Ten-Tec RX-320 Receiver Control Program GNRX320

Description

GNRX320 uses only standard Windows user controls; it therefore does not require special OCX or dynamic link libraries to be installed. As a consequence the installation is extremely simple and (hopefully) robust. The distribution archive is very small.

The program makes all the hardware features of the Ten-Tec RX-320 receiver available to the user:

• 34 different filter bandwidths,
• 3 different AGC speeds,
• smallest tuning step is 1 Hz,
• selectable pass band shift in LSB and USB mode.

• Tuning with Up and Down buttons or optional continuous tuning with 12 different tuning step sizes. Two different tuning speeds selectable. Direct frequency input via keyboard is possible.
• All the available operation modes and AGC modes can be chosen.
• Filter bandwidth accessible in 4 groups of 9 different filters each.
• Pass band shift can be varied in a wide range; it can easily be switched off.
• Signal strength is displayed as actual value and average value. The display can be switched off.
• Squelch control is implemented; the squelch state is displayed.
• Audio output level and line output level can be controlled and switched off separately. Mute / don't mute on exit can be chosen.
• Display of current date and UTC time.
• Important system parameters can easily be configured by the user.
• A simple memory facility is implemented: Frequency, station name, mode, AGC, filter and pass band shift can be stored for an arbitrary number of stations. The stations can be organized into different station files according to the users preferences. There are possibilities to store the actual radio settings, edit, update and delete the station entries and tune the receiver to the selected station entry.
• The keyboard can be used to control almost all functions of the control program.
• The lowest tunable frequency can be chosen by the user (only relevant if the RX-320 receiver hardware is modified).
• A link to the ILGRadio broadcast database program GNPDB has been incorporated. It is now possible to tune the receiver from  within the database program and to look up the frequency the receiver is tuned to in the ILGRadio database.
• According to suggestions by Bill Farmer, W3CSW, the tuning in CW mode has been enhanced.
• A link to the Klingenfuss "Super Frequency List" (i.e. a broadcast and utility station database available on CD) has been incorporated. This link is established via the separate program GNKFDB.
• The actual window position and state (minimized/normal size) will now be stored when exiting the program. This position and  state will be restored when the program is started the next time.

New features in version 1.30:

•  Frequency correction is now calculated via interpolation assuming linear frequency dependence.
• The mouse wheel may be used for the input of the tuning frequency.

Installation

If you want to update an existing installation, delete the files gnrx320.exe, readme.txt, changes.txt, license.txt and gnrx320.doc in the existing installation directory. Then extract the download file (gnrx320130.zip) in the this installation directory.

Version 1.30 is completely compatible with the versions 1.00, 1.10, 1.20 and version 1.21. So you can use your existing station files without conversion.

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Last modification: 10/10/2002