of two or more locabons Satellite AO 27 s LOS Duration 271272005 05 54 26 2271272005 06 03 26 00 2005 07 36 24 12 2005 07 40 24 00 Eleveton 10 minimum 71272005 15 40 35 1272005 15 46 35 00 22 12 2005 17 18 32 2271272008 17 26 32 00 23 12 2005 05 26 14 2371272005 05 34 14 00 Seton Locator 12 2005 07 06 54 23 12 2005 07 14 54 00 Wi Observer JNAGAT 23 12 2005 15 13 42 2371272005 15 17 42 00 GOU 1074TH 23 12 2005 16 50 24 2371272005 16 58 24 00 12 2005 04 58 15 24 12 2005 05 04 15 00 24 12 2005 06 30 06 2471272005 06 47 06 00 4 12 2005 14 47 38 24 12 2005 14 48 38 00 412 2005 16 22 36 24 12 2005 16 30 36 00 71272005 18 02 2 71272005 18 08 24 00 71272005 06 09 35 25 12 2005 06 18 35 00 12 2005 15 55 07 25 12 2005 16 02 07 00 12 2005 17 33 43 25 12 2005 17 41 43 00 1272005 05 41 17 12 2005 05 50 17 DU 1272005 07 22 32 2671272005 07 28 32 00 412 2005 15 27 59 26 12 2005 15 33 59 00 26 12 2005 17 05 24 2671272005 17 13 24 00 12 2005 05 13 10 2771272005 05 21 10 00 12 2005 06 53 27 27712 2005 07 02 27 00 71272005 15 01 22 2771272008 15 04 22 00 1272005 16 37 25 27712 2005 16 45 25 00 12 2005 18 18 40 27 12 2005 18 22 40 00
48. ect CI V address for your rig The data received from the radio 1s always shown in hexadecimal ta CAT Command Tester Connection USE THIS DISPLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK This display is used to test CAT commands outside of the main Ham Radio Deluxe Command framework The results can be saved to a text file for Title Reed S Meter later analysis From EO To 6 Cmd 15 Sub 02 Connection D ta select the type of command to DIS N be sent Elecraft ICOM CI V l i l Kenwood Ten Tec or Yaesu Sent Received Connected Read Frequency OK FE FE EO 6A 03 OK FE FE EO 6A 03 90 66 01 14 OO FD Read Mode OK FE FE EO 6A 04 OK FE FE EO 6A 04 03 01 FD Read S Meter OK FE FE ED 6A 15 02 OK FE FE EO 6A 15 02 00 02 FD Fields e Title a description of the command you are testing for example Read Frequency or read Mode Mandatory e From controller s default address Enter EO Personal Computer Mandatory e To transceiver s default address the IC 703 uses 68 The address used by your radio is found in the user manual Mandatory e Cmd command number refer to the radio handbook Mandatory e Sub sub command number refer to the radio handbook If there is no sub command then this field must be left empty Optional e Data if the command supplies data for example setting a new frequency or mode then enter the values in these fields If there is no data for the
49. eluxe lame_enc dll InstallShield Cancel The progress of the installation is shown while the software is being installed Ham Radio Deluxe InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete Ham Radio Deluxe Setup is almost complete Choose the options you want below would like to start PSK31 Deluxe Press Finish to complete Ham Radio Deluxe Setup lt Back Cancel When the software has been installed select the programs to be started then press Finish First Steps Connection Doc To Help Standard Template Now that you have installed HRD you can try it out using a Dem o matic radio This is a reasonable accurate simulation of the real thing designed for use during presentations and while developing HRD when a radio 1s not available on the train in a plane in an airport stuck in a hotel room in Finland etc From the Start menu select Programs Ham Radio Deluxe Once the splash screen has closes you see the Connect window Fo Connect HB9DRV in Switzerland Company Visit http hrd ham radio ch downloads html for A basic guide acre M fo CAT and Audio interfacing which contains many designs for both CAT and COM Part Remote w J al for use with Ham Radio Speed Company Cl Add BA Select your radio manufacturer from the drop down list The Dem o Matic radios do not require a COM port they are for demonstrating HRD when you do not have IwIpTR MIETS a suitable radio available
50. end Erase Save Help Connect window Received Read VFO FA00007035000 Read mode MD1 Read S meter Change mode to RTTY read mode Change mode to RTTY read mode hex OK OK OK OK OK SMOD0D MD6 lt Dxz4D gt lt 0 44 gt lt 0x36 gt lt 0x3B gt Annex Command Tester e 79 In the Change mode to RTTY example above the returned string is shown in both ASCII and hexadecimal because the Show hex output option was selected for this command Fields e Title a description of the command you are testing for example Read Frequency or read Mode Mandatory e Cmd the ASCII string sent to the rig Elecraft strings are terminated with a e Wait for rx terminator when reading the response read characters from the rig until this character is returned or a timeout occurs Examples Test Description Read Frequency Command is FA returned data format is FA 11 digits e FA00007035000 Frequency is 7 035 000 MHz Read Mode Command is MD returned data format is MD 1 digit e MDI 1 LSB 2 USB 3 CW 6 RTTY 7 CW REV 9 RTTY REV Read S Meter Command is SM returned data format is SM 4 digits e SM0000 Returned value is in the range 0000 to 0015 ICOM CI V The example below is uses an IC 7800 with e From controller address EO personal computer the default value e To CI V address 6A the default for the IC 703 Refer to your ICOM radio manual for the corr
51. ented depending on the scroll direction If you rotate while the cursor is over an inactive digit then the digit is activated Up Down The up arrow down arrow and keys increment decrement the active digit Mouse click Select a digital by clicking over the digit To increment decrement click above below the center of the digit and keep the mouse button pressed Direct Entry To enter values just press a numeric key 0 9 The active digital is updated and the next digit to the right is made active Press Enter to display the Enter Frequency window ho Enter Frequency E A 13 231 000 MHz B 3 700 000 MHz Auto apoky Track Amy Enter the new frequency and then press Apply If you check Auto apply then the new frequency is applied every time you make a change If you check Track this window is updated with changes made to the frequency display for example when you tune the radio manually Griffin etc Support for third party devices such as the Griffin Powermate is available see Accelerators on page 31 Fine Tuning eee oe rz re EE 0 gt rcrum Band Selection The Band Section buttons are shown between the Fine and Main layouts The buttons are e ALT e BSP e 160m 80 10m Display Scroll E Band Selection 160m 10m Region 1 Date amp Time 25 December 2005 11 40 Buttons
