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WA3YSS
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Rating: 5/5
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May 28, 2009 05:47
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Works Great
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I had the older version of this software (ver 2.3), and it was a real job to transfer data from the ARRL Travel Plus CD to this program.
I purchased the new version at Dayton (ver 3), and it is well worth it. A couple of mouse clicks, and it is done.
Excellent software....highly recommended.
Art
WA3YSS
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KJ4ACB
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 2, 2008 10:38
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Great Software
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I have had nothing but success with this software. I have used it several times and it definitely beats manual programming! I needed help to start and as usual the support from RT Systems is always top notch.
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WV1K
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 8, 2006 20:33
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Very nice
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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Easy to use, works well and they have been regularly updating it.
A must if you have two radios.
Looking forward to the VX-170 version.
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N7PV
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 8, 2006 19:59
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Excellent Support
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I recently started using a new PC with the Win XP operating system. After loading and updating (via the RT Systems website) the ADMS-2K software, I was unable to save data read from my FT7800. It took a number of tries but Rod Thompson of RT Systems stayed with it and finally found the problem. Win XP was, in its infinite wisdom, applying the update to the wrong file. Kudos to Rod for a good product and great customer support.
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AD5SX
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 2, 2005 09:06
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Works well
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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This software may have needed some work/updates early on (not uncommon in the software world) but from my experience it's stable and works well. Good support from the provider is another plus.
73
Paul
AD5SX
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N5BSD
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 9, 2004 23:06
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Works easy as ya please
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Bought it right after it was released, had a minor issue with imports, they had an update for it within days, support is always excellent, heck even sent me an upgrade notice direct non-mailing list to let me know they have a new upgrade for it and I have not had to deal with them since right after I got it.
I wholeheartedly recomend this peice of ware to anyone with the fine little rig.
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KD4T
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Rating: 4/5
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Aug 11, 2004 07:01
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Not Bad
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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The software has some areas for improvement, but it certainly works and is almost essential in loading the FT7800. I coppied about 130 repeater listings from a web site to an EXCEL file and then imported them using ADMS-2. Then set radio parameters and downloaded to my radio. It worked great. I did have to update the software with the patch on their web site. After selecting copy to radio the ADMS-2 software gives each step to complete the process. They tell you that you must first copy the radio to your PC if you have made any mods to the radio. This is a necessary step.
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VE3NIO
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Rating: 0/5
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May 26, 2004 13:03
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JUNK
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Same experience as others - the cable works great. Fortunately, I now have FTB7800 software from G4HFQ that is nothing short of spectacular. With radios offering 1000+ memories, software needs to be an integral part of the radio product. Fortunately G4HFQ offers a grossly superior product to this one and has sufficient resources for quality control, beta testing, and post sales technical support.
bob
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W3FHW
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Rating: 2/5
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Mar 23, 2004 21:09
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must be like the FT-8900R software
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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There is a patch for this software at http://www.rtsars.com/ Select "software updates".
I dont know if this patch will help you or not. I have two ft-8900R's and bought their lousy soft ware for them. There are two patches for the 8900 software and I don't expect them to be the last patches from this terrible outfit. Grade and comments are for the 8900 software
LOL Fred, W3FHW
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KR3DX
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Rating: 1/5
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Mar 23, 2004 20:38
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Dreadful
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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The only reasons that I gave the software a 1 instead of a 0 rating are the fact that the cable works, and after 3 days I was finally able to get the software to (sort of) program the 7800. I installed the software and connected to the radio. Great, it worked the first time. I downloaded the contents of the 7800 to my computer (I had "manually" programmed about 100 memories and band scan limits prior to obtaining the software). I proceeded to add frequencies into the memory slots in the software. Data entry is very tedious, not user friendly like the VX-2 Commander software which is really great. After 1-1/2 hours of typing, I clicked the "send data to radio" icon. My computer gave a "fatal error, this program will be shut down" message. No help from the "instruction" sheet that came with the software. At this point, I hadn't lost any data that I'd already manually programmed into the radio, so I was only out the 1-1/2 hours of work that I had invested so far. I tried for a few hours to get the program to work properly, to no avail. I loaded the software onto my laptop computer (also running Win 98 SE) and I obtained the same results. Thoroughly exhausted and fustrated, I gave up for the day. I returned to the task the next day, and after a few more hours I discovered that I could "save" a file if I did not enter any "programmable scan limits" into the program. I slowly added more and more entries, saving the file every 10 or so entries so that I wouldn't loose too much time if the program crashed again. The software worked OK until I tried entering "programmable scan limits" into it, then it would crash EVERY time. I uploaded the data into the radio several times and I got and "error" message on the radio only once. So the software seems to work OK as long as you don't put any entries into the dreaded L1 through U50 memory spots. I cut and pasted 3 files and after the upload I noticed that the memory data in these spaces was corrupted. Another bug in the software, beware!! With 1000 memories and 20 scan banks, the 7800 needs to be programmed by a computer and this is the only software available for the FT7800 at the current time, which in my opinion, is the only reason that any of this stuff gets purchased from the vendor. A bunch of retarded gradeschoolers could have written better software than this. Hey Jim, would you consider writing your excellent Commander software to accommodate the FT7800? I'll send ya $50 American if you do!
73
Denny
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