<snip> "...so far I have found no ham related programs that will not run under Win 7...." -------------------- Yep, I have two Win 7 machines and have generally had excellent results. There still are some pieces of hardware (e.g. M-Audio studio sound interfaces) for which the Win 7 drivers either don't exist or exist but don't work. And I do know of one piece of Ham-related software that won't run under Win 7, viz. the Dimension 4 time interface. This is used by weak-signal guys (WSPR, JT65, etc.) to sync the PC to the Bureau of Standards time. Win 7 has a built-in gadget to do it, and apparently won't give other programs access to set the clock. With adequate hacking, Vista can be forced to allow D4 to run, but it was really written for XP and hasn't been updated.
With certain computers, it is not as easy as it sounds to keep your clock accurate to within a fraction of a second, because the on-board clock may drift quite a bit and have to be reset constantly; and unfortunately, Win 7 does not have a setting (at least not one I can find) that allows the user to increase the frequency of syncing the clock to a standard. Anyway, other than the above-mentioned glitches, Win 7 runs fine and is IMHO more likable than XP. Tony KT0NY ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