52. ext Gripper Face Gripper Text Advanced _ Apply custom slider colours to sliders in the advanced options lists If supported by your radio sliders are displayed at the bottom of the display Here you define the appearance of the sliders These colours are optionally applied to the sliders in the Advanced selection windows select Advanced from the View menu Sliders Layout A Customise Layout Schemes Layout Buttons Faceplate Frequency Meters Sliders Appearance Sliders Layout Tuning Dial Defines the layout of slider controls on the radio display If your radio is notin the listthen no sliders are available Layout Defaut OAt1 OAR2 OAR3 OAt4 OAIS AF gain v RF gain v RF power Mic gain Noise blanker v Noise reduction VOX gain l VOX delay Squelch v IF shift Keyer speed Break in delay g v Notes Changes are saved immediately Empty rows are not displayed Clear All Show hide sliders use View menu amp Load Defaults Here you select the sliders to be displayed Define up to 6 layouts for example one layout for SSB and another for CW Doc To Help Standard Template Customise Layout e 29 Tuning Dial A Customise Layout Schemes Layout Buttons Faceplate Frequency Meters Sliders Appearance Sliders Layout Tuning Dial Colours E 24 December 2005 Options 08 51 20 Background we ae Seen ko a
53. hat it shows SAT as being enabled In normal cross band satellite mode for example transmit on 70cms and receive on 2m select e TX VFO B Sub e RX VFO A Main e SAT on e Split off Doc To Help Standard Template e Tracking off you do not need to enable tracking the computer does everything for you also the tuning response with HRD is much faster with tracking off To switch tracking off press the A gt B button underneath Track The FT 847 must be in satellite mode so that the computer can update the TX frequency When in SAT mode the FT 847 takes a long time to respond to Read Frequency requests especially if tracking 1s on as a result when you tune the FT 847 with the radio s tuning dial the displayed frequency will not update very quickly Other The transmit frequency of some Yaesu radios such as the FT 817 and FT 857 cannot be changed while in transmit mode so it 1s not possible to apply Doppler correction while transmitting If you think your Yaesu radio can be updated while transmitting please contact the author ICOM IC 910H In normal cross band satellite mode for example transmit on 70cms and receive on 2m select e TX VFO Sub e RX VFO Main e SAT on The IC 910H must be in satellite mode so that the TX uses the Sub frequency If the bands on the radio are the same as HRD but reversed press M S to switch the Main and Sub frequencies Because the IC 910H cannot display the same band on b
54. he selected source not available if using a custom DX cluster Press 2 to submit a spot not available is using the HRD source amp Submit a DX Spot Sets hy call call Frequency Information Doc To Help Standard Template DX Cluster e 45 Auxiliary Switching Introduction Technology Manager Doc To Help Standard Template A standard PC comes equipped with an 8 bit parallel port that can be used to switch auxiliary equipment such as antennas bandpass filters and power amplifiers Ham Radio Deluxe supports the parallel port via fully configurable manager and monitor displays Typical uses of this option are to switch antennas either automatically as the frequency changes or by selecting an option from the Parallel Port pane of the selection window The parallel port sends 8 bits at a time The layout of the parallel port pins is shown below 13 12 11 10 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0000000005000 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 o9 o oo o ooo O0 The data pins are shown in red DO is pin 2 D7 is pin 9 To indicate that a bit has a value of 1 a charge of 5 volts is sent through the correct pin No charge on a pin indicates a value of 0 This is a simple but highly effective way to transmit digital information over an analog cable in real time The manager window is invoked from the Tools gt Parallel Port menu Definitions Each definition consists of e X Enabled selection f no
55. ion for the satellite you are tracking e Check the RX VFO do not check a TX VFO as this instance will not be used for transmit 4 Start the Synchroniser e Master is the receive instance e Slave is the transmit instance e Select the Satellite uplink option for Frequency and Mode so that the slave receives the frequency and mode used for transmit as computer by the Master instance The slave will now be updated with the transmit frequency and mode for transmit every time it changes in the master instance Doc To Help Standard Template Synchroniser e 75 Annex Command Tester Introduction Starting Doc To Help Standard Template Too Many Radios In a project like Ham Radio Deluxe it 1s not always possible for the developers to have every radio available for their own use it s very expensive and takes up too much room This is where the user community helps by using the Command Tester individual commands are tested by the users of Ham Radio Deluxe and the results sent to the developers as a text file in a standard format Very often the problem is either determining the data returned for the various mode filter frequency combinations supported by a rig or working out how to set a rig option The handbooks supplied by manufacturers can be wrong or just not contain enough information to successfully implement a command Data Formats There are major differences in the formats selected by the manufacturers whose
