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FTBCAT


A CAT control program for Yaesu FT-450, FT-817/ND, FT-847, FT-857/D, FT-897/D, FT-920, FT-1000MP Mark V transceivers and VR-5000 and FRG-100 receivers.

This program does not perform management of any memory that is present in the hardware of the supported equipment.

G R Freeth (G4HFQ)

Web site: http://www.g4hfq.co.uk
Email:   bob.freeth@g4hfq.co.uk

Copyright 2004 - 2010 G R Freeth



Change History

V2.0.5 Feb 2010 Add: store the Got a Signal state in the registry in real-time
V2.0.4 Dec 2009 Add: support of DIG mode with a narrow filter set on FT-8x7 radios.
V2.0.3 Nov 2009 Add: a 2.5kHz tuning step in the tuning grid.
V2.0.2 Apr 2009 Add: new option of 'None' to the Window sizing of the Settings screen to maintain a sensible aspect ratio on netbooks with a 1024x600 screen
V2.0.1 Oct 2008 Change: minor improvements for the FT-450
V2.0.0 Jan 2008 Change: drop support for the FT-100. Add: add support for the FT-450.
V1.1.5 Dec 2007 Change: slight change to error messages when importing/converting .CSV files
V1.1.4 May 2007 Add: option to automatically open the memory grid when the program starts; option for the TX/RX button to only control the state of the RTS pin to permit custom hardware for keying the radio.
V1.1.3 Nov 2006 Add: 200Hz keyboard tuning step; user-specified home directory. Change: use a different software installer program; digitally sign the executable and installer .exe files.
V1.1.2 Oct 2006 Bugfix: correct not switching to simplex when using the GoTo button in the Mem Grid screen. Change: Use a different screen font.
V1.1.1 July 2006 Bugfix: fix error 458 with certain non-US locale versions of Windows XP
V1.1.0 June 2006 Slight changes to the user interface to make it easier to operate. Because of lack of space in the window the Exit button has been removed to make the tuning by scroll wheel area larger.
V1.0.9 May 2006 Add: FT-847 cross-band repeater facility; ability to enter frequencies in kHz as well as MHz. Bugfix: correct CTCSS tone label display when using tuning with the mouse scroll wheel.
V1.0.8 never publicly released
V1.0.7 Apr 2006 Add a facility to show only the spectrum scan area of the screen (shortcut is F2)
V1.0.6 Apr 2005 Add tuning using the mouse wheel
V1.0.5 Jan 2005 Add an Extra Delay slider to accomodate CTCSS Decode when bank scanning, and further changes to the sequencing of commands to the radio to improve scanning speeds.
V1.0.4 Jan 2005 Show FTBCAT in the Windows taskbar
V1.0.3 Dec 2004 Improve memory bank scanning with CTCSS decode memories
V1.0.2 Oct 2004 Minor corrections/improvements
V1.0.1 Jul 2004 Add FT-817ND
V1.0.0 May 2004 Initial release