tk8500 lets you scan multiple memory channel banks. You can only scan one bank at a time while operating the IC-R8500 using the radio's front panel controls. Less frequently used parameters may be accessed using the Scan Options pulldown menu, which may be 'torn off' and used as a separate window (fig. Most IC-R8500 controls are available in tk8500's Main Controls, Adjustments, and Secondary Controls windows. See the GNU General Public License for more details. tk8500 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. tk8500 is a copyrighted work released under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. Tk8500 is distributed free of charge, but it is neither shareware nor in the public domain. Though tk8500 is intended chiefly for Linux, MacOS X, and BSD users, it will work on Microsoft Windows (95 and later), too. This is a Fork/Mirror of the project Copyright 2004, Bob Parnass - see tk8500 was favorably reviewed by Peter Bond in Britain's Short Wave Magazine, November 2002. An introductory article about this software appeared in April 2002 Monitoring Times magazine. This review first appeared on the Radio Netherlands website.Tk8500 is open source software designed to control and program the ICOM IC-R8500 receiver. When we can acquire a receiver and put it through our laboratory tests, we’ll have more to say about this receiver and its shortwave performance below 30 MHz. The USA magazine “Monitoring Times” reviewed this receiver in December 1996, but the review focused on the VHF and UHF aspects of the unit. Computer control extends to typically analogue functions such as the volume and squelch modes.Ĭlearly the new ICOM IC-R8500 and this receiver are direct competitors. There is a 10.7 MHz IF output suitable for feeding a 10 MHz chunk of spectrum to a spectrum analyser. There is a multitude of scanning and searching functions. Frequency readout extends to 1 Hz we would expect discrepancies from unit to unit depending upon manufacturer quality control. Six bandwidths from 3 to 220 kHz are included a 500 Hz CW bandwidth is optional. Promotional literature lists features of all modes (AM, FM, USB, LSB, and CW), five VFOs, and 1000 memory channels within 10 banks of 100 channels. Is this a scanner or a shortwave receiver?Ī new wide-band receiver from AOR was released in late 1996.

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