56. ion if you do not want Internet access Out Of Band A Options COM Port TX Accelerators Comms COMPor TX Docking Panes ICOM Calibration Info Modes ET EHut NOna Info Options Internet OutOfBand Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates Docking Panes Appearance E M ICOM Calibration Defines the Out Of Band warnings S Meter Info Modes Mapping Info Options Supported Internet Enable ding wav Out Of Band In band Out of band z Mouse Wheel Out of band wave file OW Fine chord wawv Cw Hot Other Hot Selection Window Advanced values Tree expand Toolbars Font Updates Reminder In band wave file Configure the optional sound files played when you tune in out of band Mouse Wheel Options COM Part TX RTS DTR Both None Docking Panes Appearance ICOM Calibration S Meter Info Modes Mapping Info Options Supported Internet Enable Out Of Band Enable In band Out of band Mouse Wheel Ow Fine CV Hot Other Fine Other Hot Selection Window Advanced values Tree expand Toolbars Font Updates Reminder Accelerators Comms COM Por TX Docking Panes ICOM Calibration Info Modes Info Options Intemet OutOfBand Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates E M Defines the tuning step when rotating the mouse wheel Narrow Mades Wide Mades Fine Hot Fine Hot 10H
57. l selected below Info Modes Mapping Info Options Supported Internet Enable Qut Of Band Enable In band Qut of band Mouse Wheel Ow Fine CV Hot Other Fine Other Hot Selection Window Advanced values e Tree expand Toolbars Font Updates Reminder Restore Default Note Changes are applied immediately The IC 06 and IC 706MkIl do not support the S meter ICOM radios return a S Meter value between 0 and 255 normally 0 is SO 12 1s Sl and so on As aS Meter unit is 6 dB the algorithm applied is to divide the returned value by two to get dB then divide dB by 6 to get S units Some radios such as the IC 706 have a different logic use the Offset and Scale values to adjust the returned values so that the S Meter in HRD corresponds to the S Meter on your radio Options COM Port TX Info Options Internet Out Of Band Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates Info Modes RTS DTR Both None Accelerators Comms COMPort TX Docking Panes ICOM Calibration Docking Panes L d N Jl A eae tial Mapping between the internal Ham Radio Deluxe Program modes and a radio For use by S Meter Ham Radio Deluxe developers to list mode support Info Modes Mapping uoces ete Status Program TS 480 CAT Command m e YOK AM AM MD5 Internet IC R8500 Enable Jupiter YOK AMIN AM MD5 MD3 Out Of Band K2 YOK OW CW Enable K2 Demo YOK CWN CW MD3 In band NRD 535 SOK CWR EWR MD Out of band
58. lected in 1 above for example Mode USB Filter Wide e Enter a command of 04 clear the sub command and data fields e Press Send When you have finished press Save to save the contents of the Results window to a file which you can forward to the Ham Radio Deluxe development team Other Follow the logic in Mode Filter above for other commands which you want to investigate e Select the option on your rig using the rig buttons and controls e Enter a value in the Command Tester Title field that corresponds to the option you are investigating e Referring to your rig s handbook enter the command sub command and data value as appropriate to read the rig s current value or set a new value If there is no sub command or data then these fields must be left empty e Press Send Yaesu The example below uses the FT 817 The data received from the radio 1s always shown in hexadecimal The overall format of Yaesu commands is always P1 P4 OpCode the actual commands and the data returned from the rig depends on the model and also on the EPROM revision level Some commands do not require specific values for Pl P4 it is recommended that is a value is not specified in the radio handbook then you enter 00 this is the approach taken in Ham Radio Deluxe Be aware that there are many errors in the Yaesu documentation so the data returned may not agree with the handbook and the radio s current settings amp CAT Comman
59. must not be tied to a single radio or a single manufacturer rather they must be designed to support all current and future radios Maybe it was the beer maybe the desire to give something back to the radio amateur community however on June 6 2003 the first line of code was written Ham Radio Deluxe HRD was born The inspiration for the design came from a variety of sources Internet Explorer especially the Favourites my old Eddystone EA12 and a desire to prove that Peter and myself could develop something better than the current not quite so free and fantastic products being peddled to radio amateurs On December 23 2005 the number of registered users stood at 20 006 quite an achievement in such a short time Very sadly Peter passed away on June 8 2005 His contribution to Ham Radio Deluxe will never be forgotten Ham Radio Deluxe v3 3 Beta Dedicated to build 958 Peter Halpin PH1PH Doc To Help Standard Template Introduction e 7 This Guide Sponsors Requirements Kevin Crockett VK3CKC wrote the original user guide Now that HRD is a more mature product the time has come to write the document you are currently reading Thank you for reading this guide To help keep HRD free for all Amateurs and SWL s several companies have helped by sponsoring the HRD development If I have missed your company please let me know West Mountain Radio SignaLink mossi gm On Pwr Delay Var PT u
60. n 1 amp Sound Card Radio Interface martin lynch amp sons rrif nce AM You can run HRD on any Windows 98 or NT 2K XP computer There will never be a LINUX or Macintosh native version HRD 1s known to run under Wine for LINUX and PC emulators for the Macintosh I may be crazy undertaking a project like this in my spare time I am not deep stir fry serve in a bun with extra chilies crazy The code is not open source it cannot be ported to Linux and will never be released as some of the code is protected under copyright and if released will land the author with a nice big legal fee You don t need a radio HRD comes with built in Dem o matic radio support K2 TS 480 TS 2000 and Orion It was the voices in my head that made me do it Medical opinion may differ here Supported Radios HRD currently supports these real radios e Flecraft K2 e FlexRadio SDR 1000 e ICOM IC 7000 IC 703 IC 706 IC 706MKII IC 706MkHG IC 707 IC 718 IC 725 IC 726 IC 728 IC 729 IC 735 IC 736 IC 737 1C 738 IC 7400 IC 746 IC 746Pro IC 751A IC 751A Piexx IC 756 IC 756Pro IC 756ProH IC 756Prolll IC 761 IC 765 IC 775DSP IC 7800 IC 781 IC 821H IC 910H IC R10 IC R20 IC R75 IC R8500 PCR 1000 e Kenwood R 5000 TS 140S TS 2000 TS 4405 TS 450S TS 480 TS 50S TS 570 TS 605 TS 6805 TS 690S TS 790 TS 850 TS 870 TS 9405 TS 950 TS B2000 e Ten Tec Argonaut Jupiter O
