Yeah Bill there isn't much you can do about he slow polling rate on a = 1988 designed radio. All you can do is crank up the rig up to max serial = speed and hold on.
I can guarantee this, even though the rig is slower than Molasses in January.... hooking them up to a computer and operating system from the = 21st century will greatly improve your situation. There's nothing like being able to have 6 programs open, spotting DX, logging, surfing the net, writing an email to Mom, signing up for an = online dating service and IMing with all your ham buddies all at the same = time... Congrats on the free radios! Now go buy a computer, hahahahaha... Sincerely, Bob K=D8DD -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 5:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [DXBase] IC781 & DXBase A friend of mine had a pair of IC781s and didn't have a place to keep = them. He asked if I would keep them for him. (No he doesn't have any more!) = I've been playing around with them and they work fine. After finding out that they require an outboard interface to connect to the computer I have = them interfaced and working. One small irritation, it seems to take a fairly long time after I press enter for my QSO to appear in DXBase. I found in my reading that the = native communication rate for ICOM is 1200 Baud. Since my FT1000MP is virtually instantaneous, I assume that this may be the reason. The 781 is capable = of using other rates so I upped it to 4800 like the MP but it still seems = slow. I am using DXBase 2004 and a Pentium II 350 with Windows 98SE. I was just wondering if someone had run across this problem before or = might have a suggestion. These 781s have not had an easy life; they are the = ones we used down at 6D2X. My guess is that the technology was not quite = there in 1990 when these radios were new. Bill, W5VX _______________________________________________ DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -=20 To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase
