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440 MINI-SPOILER MANUAL VERSION 2.0 The Kenwood TS-440S is a full-feature amateur-radio transceiver capable of transmission on all ham bands and reception on all frequencies between 30 KiloHertz and 30 MegaHertz. It is a beautifully designed radio with a single exception: its front panel. All of the powerful features of the transceiver must be accessed through a very small and complex set of bounce-prone switches and a miniscule display. Operating the TS-440S to take full advantage of its features from the front panel takes extraordinary dexterity, memory, and patience. Such is the problem. The solution to the problem is as easy as controlling the TS-440S from a Tandy Model 100 or 102 laptop computer. The 440 Mini-Spoiler opens up the full-featured insides of the TS-440S so that they are available for efficient and convenient use. In addition, it makes remote operation (changing of frequencies, modes, memories, split operation, and the like) possible over distances of up to 100 feet by hardwire connection and up to thousands of miles by modem connection. We at the QS02000 Project hope that you find your amateur-radio operations more pleasant and productive because of the 440 Mini-Spoiler. The 440 Mini-Spoiler is brought to you through shareware marketing. You may try the package for up to one month at no cost whatsoever, and if you during that time find the package to be of sufficient value to you to continue its use, we ask you to remit the $16.50 registration cost. The QSO2000 Project sponsors amateur-radio software development to provide operators with the latest in excellent operating tools. You help the project to develop more high-quality software at a more rapid pace when you support software from the project that you are using. Your contribution also helps to ensure that the 440 Mini-Spoiler will be maintained and further improved for your use in the future (see the Release Notes at the end of this document). 440 MINI-SPOILER: A SHAREWARE PACKAGE Version 2 of the 440 Mini-Spoiler has cost hundreds of hours of development and testing efforts, but it is yours for one month to try for your own purposes. If you use it for more than a month, the QSO2000 Project asks you to share in the development costs by registering your copy of the 440 Mini- Spoiler for the nominal fee of $16.50. Your contribution to the maintenance and further development of the software package does, on average, determines whether the package continues to be developed as a useful product for years to come. When you register the package, you may, for a $2.50 media and handling charge, receive the latest version of the 440 Mini-Spoiler on Model 100 cassette tape, portable-drive 3-1/2 inch disk, or Disk/Video Interface (DVI) 5- 1/4 inch disk. This version includes advanced features such as Transmit control and memory-file save and load provisions, features that are not available in the shareware examination copy. The advanced features that are not included in the shareware examination copy of version 2 of the 440 Mini-Spoiler are the file commands (function key 6) and the transmit command (function key 7). These features are available only to owners of registered copies who remit an additional $2.50 media and handling charger for tape or diskette of their registered copy. Shareware marketing provides a way for the QSO2000 Project to distribute high-quality amateur-radio software at a minimal cost to operators who use the package. When you register your copy, you provide for further development of the 440 Mini-Spoiler and other amateur-radio packages written by members of the QSO2000 project. LOADING THE 440 MINI-SPOILER INTO THE MODEL 100/102 The 440 Mini-Spoiler is a Model 100/102 BASIC program in ASCII (text or .DO) format. You may import it into your Model 100/102 by connecting your Model 100/102 and the computer you downloaded the file with together with a "null-modem" cable that reverses the signals on pins 2 and 3 (and maintains a ground on pin 7 on both ends) of a standard 25-pin "D" connecter. Set up the Model 100/102's TELCOM program to download, and initialize a program in your other computer to upload. The 440 Mini-Spoiler program (4MS200.BAS) is a Model 100/102 BASIC program in ASCII format. You may import it into your Model 100/102 by connecting your Model 100/102 and the computer you downloaded the file with together with a "null-modem" cable that reverses the signals on pins 2 and 3 (and maintains a ground on pin 7 on both ends) of a standard 25-pin "D" connecter. Set up the Model 100/102's TELCOM program to download, and initialize a program (such as QMODEM) in your other computer to upload. Transfer speeds up to 9600-baud may be achieved if you