61. n and e toggle the data pins directly The Definition field shows the definition that matches the current pin selection 1f any Selection Window To display the selection window select the selection window option in the Parallel Port Manager Selection Favourites Parallel Port amp Manager e e Monitor X Auto Switch Rhombic af Log Periodic af 5Elem Yagi Miracle Whip 7 Turn Helix Quick Save The options are e Manager starts the Parallel Port Manager e Monitor starts the Parallel Port Monitor e Auto switch if enabled tick then a match is made with the first enabled definition when the frequency changes If not enabled cross then a match is not made e Definitions click on a definition to apply the definition to the port The icon indicates whether a definition that has been enabled or disabled Disabled definitions can be selected in this window they are only ignored when matching a new frequency against the list of definitions Doc To Help Standard Template Auxiliary Switching e 49 Remote Server Introduction The HRD Remote Server enables a connection between Ham Radio Deluxe and a radio connected to a remote computer that can be contacted via TCP IP Requirements The remote computer must be running Windows NT that is NT 4 0 2000 2003 or XP Windows 95 98 and various flavours thereof are not supported Technology A Windows service 1s installed on the remote ser
62. oth Main and Sub HRD cannot update the frequencies unless the correct bands are select using the radio controls In same band mode e TX VFO Main e RX VFO Main e SAT off A few notes l The TX mode is not updated from the radio 2 The software has to switch between Main and Sub so that the Sub VFO 1s updated it is not possible to detect the radio s current Main Sub selection so the radio operates in main mode all the time If you press Sub on the radio you will see that radio switch back to Main as soon as the Sub frequency is updated Single VFO Radios If you are using a single VFO radio such as the FT 817 then you use the same VFO for TX and RX Use the TX F1 button to switch between TX and RX When you switch to TX the transmit frequency is loaded into the radio before it switches to transmit when you return to receive the receive frequency is loaded into the radio after it switches to receive Satellite Tracking e 65 So the rule is always use the TX F1 button to switch between transmit and receive Linear Transponders Check X the Linear Transponder Tracking option if you are using a linear transponder such as HAMSAT VUSAT VO 52 These satellites receive a specific range of frequencies typically 40 100 kHz in one band convert them to another band and amplify the converted signal for transmission back to your planet The converted signal is inverted LSB becomes USB etc this is known as an inverting tr
63. ou must start HRD s DDE Server Select the DDE format currently only Nova is supported Press Start to start the DDE server Synchroniser Introduction The synchronizer is used to control two or more radios where a common frequency is shared by using the Dynamic Data Exchange DDE mechanism For each radio you are using you start an instance of HRD one instance is the Master the rest are the Slaves the slaves receive frequency and mode information from the master Starting Start the Synchroniser from the Tools gt Programs menu then press Scan to find the active HRD instances i HRD Synchroniser Active HRD Instances HUHUHBHHHHEHH HAD Master Master Frequency Mode BE TS 480 Demo ar Etui p De is ses en S pb Y oe i Clear Help Close Freq Mode Connected Radio Freq Mode Connected Radia Freg Mode Ke T5 2000 145 790 073 USB to instance 1 Demo 145 798 879 USB to instance z Demo 145 798 073 USB Master Disconnected from instance O Select the master instance supplied the frequency and mode and then press Start Doc To Help Standard Template Synchroniser e 73 mi HRD Synchroniser eai E Active HAD Instances HBHHHHEH HELD Master TS 480 Demo Master a stop Frequency Radio 145 798 695 HELD Slaves des ms 93 nds O4 gs ds d Bd 5 Refresh Clear Help Close Radio Ts 450 Demo Freg sens 145
64. quency in the Satellite TX field e Enter the satellite downlink your RX frequency in the Satellite RX field e Select the VFO you will use for TX and RX see rest of this section e If you are using a transverter enter the transverter offsets When you are tuning remember that the important frequency is the satellite frequency not the frequency on your radio The frequency on your radio is the satellite frequency corrected for Doppler shift Kenwood TS 2000 The computer can only update both main and sub frequencies either e n receive mode or e In transmit mode with SAT selected A special solution is required when the uplink TX and downlink RX frequencies are in the same band When you start the TS 2000 you have an extra TX VFO option Sub XIT which is only used for same band split operation see below When selected the Sub VFO is used for transmitting Doppler correction is applied by adjusting the XIT value Cross Band In normal cross band satellite mode for example transmit on 70cms and receive on 2m select Satellite Tracking e 63 e TX VFO B Sub the TS 2000 always uses the Sub VFO for TX e RX VFO A Main e SAT on e Split off The TS 2000 must be n satellite mode so that the computer can update the TX frequency Be careful with the TS 2000 s TF SET button each time you press TF SET the uplink TX frequency and the downlink RX frequency are swapped So if the frequencies in HRD are the oppo
