Drake R8B Control & Unattended Recording

Friday, February 27 2004

Hello all! Last weekend, I left a message regarding control of the Drake R8B using a homebrew Visual Basic program. The control part is working...turning if on and off, making it go directly to any frequency, switching modes, etc.

This past week and tonight, I have been working on a Visual Basic program that will allow me to set up any number of recording sessions with the ability to make each recording session use a different frequency or mode.

I don't consider this program "finished" but it does seem to work. Recording sessions can be any length and can start/end at any time of the day or night. The radio can be turned on for a given recording session and turned off afterwards if desired.

The following link is a screen shot of the application which I hope some of you might find interesting, especially if you are the owner of a Drake R8B.

The link to the screen shot: http://users.bluegrass.net/jimn/images/dxrecorderscreenshot.jpg

Had to blow the image up a bit - so slightly blurry.

Input would be appreciated.

73, Jim - N4FXC

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