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Locked fmt.all file never written #Calibration

Jerry (KB2GCG)
 

I've been running a calibration for a new radio (I haven't had to run one for years!).

The manual states "initially no measurement data is saved to the fmt.all file although it is displayed on screen; this allows you to check your current calibration parameters.
The manual is silent about when the program begins to write the data to a file or how to manually save the data.
I've been running the calibration through several cycles but still no data in the file. How does one get the data to save ?

Jerry KB2GCG
Gary - AC6EG
 

Hi Jerry
Sounds like you were almost there. After you change Mode to FreqCal, go to the Tools menu and click on Execute Frequency Calibration Cycle. You should see data appear on screen as the program cycles through all the FreqCal frequencies in your Working Frequencies Table. This allows you to verify that you can copy all those frequencies and gives you an opportunity to see if you need to go back and edit the Working Frequencies Table. If you like what you are seeing, click on STOP, clear the screen by clicking on Erase, then put a check mark in front of Measure. (That checkmark is probably what you failed to do.) Now when you click on Monitor, the program will cycle through all the active FreqCal frequencies and collect data. Let this run for several cycles, then click on STOP. At this point, you should find a new FMT.ALL file in the log directory. Open that file with a text editor and delete all lines of data that end with an asterisk. Delete any other lines that appear to be anomalous. Close this file after saving your changes and make sure the file name is still FMT.ALL. Now go back to the Tools menu and choose Solve for Calibration Parameters. 
If the program produces usable Calibration Parameters, you will be given an opportunity to apply them. If not, you'll have to repeat the process until you succeed in acquiring valid Calibration Parameters.
Good Luck! 😊
73 de Gary - AC6EG 
Jerry (KB2GCG)
 

Thank you Gary, standard deviation was .38 Hz, pretty darned good.

Jerry


- "Defeat lasts one day, giving up lasts a lifetime."

On Dec 11, 2021, at 4:35 PM, Gary - AC6EG <AC6EG@...> wrote:

Hi Jerry
Sounds like you were almost there. After you change Mode to FreqCal, go to the Tools menu and click on Execute Frequency Calibration Cycle. You should see data appear on screen as the program cycles through all the FreqCal frequencies in your Working Frequencies Table. This allows you to verify that you can copy all those frequencies and gives you an opportunity to see if you need to go back and edit the Working Frequencies Table. If you like what you are seeing, click on STOP, clear the screen by clicking on Erase, then put a check mark in front of Measure. (That checkmark is probably what you failed to do.) Now when you click on Monitor, the program will cycle through all the active FreqCal frequencies and collect data. Let this run for several cycles, then click on STOP. At this point, you should find a new FMT.ALL file in the log directory. Open that file with a text editor and delete all lines of data that end with an asterisk. Delete any other lines that appear to be anomalous. Close this file after saving your changes and make sure the file name is still FMT.ALL. Now go back to the Tools menu and choose Solve for Calibration Parameters.
If the program produces usable Calibration Parameters, you will be given an opportunity to apply them. If not, you'll have to repeat the process until you succeed in acquiring valid Calibration Parameters.
Good Luck! 😊
73 de Gary - AC6EG

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