Thanks for the update Patrick. I hope we'll get to work this weekend, and I look forward to your report on the "new and improved" HT after the firmware update.
Tim - N3TL -------------- Original message from "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net: --------------
Hi!
Alinco appears to be addressing some of the concerns those of us who bought the new DJ-G7T HT had. Last week, a new manual was made available through the Alinco web site:
http://www.alinco.com/Products/DJ-G7/djg7insweb.zip
There is a mention on the Alinco site on how owners who bought the DJ-G7T with the original version of the instruction manual can get a printed version of the new manual for free. It is near the middle of the page:
http://www.alinco.com/Products/DJ-G7/
Before Dayton, Alinco had released new firmware for the Japanese version of this HT, addressing issues with Chinese fonts on the LCD display. That was a good sign for the T version, that Alinco was allowing the firmware to be updated. Now there is a new firmware update available for the DJ-G7T at:
http://www.alinco.com/Products/DJ-G7/firmdown.html
One of the items that the new version of the firmware is supposed to address is "Operation of Cross-band repeat function reviewed". Maybe whatever was done will help those of us who are not as interested in using this HT as a cross-band repeater, but want to use it for cross-band full-duplex operation with the FM satellites.
I plan on downloading the new firmware and putting it on my DJ-G7Ts tonight. This weekend, I will once again try the DJ-G7T on FM satellites to see if the performance has improved with the new firmware. Hopefully others will try the same thing, and post their observations to the -BB.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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