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-=> Tony Langdon wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DC> I'm at a very basic level as well.  Am going to try and fit some
 DC> time into my schedule to work on this a little, so hopefully will
 DC> have some questions/posts here off and on...

 TL> Cool. :)  I've got kind of sidetracked by amateur radio stuff,
 TL> though that hobby is also fertile ground for new projects.  One
 TL> that would be useful and would involve a bit of coding is a piece
 TL> of software that emulates a particular brand of radio, translates
 TL> support commands to a real radio and simulates many others.  The
 TL> purpose would be to my my FT-736R more acceptable to rig control
 TL> software, because the FT-736R's computer control is very basic.
 TL> You're only able to set frequency, mode and a few other
 TL> functions.  A big limitation is you can't read anything.

 TL> However, because enabling computer control locks out the radio's
 TL> fromt panel, having an intermediate piece of software to save
 TL> those settings for later reading should (in theory) work.

 TL> Probably be a long time before I'm ready to take that on (and
 TL> simpler to buy a new radio LOL).  But I'd definitely like to have
 TL> that capability.

Haha, yes, well beyond my ability as well, at this point.  Sounds 
like a fun project to work towards though!  I'm probably going to 
find one of those online "tutorial" sites that start from the very 
basics and progress forwards through more advanced topics.  I 
think there are several free ones around.



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