enable XON/XOFF handshaking in both TELCOM and your MS-DOS program. When you upload it to your Model 100/102, you must set up your MS-DOS program to cancel line-feeds as it sends the file. At the TELCOM end, specify the download-file name as MS4200.DO. When you have the program downloaded into Model 100/102 memory, you must load it into Model 100/102 BASIC. One of the most frustrating features of Model 100/102 BASIC is that it will not run a program which has not been converted into internal, "tokenized" (slightly compressed) format. Therefore the computer must convert the 440 Mini-Spoiler to tokenized format before the Model 100/102 will run it. Unfortunately, Model 100/102 BASIC converts the entire file while retaining a copy of the ASCII file in memory. This means that you must have a Model 100/102 with 32 kilobytes of memory to perform the conversion. (Disk Video Interface--DVI--users have the memory requirement relaxed, because they can convert a text file stored on disk into a tokenized file in memory without incurring the huge memory overhead.) Once you have MS4200.DO in memory, simply enter "LOAD MS4200.DO" from BASIC and you're ready to run the program. You will likely find it convenient to save the program as a memory file by entering "SAVE MS4200" while BASIC has the MS4200.DO program loaded in tokenized format. The program is saved as a memory file with the name MS4200.BA, and you may use the KILL command to delete the MS4200.DO file in order to conserve memory. The simplest solution to the loading problem is to obtain a registered copy of the 440 Mini-Spoiler in BASIC (MS4200.BA) format which has been saved on cassette tape, 3-1/2 inch portable-drive disk, or 5-1/4 inch DVM disk by the QSO2000 Project. HARDWARE The 440 Mini-Spoiler, written in optimized BASIC-language code, will run in a Model 100/102 with as little as 16 Kilobytes of RAM installed, if you in accordance with the cautions given above can get it loaded in .BA format from an outside device. You must have your TS-440S completely outfitted for the standard RS-232 interface; Kenwood left a couple of empty integrated-circuit sockets unpopulated behind the front panel, and you need an external RS-232/TTL converter. Both Kenwood and at least two independent suppliers market both items. Kenwood designates its pair of IC chips the IC-10 and its external RS-232 level converter the IF-232C product models. Phil Whitehouse, W1GEE, offers a much more economical alternative in a kit that includes both the TS-440S chip set and an RS-232/TTL level converter for $50 (assembled price $60). Phil's level converter draws power from the transceiver in order to minimize wiring clutter. You may contact Phil at the following address. Mr. Phil Whithouse, W1GEE P. O. Box 527 Hampden, Maine 04444 Lawrence Anderson, KA6FQN, offers a chip set and level converter in a small package in assembled form for $59. The level converter, cables, and instructions alone (without the internal chip set) is priced at $49. You may contact Lawrence at the following address Mr. Lawrence R. Anderson, KA6FQN 35615 Avenue D Aucaipa, CA 92399 The QSO2000 project has tested both Phil's and Larry's assembled level converters and found found them both to be extremely reliable, easy-to-install, and attractive. STARTING UP THE 440 MINI-SPOILER When you have the 440 Mini-Spoiler stored as a .BA file in memory and the cables connecting your Model 100/102 to the RS-232/TTL converter and your fully-chipped TS-440S, all you need to do is run the program. It will interrogate your transceiver for frequencies and modes stored in both VFOs and the 90 non-split memories. During your initial installation, you'll have to wait approximately 30 seconds amid entertaining beeps from your Model 100/102 for the memories to be loaded and the data to be converted to displayable format. After your initial installation, you have no such wait to be patient with. The 440 Mini-Spoiler will assume that you have not altered your memories manually, and it will load in the previously stored memories from a file called MEMFLE.DO in Model 100/102 in RAM. NOTE: To test your hardware link if you find that the 440 Mini-Spoiler fails to work for you, break (ctl-pause) out of the spoiler. Exit BASIC and enter TELCOM. Choose communication parameters (STAT) 78N2E, giving you the 4800-baud, 8-bit-character, 2-stop-bit convention that the TS-440S requires. Enter TERM, and type "IF;" (no ENTER, please: it will only interfere, because the TS-440S understands the semicolon to be an enter signal). If your TS-440S doesn't immediately respond to the Model 100/102 screen with 38 characters beginning with "IF", continuing through many numbers and a few spaces, and ending with ";", you do have some misconnection or