DJ-G7T - new manual and firmware
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/
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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Hi,
In looking for a cost effective programming cable, I find that many including the Alinco EWR-7 are listed on places like eBay as for "Alinco or Icom." That strongly _suggests_ that the hardware is the same. I already have the Alinco EDS-10 and a RT Systems Icom cable, so it looks as if I have what I need. Google came up with a lot of good information, but I wasn't able to find enough to determine whether they are in fact interchangeable. Anybody have any definite knowledge?
73,
Alan WA4SCA
Be adventurous. Plug it in and see if it works.
Alan P. Biddle wrote:
Hi,
In looking for a cost effective programming cable, I find that many including the Alinco EWR-7 are listed on places like eBay as for "Alinco or Icom." That strongly _suggests_ that the hardware is the same. I already have the Alinco EDS-10 and a RT Systems Icom cable, so it looks as if I have what I need. Google came up with a lot of good information, but I wasn't able to find enough to determine whether they are in fact interchangeable. Anybody have any definite knowledge?
Nigel,
Be adventurous. Plug it in and see if it works.
Will do, if I ever get the radio. They seem to be on back order in the US. At least the manual is now on line.
And for those who seem not to have understood the post, nearly 5 decades of amateur radio have taught me that there is never a time where it is inappropriate to ask whether someone else has worked the same problem. More often than I can count, doing so has kept the smoke in somebody's rig, either mine or someone I helped. More often the latter.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
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Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)