"dxAce" wrote in message
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Clark Neider wrote:

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On Thu 10 Jun 2004 09:04:10a, "beaver" wrote
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"Charlie B." wrote in message
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I own a Drake R8B receiver and am looking for a reasonably price
control software package. I'm using the Smart 32 R8 from Fineware
but
it expires soon. The ERGO software looks good
but after downloading the DEMO from the WWW it wont work ,sayimng
the
demo is expired.I'd purchase it but probably would have a problem
if it
didnt work.
Does anyone know of a windows based package that is avaiulble.

Regards
Chaz

There's a freeware program called SWLOG that has radio control for
R8A &
R8B. I've tested it on R8A and it works fine using XP. You will
probably have to update some Windows system files.
http://www.shortwavelog.com/. Ergos and SWLOG both haveYahooGroups.


SWLOG's pretty nice. It's the log-prog I've settled on. But you have
to
install the .Net framework and some folks are antsy about things they
don't know about. I have had *zero* problems with it on my XP box and
overall I'm very pleased. It does have many features, control of
various
radios being one sub-set. For all it does and how it does it, I'd
recommend it for consideration by anyone who's looking around for such
stuff.

-=jd=-
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You guys are AWESOME! I'm having the same problem since upgrading my PC
and
software to Windows XP. Smart R8 was fine on Windows 2000, but it's
sluggish on XP. It was great while Mr. Fine supported it with program
updates and all the neat stuff. I'll try SWLOG. Extra points if it
generates reception reports.

I'm also looking for something to replace ScanCat 7.5. The current
version
is supposed to support XP, but not in my shack.

BTW, doesn't it bother Drake users that Drake doesn't have software to
support it's R8's in the 21st Century? The original version I used on
DOS
and Windows 3.1 is worthless. I'm surprised they haven't kept up with
the
times.

My guess is that they are not in the software business, preferring instead
to
leave that up to other vendors.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm


Too bad. I just tried SWLOG. It doesn't run my Drake R8. Also, It was
sluggish on Windows XP Pro so I uninstalled it.

This is what I want to control:

Drake R8
ICOM 7100
ICOM 821H
ICOM 756
MFJ 1278 TNC (a lost cause, but that's a separate issue)
Optoelectronics Scout.

I have the ICOM CT17 running off a serial port and a few USB ports
available.