65. radios are supported by Ham Radio Deluxe The Command Tester supports all necessary formats for the radio manufacturers supported by Ham Radio Deluxe Command Types There are two types of command Get and Set A Get command returns an item of information for example the VFO frequency or mode A Set command changes a rig setting typically the frequency or mode Command Tester supports both Get and Set commands To start the Command Tester e Make sure you have not connected to a radio with Ham Radio Deluxe if you will be using the same COM port for the Command Tester If you have a radio connection then you must disconnect using the Disconnect option in the File menu Annex Command Tester e 77 General Options e Select Command Tester from the Tools menu ta CAT Command Tester Connection ICOM CY Command Ps iof a USE THIS DISPLAY AT YOUR OWN Y COMI 19200 B RISK lets Dom L Rrs This display is used to test CAT commands outside of the main Ham Radio Deluxe framework The results can he saved to a text file for later analysis Connection select the type of command ta be sent Elecraft ICOM CI V Kenwood Ten Tec or Yaesu Title Sent Received Connect To connect to your radio you must select COM port where you have connected the interface cable to the radio The baud rate COM port speed If you are not sure of the correct speed consult your radio manual CTS
66. rion RX 350 e Yaesu FT 100 FT 1000D FT 1000MP MkV FT 600 FT 817 FT 840 FT 847 FT 857 FT 890 FT 897 FT 900 FT 920 FT 990 e Yaesu FT 100 FT 1000D FT 1000MP MkV FT 600 FT 817 FT 840 FT 847 FT 857 FT 890 FT 897 FT 900 FT 920 FT 990 Interfacing You will need a cable to connect your radio to the computer s serial COM port If you don t have a serial port all is not lost USB serial converters are widely available For more information refer to e The HRD Interface guide and e CATbox a Modular Computer Interface by Bas Helman G4TIC Check out the cable solutions from G4ZLP http g4zlp ham radio ch and West Mountain Radio http www westmountainradio com West Mountain Radio Doc To Help Standard Template Introduction e 9 Installation Introduction The Ham Radio Deluxe kit is a standard Windows kit it supports Windows 98 Windows 2000 and more recent releases The Logbook requires DAO Data Access Objects 3 5 or higher If you do not have DAO 3 5 installed you will get error messages when you start the logbook Ham Radio Deluxe Ham Radio Deluxe can be installed in under a minute Special knowledge is not needed the kit does everything for you Ham Radio Deluxe InstallShield Wizard Installing Ham Radio Deluxe 3 3 Beta build 968 By Simon Brown HBSDRY and Peter Halpin PH1PH Created Tuesday December 20 2005 at 22 03 This is Freeware keep Amateur Radio software free
67. rs Font Updates Reminder Info Options Internet Out Of Band Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates a Accelerators Comms COMPortTX Docking Panes ICOM Calibration Info Modes Docking Pane Appearance Visual Theme Floating Frames CO Default v Apply to floating frames O Visual Studio NET O Office 2003 Select Reset from the File menu to resetthe Docking pane layout gt Visual Studio 6 7 Whidbey Shortcut Bar 2003 Explorer Visual Studio 2005 Close this window to see theme changes HRD uses the excellent programming library from Codejock Software to support an advanced docking pane option Docking panes are used for optional windows such as Bandscope Calendar DX Cluster Logbook Selection Shortwave Database and WinKey Select whichever visual theme you want XP 1s an acceptable default You can also use this theme when a docking frame is floating not docked Doc To Help Standard Template Program Options e 33 ICOM Calibration Info Modes Options COM Port TX Info Options Internet OutOf Band Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates Accelerators Comms COMPortTX Docking Panes ICOM Calibration Info Modes RTS DTR Both None Docking Panes Ap Li f ICOM e S Meter calibration ICOM only The value read from the radio is between 0 and 255 this must S Meter be calibrated for the radio mode
68. site of those shown on the radio just press TF SET once Same Band Split An example is talking to the astronauts on the ISS where the TX frequency is 145 200 000 MHz and the RX frequency is 145 800 00 MHz You cannot use SAT mode as this 1s only used for cross band operation so you use Split mode e TX VFO Sub XIT e RX VFO Main e SAT off e Split on XIT will be switched on as soon as you check TX X updates If you switch it off then HRD will switch it on again The RX main frequency on the TS 2000 is set to the correct RX frequency satellite Doppler correction The TX sub frequency on the TS 2000 is set to the TX satellite frequency the Doppler correction is applied by adjusting the XIT value When you transmit the TS 2000 displays the TX sub frequency XIT so the frequency displayed on the TS 2000 is the correct frequency satellite Doppler correction When you start transmitting you may hear beeps from the radio it takes HRD a few seconds before it detects that you are transmitting When HRD detects transmit mode it stops updating the RX main frequency intil you return to receive as the frequency cannot be updated by the computer while transmitting with SAT off Yaesu FT 847 You must select SAT mode on the FT 847 so that Ham Radio Deluxe can read and set both the TX and RX frequencies It is not possible to determine the state of the FT 847 s SAT button so you must press the SAT button in HRD so t
69. t checked then the definition is ignored when Ham Radio Deluxe detects a new frequency The definition is still shown in the selection window if this option is enabled e Title a description of the antenna or component that will be switched when the entry is selected Auxiliary Switching e 47 e e To the upper end of the e Port the LPT port to be e DO0 D7 the parallel port From the lower end of the frequency range frequency range switched by the definition data bit settings each bit is either 1 on or 0 off DO is pin 2 D7 is pin 9 Port Address The default port addresses for LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 are 0378 0278 and 03BC respectively If your computer has a different configuration just select the address that corresponds to the port You will find the port address via the Device Manager settings display located in the System control panel applet System Properties General Computer Name Hardware Advanced Automatic Updates Remote Device Manager of any device Device Manager File Action View Help co 05398 3 lt RA Display adapters DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers ECP Printer Port The Device Manager lists all the hardware devices installed on your computer Use the Device Manager to change the properties Device Manager General Port Settings Driver Details Resources PR LPT
