Well, let's see; for the R8 series, on the software page for Strong
Signals, I have:

Ergo (and it even has it's own group on Yahoo)
http://swldx.com/ergo42.htm
very well known company in the SW community, by the way

Frequency Manager
http://www.frequencymanager.de/SuppRadios.htm

Scan Manager (tho it says it supports the R8A, I'd bet you'd use those
same settings for the R8B)
http://www.mindspring.com/~tonyc/scnmgr.html

Re the question about XP support; if memory serves, isn't there a
compatibility setting in the properties for Win98 emulation? That might
be something to try.
In each of the above cases, I'd write the contact person (in Ergo's
case, join the Yahoo group) and ask about XP compatibility.

73s and GL...Mike
Strong Signals Software page editor

Clark Neider wrote:
"-=jd=-" wrote in message
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On Thu 10 Jun 2004 09:04:10a, "beaver" wrote in
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"Charlie B." wrote in message
e.com...

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.

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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.

Clark KK7DY