Re: [Hamlib-developer] IC7300 output power

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PS. I applied that patch to the pull I took this morning.
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From: Philip Rose via Hamlib-developer <ham...@li...>
Sent: 29 May 2025 4:36 PM
To: ham...@li... <ham...@li...>
Subject: Re: [Hamlib-developer] IC7300 output power

Hi Nate,


Quickly tested - seems OK.


Phil


On 29/05/2025 16:22, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2025 29 May 09:39 -0500, gm3zza--- via Hamlib-developer wrote:
>> Right, I can see the issue:
>>
>>
>>    1.
>> The IC-7300 PO meter display %age of maximum power. So 50% max power is displayed as 50%.
>>    2.
>> The CI-V returns PO meter reading.
>>    3.
>> Both Hamlib and Flrig convert this value to Watts using similar look-up tables. Basically they both follow the display on the rig.
>>    4.
>> So for 50% max power gets displayed as 50 W, rather than 25W.
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't have an RF Power meter that covers 70 MHz. My 144/432 meter reads 8W at 50% max power on 70 MHz.
>>
>> Interesting asides:
>>
>> The code for IC-9700 (IIRC in icom.c) divides the calculated power by 10 for the 10 GHz.
>> The IC-705 when operating on battery (max power = 5W) displays 100% max power, but only returns 50% on CI-V, so both Hamlib and Flrig. Obviously the CAT software doesn't know it's running on battery, so it makes sense for the Icom to handle that change.
>>
>> I can implement similar code for IC-7300 on 70 MHz that is there for IC-9700 on 10 GHz.
> Please do.  Sakari can probably test it.
>
> 73, Nate
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