70. t time or is positioned by clicking on the chart with the left mouse button As the marker position changes the azimuth elevation altitude and range are displayed in the marker fields Satellite Tracking e 71 Plot DDE F Satellite Tracking Local JN46AT VO 52 Uplink ON Downlink ON O Setelites Y Observer Ground Control Schedule Current Data Mutual Visibility Visibility Next Passes Single Pass 9 Plot DOE lt gt A027 9 Ads 9 BS 9 vos Popup Pict Options C t Bange Yautoplot Sese Prev 2 mine Refresh 5 sec v Azm Ejev Pgs on Net 20mins IM onset lt lt lt o This window shows the position of one to four satellites above the surface of the planet n Satellite Tracking Local JN46AT VO 52 Uplink ON Downlink ON 0 Saelites Observer Ground Control Schedule CurrentData 9 Mutual Visibility Visibilay NextPasses Single Pass Piot DOE e lt gt DOE Server corigureton Ophonel The DOE Server makes satellite dela available tor other programs This r optional start he ODE Server only required by a 3rd perty program for example rotator control Field Value DDE Service NFW32 DDE Topic NFW DATA DDE Item NFW SERVER NFW SERVER V0 52 AZ 315 9 EL 58 4 RR 3 4728306546 AH N This window controls the DDE server If you want to use HRD s data with another program y
71. th low resolutions such as 800 x 600 still have a usable configuration There are no rules when using the button size select the size which pleases you most For the technical readers the button size 1s tied to the font size of the radio display form font is Microsoft Sans Serif size 1s 8 9 10 or 12 point Changing the font size simply changes the font assigned to the form Customise Layout e 25 Faceplate A Customise Layout Schemes Layout Buttons Faceplate Frequency Meters Sliders Appearance Sliders Layout Tuning Dial Defines the background and status window on the radio display Status Window Duplex Receive Low Background Clock Pasition O Left Right 8 Left and Right Background These colours are applied to the background area of the display and to the transmit meters 1f any such as PWR SWR and ALC Status Window The status window displays information which you cannot normally change using buttons or sliders in HRD Typical examples are Scanning status Split mode and Memory channels Clock Position The clock is displayed to the left right or both sides of the band title Frequency Customise Layout Schemes Layout Buttons Faceplate Frequency Meters Sliders Appearance Sliders Layout Tuning Dial Defines the appearance ofthe frequency readout on the radio display Display 14 070 150 21 070 150 a Dropdowns None Mode OA v Add barder If yo
72. tion display window shows you the data throughput and average round trip time Fo Remote Connection Send EEEE 0 34 KB s Rece AMARA 0 55 KB s Remote Connection Doc To Help Standard Template Fo Remote Connection Send tm 0 30 KB s Rec 0 54 KB s Round trip time P Ems Retresh interval Send frequency S Async Sync Regularly Read From Radio Iv Frequency e Dropdowns ve Meters Sliders e Buttons e Status texts Refresh All a Help Use the Remote Connection window to show the status of the remote connection Round trip time the time required to send a message from HRD to the remote server and get a response This will be very similar to the value shown when you use Ping to interrogate a remote host Typically values of 50 milliseconds or less are very usable Refresh interval the interval between refreshes of the selected Regularly Read options Send frequency when the frequency is updated over a link with a high round trip time gt 100ms the performance will be less than optimal with Sync selected so if the round trip 1s high select Async otherwise just select Sync The disadvantage of using Async is an elastic band effect while tuning by dragging HRD s small tuning marker Regularly Read the options that are regularly updated If you are using a fast link for example to a local station with a low round trip time then you can safely select all options The disadvant
73. tive Spaces are removed From the beginning and end of the username and password The format is USERx username password USER1 Simon SnowT ime USER2 Peter Uberwald USER20 Donald california Welcome text displayed on the remote user s computer Note that n is replaced with a newline Enter up to 511 characters on a single line WELCOME Welcome to the HRD Remote Access Server n nPlease don t break anything The contents of this file should be obvious After changing the configuration you should restart the service Connecting To connect to the remote server enter values as normal when starting HRD but select the Remote port then press Connect o Connect HB9DRV in Switzerland Company ICOM Visit http hrd ham radio ch downloads html for A basic guide fo CAT and Audio interfacing which contains many designs for both CAT and Radio 1C 7000 speed 19200 v Company CV Add 70 Select your radio manufacturer from the EE drop down list The Dem o Matic radios do not require a COM port they are for demonstrating HRD when you do not have VIDTR MRTS a suitable radio available Flow control Interface power FlexRadio you must install the virtual serial ort drivers from Philip Covington NSVB When you press Connect the Remote Connection window is displayed Doc To Help Standard Template Remote Server e 53 o Remote Connection Connectto
74. ur radio supports simultaneous access to two VFO s Kenwood some Yaesu then HRD will display two VFO s otherwise just one VFO is displayed First select the VFO you are updating main or sub The colours you can set are e Background e Frequency the digits e Active Posn the bar above and below the current digit e Inactive posn the bar above and below the other digit The Font can also be set use the Main gt Sub and Sub gt Main buttons to copy settings between VFO s Dropdowns The dropdown buttons Mode Filter can be displayed at the top of the main frequency display Select e None no dropdowns e Mode only the mode dropdown or e All all dropdowns If Mode or Allis selected you can check Add Border to add a border around the text If All 1s selected you can check nclude Title to add the Dropdown button s title 1f there 1s room Doc To Help Standard Template Customise Layout e 27 Meters A Customise Layout Schemes Layout Buttons Faceplate Frequency Meters Sliders Appearance Sliders Layout Tuning Dial Defines the appearance ofthe bar meters on the radio display Sb HELLELETETLETETITL v Show peak reading EHE LTLLLELLTLELLTTETEETETT S 60 TL TLLTLTETETLEETEEEELI 8 Meter TX mad S Meter TX mode Main PWR The value must be supported by the radio High Position Sub REF Kenwood radios display the value selected with the Meter slider TS 480 TS 2000 or the SWR Comp
