[aprssig] vx-8 mic-e type code & ui-view32

Heikki Hannikainen hessu at hes.iki.fi
Tue Apr 5 05:55:13 EDT 2011


On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Julian, G4ILO wrote:

> Whether or not Yaesu updates the software for the VX-8, unlike the
> Kenwoods these radios are not firmware upgradeable so this is is not
> going to make the problem go away with all the radios are out there
> already.

I assume they're still going to sell new VX-8's for a while - it might be 
possible to fix this in radios manufactured in the future, so that the 
amount of duplicates would not increase?

> Surely the only solution is to discourage the use of broken IGate
> software that cannot be fixed?

That should be done, too, in any case. Would provide other fixes, too.

   - Hessu





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