Thanks for the update Patrick. I hope we'll get to work this weekend, and I look forward to your report on the "new and improved" HT after the firmware update.
Tim - N3TL -------------- Original message from "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat...@wd9ewk.net>: -------------- > > Hi! > > Alinco appears to be addressing some of the concerns those of us > who bought the new DJ-G7T HT had. Last week, a new manual was > made available through the Alinco web site: > > http://www.alinco.com/Products/DJ-G7/djg7insweb.zip > > There is a mention on the Alinco site on how owners who bought > the DJ-G7T with the original version of the instruction manual > can get a printed version of the new manual for free. It is > near the middle of the page: > > http://www.alinco.com/Products/DJ-G7/ > > Before Dayton, Alinco had released new firmware for the Japanese > version of this HT, addressing issues with Chinese fonts on the > LCD display. That was a good sign for the T version, that Alinco > was allowing the firmware to be updated. Now there is a new > firmware update available for the DJ-G7T at: > > http://www.alinco.com/Products/DJ-G7/firmdown.html > > One of the items that the new version of the firmware is supposed > to address is "Operation of Cross-band repeat function reviewed". > Maybe whatever was done will help those of us who are not as > interested in using this HT as a cross-band repeater, but want to > use it for cross-band full-duplex operation with the FM satellites. > > I plan on downloading the new firmware and putting it on my DJ-G7Ts > tonight. This weekend, I will once again try the DJ-G7T on FM > satellites to see if the performance has improved with the new > firmware. Hopefully others will try the same thing, and post their > observations to the -BB. > > 73! > > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