75. ure your radio is switched on and not in memory mode If you are using a homemade non standard cable you may need to select RTS and or DTR If HRD can read the frequency the Connect window is replaced with the main radio display you are now using HRD What s Next A taste of what s to come later in this guide Appearance Set the appearance e From the View menu select Colour Schemes e Select Customise Layout and Program Options from the Tools menu Doc To Help Standard Template First Steps e 17 Radio Display Introduction The HRD radio display has many many features This section attempts to describe everything you can do in this display To aid in the clarity of the screenshots the LCD Scheme is used E Busy signs VEDA Made USB AGC Fast or Leal PL Hemi ai haic hami Ch 5 Seanning i FOR ATU par 1 4 2 3 5 0 0 0 i Manu A Duck Mam 5 j n B AN CIS 11 27 Maru B ue Tees 1315 Hr ME 3 780 000 HR 1 160m 10m Region 1 13 38 50 fied I8 fare fa ood 14 228 4 250 fore Frequency Display 14 235 000 Doc To Help Standard Template Radio Display e 19 Tuning Dial Configuration See Frequency on page 27 Dropdowns If you have enabled dropdowns as part of the configuration just click on a dropdown and make a new selection Mouse Wheel When you rotate the mouse wheel in the frequency display the currently active digit is incremented decrem
76. used for flow control specifies whether the CTS clear to send signal is monitored for output flow control Used by Kenwood DTR used either for flow control or to provide power for the CAT interface This depends on the manufacturer s protocol and your CAT interface RTS used either for flow control or to provide power for the CAT interface This depends on the manufacturer s protocol and your CAT interface Then press Connect When you press Connect a warning message is displayed Using incorrect commands can confuse some radios so if you are not sure what you are doing now is the time to leave Command Tester Warning A Sending invalid commands can result in loss of stored data and or require you to reset your radio Use this display at your own risk Simon Brown is not liable for any damage caused Continue Press Yes to continue These options are common to all formats Results Platforms Doc To Help Standard Template e Send sends a command to the radio e Erase clears the contents of the results window e Save saves the contents of the results to a file in ASCII format You can send the contents of this file by email to help the developers of ham Radio Deluxe e Help pressing help displays the contents of the small help window as a text file using Notepad e Close closes the Command Tester If there are entries in the results window you are prompted to save them first The results are sho
77. val between consecutive refreshes of the display COM Port TX Options COM Part TX RTS DTR Both None Docking Panes Appearance ICOM Calibration S Meter Info Modes Mapping Info Options Supported Internet Enable Out Of Band Enable In band Out of band Mouse Wheel Ow Fine CV Hot Other Fine Other Hot Selection Window Advanced values Tree expand Toolbars Font Updates Reminder Info Options Internet Out Of Band Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates Accelerators Comms COMPortTX DockingPanes ICOM Calibration Info Modes COM Port TX Configuration Some early radios do not support switching TX RX via CAT commands so the only option is to use a pin on the COM port This requires a special CAT cable Radios COM Port Pin IC 706 CHE IC 707 IC 718 IC 725 IC 735 1C 736 1C 738 1C 751A IC 756 IC 765 IC 775DSP IC 781 Some early ICOM radios do not support switching between TX and RX using CAT commands The only way to enable computer controlled TX RX this is by toggling a COM port pin You require a special CAT cable if you select this option Docking Panes Options COM Port TX RTS DTR Both None Dockine Appearance ICOM Calibration S Meter Info Modes Mapping Info Options Supported Internet Enable Out Of Band Enable In band Out of band Mouse Wheel Ow Fine Cw Hot Other Fine Other Hot Selection Window Advanced values Tree expand Toolba
78. vice This listens on a port usually 7805 for incoming connections from Ham Radio Deluxe the client Installing The HRD Remote Server files are e HRDRemoteSvr exe the executable e HRDRemoteSvr cfg configuration file and e HRDRemoteSvr README txt essential reading To install the service select Remote Service from the Tools gt Programs menu Doc To Help Standard Template Remote Server e 51 Configuring hal Remote Server Configuration Help The status of the HRD Remote Server on this computer The service must be started for normal operation Service name HRD RemoteSvr Display name Ham Radio Deluxe Remote Server Configuration D Ham Radio Debug HADRemoteSvr cfg Logfile D Ham Radio Release HRD RemoteSwr 0511 November 2005 t Last started 2005 11 11 03 08 08 Status stopped 1 0 Introduction The HRD Remote Server enables a connection between Ham Radio Deluxe and a radio connected to a remote computer which can be contacted via TCP IP 1 1 Requirements The remote computer must be running Windows NT that is NT 4 0 2000 2003 or XP Windows 95 98 and various flavours thereof are nof eunnnorfend Press Install to install the service and then press Start to start the service You can start the Windows Services applet Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Services to modify the properties of the service for example disabling automatic startup Ham
