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Subject: [TRLog] Band switching and Radio Update Seconds
From: geoiii@kkn.net (George Fremin III - K5TR)
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 07:57:10 -0700
On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 09:43:05AM -0500, 00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
> 
> However, switching bands is still a problem:
> With both radios connected to serial ports, using CTRL-V or CTRL-B to
> change bands is a problem because of the slow frequency updating by TR.
> If I hit the CTRL-V twice to go down two bands, sometimes (about 50%)
> the rig ends up on the starting band!  Watching the band display at the
> top of TRs screen shows the band going from 10 to 15 and back to 10.
> If I pause a couple of seconds between CTRL-Vs it goes from 10 to 15 and
> then to 20.  This is bad.

mmmmm...What baud rate are you using?

Also what setting do you have in the Omni menu for CdE?
You should set this to OFF.

> moved to a new band to check propagation, don't have any, and want to
> go back to my run frequency.  All those extra seconds waiting for TR
> to figure out what band my radio is on could cost me the frequency.
> 

This is not normal operation.

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