[WT-support] WT4 & FT-5000 VFO selection

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Win-test has no support for SO2V operation or crossband operation (VFO A on
one band, VFO B on another).  It just understands standard "split mode"
operation.  It is supposed to figure out which VFO is the "Active" one.
Maybe something is different about how that is indicated in an FT DX 5000.

It would be nice if the Secondary Radio Window could be used to track VFO B,
but I don't expect SO2V support to be added to Win-Test any time soon.
First the developers really need to fix all the outstanding SO2R bugs:
 <http://flyspray.win-test.com/index.php?do=details&id=289>
Task #264 <http://flyspray.win-test.com/index.php?do=details&id=264> -
Advanced SO2R, microHAM protocol on MK2R+, CapsLock binds to secondary
radio, wrong TX focus
Task #281 <http://flyspray.win-test.com/index.php?do=details&id=281> -
Pressing AltGr-T twice toggles Primary/Secondary radio buttons when it
should do nothing
Task #289 <http://flyspray.win-test.com/index.php?do=details&id=289> - Using
Adv SO2R, pressing Escape always puts both ears on Primary Radio
Task #305 <http://flyspray.win-test.com/index.php?do=details&id=305> - Using
Winkey, REPEAT mode, and Plain pile-up, pressing Esc leaves headphones on
wrong radio

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Alan Jubb - 5B4AHJ <g3pmr at shacklog.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am just setting my station up for this weekend's RSGB Commonwealth
> Contest.
>
> I am using WT4 version 4.7.0, communicating with my FT5k via a micro KEYER
> II.
>
> If the FT5k is not in SPLIT mode, the band indication in WT4 is the band
> for the live VFO - that's OK.
> However, in SPLIT mode, it does the following:
>
> If I am running on VFO-B, ie both VFO-B RX & TX and TX lamps illuminated on
> the 5k, and also have the VFO-A Rx enabled, the band info is again from
> VFO-B, which is OK.
> However, if I am running on VFO-A, and the VFO-B Rx is also enabled, WT4
> takes the band info from VFO-B, which is NOT OK.
>
> If I want to operate SO2V, running on VFO-A and also listening (on another
> band) on VFO-B, I will get my QSOs logged on the wrong band. I would expect
> WT to take the band info from the VFO that is TXing. Why doesn't it? Is
> there a setting I can change to fix this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> 73
> Alan 5B4AHJ-5B50J-P3J
>
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