HRD 5.23 Released

[N4KIT]

Do we have to manually choose the country from the drop-down now? I've just spent the last 20 min looking for setting that may allow automatic entry of the country but I can't find anything. I hope this isn't the case, I like the fact that I really need only manually enter a call sign, the only other thing I need to do with the keyboard is to put in a signal report, if I got to start scrolling through hundreds of countries then I am not going to be happy about it.

Penn - look for my reply to you over on the HRD forum. In short, no, you do not have to enter the country manually every time. Your Callsign lookup options just need a little tweeking.

73,
Chris - N4KIT

[G0VQY]

Yes Chris, I did see that, thanks very much. Hey, has anyone worked out why HamCall is not working with HRD now? I'm at a loss, I've messed around with it for ages and I just will not work at all. Normally when you put somebody's callsign then that is in the Ham call, all information is automatically migrated into the log, that is not happening now.

[NZ9Y]

Don,

Just so many distractors to a work in progress. It's not helpful. You see complaints here because the users NOT experiencing issues are - well - not complaining. No posts to find...

Here's me not complaining. Version 5.11 works great here. I've yet to get a more recent version to work as well, but I have not tried 5.23 or 5.24 yet.

Having said that, I still bought version 6.0 and expect to use it once its available. Hoping all the hard work developing the new HRD pays off.

[KA9JLM]

Here's me not complaining. Version 5.11 works great here. I've yet to get a more recent version to work as well, but I have not tried 5.23 or 5.24 yet.

Having said that, I still bought version 6.0 and expect to use it once its available. Hoping all the hard work developing the new HRD pays off.

I don't think that I would upgrade just yet.

The code that they are writing has memory problems and it was already to much overhead for many computers. They will have to fix that issue.

If the older version works, then you should use it.

If you do decide to try the upgrade, just make a system Restore Point, before the install, and backup any HRD files that you need to keep.


Enjoy.

[VE3FMC]

I don't think that I would upgrade just yet.

The code that they are writing has memory problems and it was already to much overhead for many computers. They will have to fix that issue.

If the older version works, then you should use it.

If you do decide to try the upgrade, just make a system Restore Point, before the install, and backup any HRD files that you need to keep.


Enjoy.

Here I sit with a CPU that is at least 10 years old running XP, Service Pack 3 with all the Microsoft updates installed. A whooping 504 MB of RAM and 3 GHz processor.

HRD, the logbook and my JT65 program are open 24/7. Plus DM780 is often booted up. I am running the latest version 5.24 and have had no problems at all with it. Not one glitch.

Logbook works just fine for me, all of the info boxes get filled when I hit the QRZ button to get the call sign info.

IMO, operator error weighs heavily on the HRD software. But then again what do I know as I have only been using HRD since September 2007. I will be thrilled when the paid version comes out so all of the guys who use the FREE Versions can find some other software to whine and complain about.

[G0VQY]

Here I sit with a CPU that is at least 10 years old running XP, Service Pack 3 with all the Microsoft updates installed. A whooping 504 MB of RAM and 3 GHz processor.

HRD, the logbook and my JT65 program are open 24/7. Plus DM780 is often booted up. I am running the latest version 5.24 and have had no problems at all with it. Not one glitch.

Logbook works just fine for me, all of the info boxes get filled when I hit the QRZ button to get the call sign info.

IMO, operator error weighs heavily on the HRD software. But then again what do I know as I have only been using HRD since September 2007. I will be thrilled when the paid version comes out so all of the guys who use the FREE Versions can find some other software to whine and complain about.

Just because HRD works for you on your computer, that doesn't mean that it's working properly for everyone else. Everything is working fine for me, apart from hamcall, I cannot get it to work and I can't figure out why. Have you got the Hamcall disk?

[KA9JLM]

Here I sit with a CPU that is at least 10 years old running XP, Service Pack 3 with all the Microsoft updates installed. A whooping 504 MB of RAM and 3 GHz processor.

HRD, the logbook and my JT65 program are open 24/7. Plus DM780 is often booted up. I am running the latest version 5.24 and have had no problems at all with it. Not one glitch.

Logbook works just fine for me, all of the info boxes get filled when I hit the QRZ button to get the call sign info.

IMO, operator error weighs heavily on the HRD software. But then again what do I know as I have only been using HRD since September 2007. I will be thrilled when the paid version comes out so all of the guys who use the FREE Versions can find some other software to whine and complain about.

You are lucky.

Let us know how it works on your Win Vista and 7 machine, and report back.
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[W4PG]

Just because HRD works for you on your computer, that doesn't mean that it's working properly for everyone else. Everything is working fine for me, apart from hamcall, I cannot get it to work and I can't figure out why. Have you got the Hamcall disk?

I don't use Hamcall but I assume you have gone into "Callsign Lookup" and enabled "HamCall CD," yes?? You also have to go into "Lookup Options" and tell HRD where the files are located. I did the same using QRZ data copied to my hard drive and it worked just fine. I'm using version 5.23.0.12

[W4PG]

You are lucky.

Let us know how it works on your Win Vista and 7 machine, and report back.
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I'm running Windows 7 64 bit and HRD 5.23 works just fine - no problems I can find. I firmly believe there are some OS problems that are at the root of much of other's problems. When I first upgraded, I had a problem with HRD crashing after running for an hour or so. It did this several times, then I upgraded the OS and has not recurred since then. I typically leave it running several hours a day hooked up to the rig and all is well at the moment!

............Bob

[KA9JLM]

That is the problem Bob.

After a while it may crash the computer.

Normally it will work great at first.

Freezing when your transmitter is on full power is not a good thing.


Sorry I am such of a for real person.

I test computer code and they may have a way to go.