"N3KCT" wrote in message
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I have a BC101 that has been in storage for about
5yrs now. A while back I wrote a Visual Basic version
that would calculate the switch combos using the
instructions from the manual.

Did you ever distribute it?

I have VB6 here, but I never use it, and I don't really know how to code
for Windows. What I need is a really basic [pardon the pun] started
guide - "Visual Basic 6 for Dummies" or something like that. Older
dialects like PDS, though, which I used for BCPROG... I can usually
accomplish what I'm trying to do with that. I started out on TRS BASIC in
1978, but the first computer I owned was a Timex/Sinclair 1000. So, I've
been using dinosaur dialects for a long time, but I've just never learned
"visual" programming. I wouldn't mind being able to do a version of BCPROG
for Windows, though!

BCPROG works just fine in a DOS box. I compiled it so it should run on
just about any class of PC all the way back to 8088-based XT's.

I was never able to get the programming to "take"
when attempting an out of band frequency. In cases
like this, reception on an image frequency was always
quite good.

I've tried a few CB channels - of course, I wouldn't expect to be able to
pick up anything intelligible, but I hoped I might get SOMETHING, however
garbled. I can't say I've had any luck. I just wondered if maybe my BC101
might at least be able to detect whether a signal was present.

You're a ham, so tell me - is FM ever used on 10 meters? And if so, what
sub-band?

Beware, there's a voltage regulator bolted to the inside
of the chassis that gets quite hot and has a tendency of
failing. I presume because no heatsink compound was
used during manufacture. You might want to add some to
yours.

I've never opened mine up - I used to have a bad habit of taking things
apart, or at least just opening them up to see what's inside, but I learned
through hard experience to stop doing that. grin I got the schematics
off the web, but that doesn't mean I have the slightest idea what I'm
looking at.