malfunction in your hardware. If you get the right response, your communication link is working properly and you've may have gotten a corrupted copy of the 440 Mini-Spoiler. Obtain another copy post haste. DATA DISPLAY AND DATA ENTRY The 440 Mini-Spoiler is designed to provide totally separate data-entry and data-display tasks. You may use either the TS-440S front panel or the Model 100/102 keyboard for entry at any time, and the resulting changes are reflected on both the transceiver display and the 440 Mini-Spoiler screen. At least some TS-440S transceivers include front-panel keypads that are extremely prone to contact bounce. An annoying result of erroneous data entry is that the transceiver receives multiple number entries from its own front panel when you press a button only once. A more serious result is that the transceiver can send out status-update packets at such a rapid pace that it overloads the 440 Mini-Spoiler. Such a jam occurs most often with entry of memory frequency data on the transceiver's numeric keypad. If your transceiver has such switch-bounce difficulty, you can avoid the problem by entering new VFO and memory data through the 440 Mini-Spoiler keyboard (it's much more convenient and less troublesome to enter it that way otherwise too). THE 440 MINI-SPOILER SCREENS The 440 Mini-Spoiler initializes your Model 100/102 while it displays a title screen; it reads data from your TS-440S. It also dallies a little bit to thoroughly display the copyright notice to remind you that much work and other resources have gone into development of the program. After the title and copyright screen disappears, the 440 Mini-Spoiler operating display appears. The display contains three areas: (1) an area to the left of the screen for display of the VFOs and the currently selected memory, (2) an area to the right of the screen for displaying any five of the 90 simplex memories, and (3) a line across the bottom of the screen to display command prompts. Figure 1 shows a typical operating display upon startup. ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║┌───────────────────┐┌──────────────────┐║ ║│FQ 28.718.87 USB VA││00 3.933.00 LSB U│║ ║└───────────────────┘│01 21.023.00 CW U│║ ║┌───────────────────┐│02 14.300.00 USB U│║ ║│ 7.213.02 LSB VB││03 28.454.00 USB U│║ ║│ 14.300.00 USB 02││04 7.085.00 FSK U│║ ║└───────────────────┘└──────────────────┘║ ║Slct Freq Mode Copy Wndw File TRtg Quit ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Figure 1.- Typical operating display VFO and Current Memory Area Your current operating frequency (or frequencies) and mode (or modes) are shown at the top of the VFO and Current Memory Area. The top box displays the currently selected transmission and reception source(s). From figure 1, the source for both reception and transmission (indicated by "FQ" for frequency) is VFO A at a frequency of 27.71887 MegaHertz in upper-sideband mode. For single-source, non-split operation, the top box contains information about VFO A, VFO B, or the currently selected memory. For example, if memory 2 is selected as the source, the display changes to that shown in figure 2. ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║┌───────────────────┐┌──────────────────┐║ ║│FQ 14.300.00 USB 02││00 3.933.00 LSB U│║ ║└───────────────────┘│01 21.023.00 CW U│║ ║┌───────────────────┐│02 14.300.00 USB U│║ ║│ 28.718.87 USB VA││03 28.454.00 USB U│║ ║│ 7.213.02 LSB VB││04 7.085.00 FSK U│║ ║└───────────────────┘└──────────────────┘║ ║Slct Freq Mode Copy Wndw File TRtg Quit ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Figure 2.- Typical memory-selected display The 440 Mini-Spoiler supports split-VFO operation, but it does not support split-memory operation (memories 90 through 99 only). During a period when a memory is selected, the top box will contain a single line with memory number appended to indicate the frequency (FQ) and mode of the memory that currently controls the transceiver. When a VFO is selected, it will contain one or two lines to respectively indicate the VFO controlling the transmit-and-receive frequencies or both the VFO controlling the receive frequency and the VFO controlling the transmit frequency. When you have set up the transmitter for split-frequency operation from the VFOs, the receive VFO information is always shown on the top line of the a two-line box (with an "RX" prefix). The transmit VFO is shown on the bottom, with a "TX" prefix. One of the advantages of using the 440 Mini-Spoiler is that you always be able to see your transmit frequency before you press a microphone button or tap a key. Figure 3 shows a typical display in the VFO and Current Memory Area when the TS-440S is set for splif-frequency VFO operation. ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║┌───────────────────┐┌──────────────────┐║ ║│RX 7.075.00 LSB VA││00 3.933.00 LSB U│║ ║│TX 7.213.00 LSB VB││01 21.023.00 CW U│║ ║└───────────────────┘│02 14.300.00 USB U│║ ║┌───────────────────┐│03 28.454.00 USB U│║ ║│ 14.300.00 USB 02││04 7.085.00 FSK U│║ ║└───────────────────┘└──────────────────┘║ ║Slct Freq Mode Copy Wndw File TRtg Quit ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Figure 3.- Split-VFO display The frequencies shown in the VFO and Current Memory Area are the absolute frequencies of the VFOs and the selected memory. The frequencies do not account for any "increments" that you have added to them from the transceiver front panel with the RIT or XIT controls. Five-Memory Window Upon initialization, the Five-Memory Window displays the frequencies and modes stored in memories 0 through 4. One of the memories (initially memory 0) is highlighted to preset easy access to it by keyboard for transceiver control or copying. You can easily scroll through the entire 90 non-split memories or select by keyboard any five-memory segment of them for display. The Command Line The eight abbreviated commands shown above the function-key labels lead you through prompts to enable you to control your TS-440S transceiver and your 440 Mini-Spoiler display. The commands and the prompts that they further offer you are described in detail below. 440 MINI-SPOILER COMMANDS Brief Definitions Source (F1)............................Select xmit and rcve vfo or memory Frequency (F2).........................Set frequency in any vfo or memory Mode (F3).........................Set any VFO or memory to LSB, USB, etc. Copy (F4)..............................Copy freq and mode between sources Window (F5).........................Set position of memory viewing window Files (F6)..............Load or save a Model 100/102 file of 440 memories TR toggle (F7)...............Toggle the XCVR between transmit and receive Quit (F8)...................................Return computer to MENU level The commands are entered through function keys F1 through F8 just beneath the Model 100/102 LCD display. All commands other than the Quit Command provide you with prompts to direct your entries. These prompts include a prompt to return you to the main level of commands: a Quit Option. Entering the first letter of an option name evokes the option. Memory-Window Hot Keys Pressing the Down-Arrow key moves the highlight in the five-memory window down one memory in the memory to the next-highest memory number. If the highlight is on the fifth memory, the memories will scroll so that the next- highest memory will appear highlighted at the bottom of the window. Similarly, pressing the Up-Arrow key moves the highlight up in the window, and if the highlight is at the top of the window the key will cause the memories to scroll so that the next lower-numbered memory will appear at the top of the window. If you hold down the Shift key while you press the Up- or Down-Arrow key, memories in the window scroll up or down by five. The highlight remains in the same position it was in before you press the key. You may use function key 5 to select the memories appearing in the window, as described below. Select (Slct) Command (F1) The Select Command offers you transceiver control by either VFO, by the memory currently selected by the TS-440S, by the memory which you have highlighted in the five-memory window, or by a memory with the number you enter by keyboard. The split option is also available to toggle dual-frequency transmit and receive by VFOs. The prompts for the Source Command, which temporarily replace the Command Line, are shown in figure 4. ║A)B)VFO M)em W)in ## S)plit Q)uit ? ▓ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Figure 4.- Source Command prompts Entering A, B, or M immediately puts VFO A, VFO B, or the currently selected memory in control of the TS-440S. Entering W puts the memory that is highlighted in the Five-Memory Window in control, simultaneously making it the currently selected memory. Entering a number between 0 and 89 puts the memory with that number in control and makes it the current memory. The 440 Mini- Spoiler will not control split memories 90 through 99. Entering S toggles VFO split-frequency operation on and off. This option is effective whether the transceiver is currently controlled by a memory or by VFO. With a memory in control, for example, you can toggle split on so that when you change to VFO operation the transceiver will be set for split transmission and reception. Pressing Q cancels the Source Command and returns the Command Line to the bottom of the display. You may also cancel the command by pressing the Return key. Frequency (FREQ) Command (F2) The Frequency Command permits you to change the frequency of any source in your transceiver (except the duplex sources, memories 90 through 99). The first prompt that replaces the Command Line after the Frequency Command is entered asks you whether you to enter the source you want to change the frequency of. This prompt is shown in figure 5. ║A)B)VFO M)em W)in ## Q)uit ? ▓ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Figure 5.