This week one of our members Ian M6DER has been testing out a new and improved way of programing your radio’s.
The RT SYSTEMS software is a new way of programing your radios Ian has been trying the software with our D-Star radios the icom2820 and the e92.
The whole process is made very simple; firstly you will notice the layout is uncluttered ad easy to follow, as you start to work with it you notice just how much time you are saving – compared to some other software.
The program can be opened in many different windows allowing you to copy and paste memories from one radio to another.
The D-Star calculator is most likely the best ever and icom themselves would do well to follow suit and include this in their own software.
See the short video Ian has made on using this software, its so simple and so easy a 3 year old could do it.
You do have to use RT Systems leads and the correct one for the each radio when you clone the file over but these are usb leads and so better and faster then the 9 pin serials supplied by the radio manufacturers.
This evening SYRG delivered our 5000th download of our range of ICF files.
These are available to you for FREE in the SYRG charity shop. All you need to do is add them to your basket and checkout. No credit card required!
The range of Icom D-STAR enabled radios can be quite complex to program manually unless you know the radio inside out and the way D-STAR works too.
Unless your are plain stupid or skint, the best way to tackle this without giving up is to buy yourself a programming cable and the software. Then you can see and begin to understand how the radio actually works.
When you are presented with an excell type spreadsheet of what’s going off in the radio, you will quickly discover that it’s much easier than you first thought.
Thanks to all of our charity shop customers who have downloaded ICF files. We do hope that is had helped you working GB7YD and also given you a good understanding of your Icom radio.
ICF file are available for the E91, E92, 2200H, 880H and the 2820.
The ABC Television series, “Last Man Standing” is about Mike Baxter (played by Tim Allen), a marketing executive for “Outdoor Man,” a fictitious sporting goods store in Colorado. Mike, is a “man’s man” and involved in all kinds of outdoor activities including hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, boating. Likewise, Mike (and Tim) has a love for all the electronics that go with these activities. Among Mike’s interests is Amateur Radio (Ham Radio).
Tim's character (Mike Baxter), is KA0XTT. This is a call sign the show cleared for use on air. "XTT" is a bit of a private joke as Tim's character name on "Home Improvement" was Tim Taylor. So, ex T. T.
In the show’s radio inventory is currently an ICOM IC-9100 HF radio, an IC-92AD dual band, hand-held, a Heil PR-781microphone, a Daiwa CN-801HP SWR/Power meter a Comet CAA-500 antenna analyzer and a Iambic CW Paddle.
The South Yorkshire Repeater Group monthly meeting will be held at the Three Horse Shoes in Brierley on Thursday the 8th of December 2011 at 8pm.
Paid up members nominations for the forthcoming SYRG elections in 2012 are due within the next 21 days.
Oh and we may even sneak in a pre Chris...
Icom is organising a weekend long D-STAR QSO Party that is to be held between 0:00 on the 11th of November to 24:00 on the 13th of November (UTC) 2011.
This event differs from previous D-STAR contests that have taken place over the last few years.
Instead of competing for numbers of contact...
The Great Northern Hamfest in Barnsley has now been running for 20 years.
On the 18th September 2011, it will be somewhat special - as it is the 21st Birthday of the Great Northern Hamfest.
To celebrate our 21st Birthday, we want you to design our limited edition pin button badge.
Thi...
