Hi all,

The award-winning Ham Radio Deluxe Development Team are pleased to
announce the release of Ham Radio Deluxe v1.1.

HAM RADIO DELUXE IS FREEWARE.

For those who didn't know it already, Ham Radio Deluxe is the logical
evolution of the immensely popular and groundbreaking FT-817 Commander
program. Unfortunately the FT-817 Commander was only capable of
controlling Yaesu's FT-817, and there was a clear requirement for a
CAT program with comprehensive support for various rigs. This led to
development of Ham Radio Deluxe being started in early June 2003,
since when the program has been rapidly evolving.

Ham Radio Deluxe does not make the mistake of trying to look like a
traditional radio with rotary knobs and buttons. The GUI is more
reminiscent of an old Eddystone receiver, with clearly marked buttons
for switching modes, filters and other functions. Some - but not all -
rigs also support sliders, which can be displayed or hidden as
preferred, to control volume, IF shift, RF gain &c. The GUI is fully
user-configurable with respect to colours, fonts and band indicators:
this offers the user an unprecedented level of customisation. Because
the program is so simple and logical to use, no documentation is
required other than the rig's user manual.

Included in the package are PSK31Deluxe and Mapper.

PSK31 Deluxe is a very sophisticated PSK31 program based on Moe
Wheatly's PSKCORE.DLL. It has two main guises: a traditional QSO
window type of user interface, and the revolutionary SuperBrowser -
SuperBrowser allows you to monitor up to 40 QSO channels at one time
while conducting a QSO. PSK31 Deluxe offers comprehensive user-defined
macros and tags, and of course the GUI is fully user-configurable.

Some of the more interesting features a

The unique SuperBrowser.
Centring of the desired signal in the filter's passband.
‘Click and insert' of your QSO partner's information into tags and
macros (callsign, name, QTH &c)
TX frequency shift for soundcards with differences between RX and TX
frequency.
A fully customisable waterfall display.



MAPPER:

Mapper is - the name says it all - an amateur radio mapping program.
It is capable of printing customisable maps of up to 10 x 10 sheets of
paper, but its main function is the capture and display of Maidenhead
locator information from PSK31 Deluxe. Beam heading and distance can
also be displayed, and for the QRP ops among us there is also a 'miles
per watt' calculator. Just place your mouse pointer on the relevant
spot on the map and read off the MPW.


RIG SUPPORT:

At the time of writing (4 December) the following rigs were supported:

Elecraft K2, ICOM IC-703, IC-706, IC-706MkII, IC-706MkIIG, IC-718,
IC-735, IC-7400, IC-746, IC-746Pro, IC-756, IC-756Pro, IC-756ProII,
IC-775DSP, IC-781, IC-910H, Ten-Tec Argonaut, Yaesu FT-100,
FT-1000D, FT-1000MP, FT-817, FT-847, FT-857, FT-897, Kenwood TS-140S,
TS-2000, TS-450S, TS-50S, TS60S, TS-570, TS-680S, TS-690S, TS-850,
TS-870, TS-940S, TS-950.

These programs are in a constant state of development, with new
features and rig support added almost weekly.


You are invited to join the Ham Radio Deluxe users group at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ham-radio-deluxe/

where you will find a great many enthusiastic users who can help you
with (almost) any questions you may have.

Just to boast a little, Simon and I were awarded the RSGB's Special
90th Anniversary Award 'in recognition of (our) significant
contribution to the development of amateur radio technology' for this
package.

You can download the latest version of all these programs at:

www.hb9drv.ch


145, Pete PH1PH - G7ECN