Hi Steve;
Well maybe half my problem isn't as bad as I thought.  Thus far haven't 
used the kenwood software but its on my long project list.  Was rather 
disheartened when I discovered when I heard it might not work.
The software that got more use is the icom software primarily because it 
made programing the radio entirely to easy.
Thanks
Richard


richard

On 10/19/2010 3:58 PM, Steve Forst wrote:
> Can't help you with the Icom, but I am running Kenwood software for both
> the 480 and 2000 on Windows 7 64 bit with no problems.    Am also
> running a 4 port serial to USB box.  Have connected both radios, a FSK
> keying adapter and a CW keying adapter.   Everything works fine with
> these exceptions:  First time I ran high power, the logging software
> froze up and I had to reboot.  A few ferrites on the input and output
> cables of the usb/serial box solved the problem, and almost 2,000 high
> power QSO's  with no other problems.
>
> The other slight problem is more a Win 7 problem.   USB to serial CW
> keying works, but can be finickey.   Just ask Lou, WA3MIX from this list
> who was working me on CW  a week ago.  My pc put my cw into warp speed
> and went berserk.  I had an e-mail program open at the same time.   I've
> heard that  this problem can occur when the computer is  trying to do
> several things at once, and CW timing can suffer.  I now make sure all
> other programs are closed and have had no other problems with CW.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 10/19/2010 3:10 PM, Richard Fiorello wrote:
>> Hello everyone;
>> I have been off the list for a number of months because of computer
>> problems.  I am now the victim of a new laptop.  It seems that the
>> software for the ict90 will not run with the 64 bit version of windows 7
>> and our friends at icom tell me that there are no plans to update it.
>> Are there any moderately user friendly options?  Also will the kenwood
>> software for the ts480 run on windows 7?
>> I have heard mixed info concerning usb to cereal cables.  Most ham gear
>> seems to have a cereal port and unfortunately I am blessed with usb.
>> Will a simple cable resolve the problem?
>> Thanks for any thoughts
>> Richard
>>
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