Computer (CAT) ControlĬAT (Computer Aided Transceiver) control of the radio consists of a cable connected to either a USB port or COM port on the host computer and to a dedicated port on the radio. At some point in the future I may develop the program further and release it to enable other HRD users to print their own cards directly from their logs. To overcome this, I have written my own QSL printing program which takes the information I need from the MySQL database to print on my QSL cards. It has to be said that HRD is catching up a bit and printing out QSL labels is starting to get easier, however, the system employed still doesn’t fulfil my needs. The only feature that I miss from MixW is the ability to easily print QSL cards on a custom layout. It also allows the log to keep a wide variety of information compared to the MixW log, which is one of the reasons I switched from MixW to HRD. The HRD logbook has the ability to use a MySQL database which is a lot faster than the MS Access database. The main programs in the suite are computer radio control (CAT), logbook & digital modes software (DM780). HRD has grown in popularity, the original version was written by a radio amateur who distributed it for free, it’s now a paid-for commercial product. Due to it’s ease of use, configuration and the extremely flexible macro capability of the software and very low use of computer resources it’s ideal for use with older hardware, although now lacking a lot of more modern features.Ĭurrently running under Windows 10 Pro is Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD), and a host of other radio related applications. My introduction to radio related software was MixW for digimodes and logging. I took advantage of Microsoft’s free upgrade offer to get a fully licenced version of Windows 10 Pro.Īdmittedly, I didn’t really like the initial version of Windows 10 and went back to Windows 7 for a brief period.
Originally installed on this machine was Windows 7 professional.
Logitech wireless keyboard and multi-function mouse.Nvidia Gigabyte GTX-1650 graphics card – 3x HDMI version.Seagate 2TB hard drive (drives F, and G).An Asus M5A78L-M was installed as the replacement for the ECS motherboard.Īfter replacing the motherboard, I also installed a new larger hard drive and decided that due to the amount of use the machine had seen a new PSU would be in order.Ī few more upgrades later, the system now comprises of: Therefore, I replaced the motherboard before I lost any crucial data. At very infrequent random periods data would get corrupted – not good. This machine started showing a problem with one of the SATA channels. The computer hardware was originally based around an ECS GF8100vm-m5 motherboard with 4GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive.
For the majority of computing processes in the shack I employ the use of a home built Windows PC.
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