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ADDING ATTENUATION.  I SAW THIS WHILE PARTICIPATING IN A 75 METER NET LOTS
OF BOOMING SIGNALS, AND I HAD INADVERTENTLY LEFT PREAMP 2 ON RARELY IS ANY
PREAMP HELPFUL ON 80/75 METERS.  IT WAS AN EASY FIX, ONCE I RECOGNIZED MY
SELF INFLICTED PROBLEM.  COMPUTER CONNECTIVITY  THE IC 7610 INCLUDES TWO
USB TYPE B COMPUTER CONNECTIONS ON THE REAR PANEL.  THESE CAN MAKE USE OF
TYPICAL USB PRINTER CABLES.  THE MANUAL INDICATES THAT ONE IS DEDICATED TO
REMOTE OPERATION AND DATA EXCHANGE SUCH AS FREQUENCY AND MODE DATA FOR
LOGGING SOFTWARE, WHILE THE OTHER IS FOR DIGITAL DATA INPUT AND OUTPUT.  I
FOUND THAT I COULD GET TWO DATA CHANNELS AS WELL AS RTTY AUDIO IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS ON A SINGLE CONNECTION TO USB 1.  ANOTHER JACK SUPPORTS ICOMS CI
V REMOTE CONTROL PROTOCOL, WHICH IS USED BY MANY LOGGING AND STATION
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