79. vidual users connect to the nodes on a frequency different from what the node stations are linked on Users are capable of announcing DX spots and related announcements send personal talk messages send and receive mail messages search and retrieve archived data and access data from information databases among its many features From http www dxcluster org by Chuck K6PBT HRD supports e OH2AQ web based cluster the original and most widely used e HRD s own web based cluster e Direct connections to a DX Spider node using a DX cluster client which in turn uses the telnet protocol The OH2AQ and HRD clusters are available using just your web browser Doc To Help Standard Template DX Cluster e 41 OH2AQ 3 DX Summit Microsoft Internet Explorer Fe Edt Took Help Yew Favorites p 24995 0 RPIZ WBSUZ Still here Jerry 2042 22 Dec NITE 240895 1 BRI2 WRSUZ calling cq 2009 22 Dec NOSZ 248995 0 PIZ WBUZ 001 22 Dec N9 IW 24950 0 BIZ WBRSZ jerry tnx for 12m 1956 22 Dec NEM A ES ETJE 294930 0 PIZ WBSZ 85 plus 10 into AZ 1956 zz Dec 250 1 000 MEVA 24950 0 BIZ WEIZ 1954 22 3 Dec 10 000 KISO 4095 0 TIBCBT 1951 zz Dec DE EL 2 967 0 EAS OZSBF 1212 22 Dec WoTA 24950 0 N7O0D TEST 1857 21 Dec sP3psc Q 24895 1 RHOHZ CO BIG SIGNAL 0853 21 Dec RM HZ 24095 0 RH HZ CQ test prop 0636 21 Dec UPAMIX 249353 0 VEINS 58 na 036 2136 ZU Dec WPANIN 249353 0 VETNS 29 NHA 36 2012 20 Dec 000 KAKAL
80. wn in the bottom half of the Command Tester window e Title as entered in the Title field e Send the command sent to the rig shown in ASCII and or Hex as appropriate e Received the received data shown in ASCII and or Hex as appropriate Examples of HRD use with various platforms is shown here Elecraft The Elecraft protocol uses ASCII characters it appears to be based more or less on the Kenwood protocol Refer to the Elecraft KIO2 Programmer s Reference for full information The data sent and received is always shown in ASCII text that makes debugging relatively easy If you select Show hex output the returned data 1s also shown in hexadecimal see the Change mode to RTTY below When a Set command is sent for example MD6 to set the mode to RTTY there is no response from the rig so instead MD6 MD is sent set the mode to RTTY MD6 and then read the mode MD this way there is always returned data USE THIS DISPLAY AT YOUR OWN tad coM2 4800 CTS DTR RTS Connect RISK This display is used to test CAT Kenwood y commands outside of the main Ham Radio Deluxe framework The Title Change mode to ATTY read mode V Show hex output Cmd MD6 MD none results can be saved to a text Wait for rs terminator CAT Command Tester Connection Company file for later analysis Connection The logic and fields are the same as those in the main HRD P S
81. xe cluster offers a faster response when OH2AQ is overloaded Custom DX Cluster Client This option is only supported on Windows NT 2K XP It is not supported in Windows 98 ME SE In the DX Cluster Client pane you connect to a DX Spider cluster for example GB7MBC in sunny Morecambe or HB9DRV in snowy Laax Doc To Help Standard Template DX Cluster e 43 Options Connecting to gb7mbc spoo org port 6000 Warning Computer Misuse Act 1990 UK applies This system may only be accessed by Radio Amateurs using their real callsigns and in accordance with their jurisdiction s licensing conditions All connections to this system are recorded login gd4eli Connected to GB7MBC Hello Simon this is GB7MBC in Morecambe Lancashire running DXSpider V1 52 build 58 404 Welcome to GB7MEC the North West DX Cluster in IO64NB Your SysOps are Ian GOVGS and Linda GOYLM 01524 421164 To get more information please type MOTD To read our usage policy please type POLICY Linda and Ian would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year Many thanks for your support this year Cluster 306 nodes 18 local 2574 total users Max users 2574 Uptime 0 02 03 GD4ELI de GB7MBC 23 Dec 2005 1005Z dxspider gt DX de IK1XVO 14202 243XA special call 1009Z JN35 DX de F8CES 7086 FSPRR P dmf55012 moulin de VILLI 1007Z DX de 9A2F 16160 HZ1IK Manfred cq 1009z JN66 DX de DM2AUO 18083 4S7N
82. yout e 23 Select a default scheme by pressing the scheme button or select an entry and press Select select one of the other schemes by double clicking on the entry in the Schemes list To save the current layout press Save you will be prompted for a Scheme name Use Rename and Delete to organise the available schemes Layout A Customise Layout Schemes Layout Buttons Faceplate Frequency Meters Sliders Appearance Sliders Layout Tuning Dial Click on a button to select new text change the colour and or move the button to a new position Hide dropdowns Hide status texts Define Button Button Styles Dropdowns Unassigned BE Click on an entry drag over a button release Standard Default ry is wo le or AGC Off Dropdown Button CAT Command Macro not mapped ee o meer Selected TT Buttons Doc To Help Standard Template A Customise Layout f Baer Y 3 gt Schemes Layout Buttons Faceplate Frequency Meters Sliders Appearance Sliders Layout Tuning Dial Defines the appearance of buttons on the radio display MT EEXEM Jt SETE ee lt METE re tex Selected SCJ NEN Button size Small Medium large OX Large Define e Seven button colour combinations e The font and e The button size mn The default button size 1s small this 1s so that users wi
83. z 10 Hz 10 Hz 10 Hz 20Hz 20 Hz 20 Hz 20 Hz EEE 50 Hz Ll 50 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 100 Hz 200 Hz 200 Hz 200 Hz 200 Hz 500Hz 500 Hz 500 Hz 500 Hz 1 000 Hz MONA 1 000 Hz MOTA 2 000 Hz 2 000 Hz 2 000 Hz 2 000 Hz 5 000 Hz 5 000 Hz 5 000 Hz 5 000 Hz 3 000 Hz 9 000 Hz 9 000 Hz 9 000 Hz 10 000 Hz 10 000 Hz 10 000 Hz 10 000 Hz 12 500 Hz 12 500 Hz 12 500 Hz 12 500 Hz 25 000 Hz 25 000 Hz 25 000 Hz 25 000 Hz 50 000 Hz 50 000 Hz 50 000 Hz Hint Pressing Shift or Ctrl accelerates the selected step Invertfrequency scrolling direction Define the tuning step when rotating the mouse wheel over the active tuning bar Selection Window Options COM Part TX RTS DTR Both None Docking Panes Appearance ICOM Calibration S Meter Info Modes Mapping Info Options supported Internet Enable Qut Of Band Enable In band Qut of band Mouse W heel Ow Fine CV Hot Other Fine Other Hot Advanced values Tree expand Toolbars Font Updates Reminder Accelerators Comms COMPort TX Docking Panes ICOM Calibration Info Modes Info Options Internet Out Of Band Mouse Wheel Selection Window Toolbars Updates REIS a Patek usta ide NS Bones Defines options affecting the appearance and operation ofthe selection window Show numeric value in Advanced options Showthe Options icon in Advanced lists restartto see changes

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