- Frequency Command first prompt With entering a single character, you indicate that you want to change the frequency of VFO A, VFO B, the currently selected memory, or the memory that is highlighted in the Five-Memory Window. You may enter a number ranging from 0 to 89 to change the frequency of any memory, regardless of whether it is shown on the screen. You may enter Q to terminate the Frequency Command without changing the frequency of any VFO or memory. The second prompt that replaces the Command Line after the Frequency Command is entered is simply "Frequency value or Q)uit?"; you must enter the frequency that you wish to assign to your selected VFO or memory or enter the single-character Q option (or Return) to terminate the command. Within useful limits, you may enter frequencies in KiloHertz or in MegaHertz. For frequencies up to 9,999,999 Hertz, you have a choice of entry methods. You may enter them in either MegaHertz, with a decimal point, or you may enter them in KiloHertz, suffixed by a "K" or "k" to tell the 440 Mini- Spoiler the difference. An entry of "7.12345" is identical to an entry of "712345K" and "712345k." If you enter a frequency not formatted in these two fashions, the 440 Mini-Spoiler will beep and query you again for the frequency. If you enter a frequency that is outside the range of the TS-440S transceiver, the 440 Mini- Spoiler will also beep and query you again. Mode (MODE) Command (F3) The Mode Command permits you to change the mode (LSB, USB, CW, AM, FM, and RTTY) of each transmission source. The first of two prompts that the command brings up is shown in figure 6. ║A)B)VFO M)em W)in ## Q)uit ? ▓ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Figure 6.- Mode Command first prompt With entering a single character, you indicate that you want to change the mode of VFO A, VFO B, the currently selected memory, or the memory that is highlighted in the Five-Memory Window. You may enter a number ranging from 0 to 89 to change the mode of any memory, regardless of whether it is shown on the screen. You may enter Q to terminate the Mode Command without changing the mode of any VFO or memory. The second prompt that replaces the Command Line after the Mode Command is entered is shown in Figure 7. ║L)SB U)SB C)W A)M F)M R)TTY Q)uit ? ▓ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Figure 7.- Mode Command second prompt Your response to the prompt selects the mode of the VFO or memory you have chosen or (with W for Quit) terminates the command without changing mode. Copy (COPY) Command (F4) The Copy Command permits you to copy the contents of any VFO or memory into another VFO or memory. You are first prompted for the source that you want to copy from, and then you are prompted for the destination of the copy of the frequency and mode information. The prompt for source is shown in figure 8. ║From: A)B)VFO M)em W)in ## Q)uit ? ▓ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Figure 8.- Copy Command source prompt The prompt for destination differs only slightly, as shown in figure 9. ║To: A)B)VFO M)em W)in ## Q)uit ? ▓ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Figure 8.- Copy Command destination prompt You may terminate the Copy Command either at the time it prompts you for the source or at the time it prompts you for the destination. Window (WNDW) Command (F5) The Window Command lets you rapidly change the memories which are displayed in the five-memory window. You are prompted for the number of the memory that will be the lowest of the five to appear in the window. If you choose memory 38, for example, you will cause memories 38 through 42 to be displayed in the five-memory window. The Up and Down Arrow keys work in conjunction with the Window command to let you see and select any memory from 0 to 89. Used without the shift key, the arrow keys move the inverse-video selection bar up and down in the window. Used when the shift key is pressed, the arrows cause the window to move up and down on the list of memories in increments of 5, while the highlight remains in the same position relative to the top of the window. Pressing [SHIFT-DOWN] when the window is displaying memories 5 through 9 causes the window to move further down the list to display memories 10 through 14. In this instance, if memory 5 is highlighted before you hold down Shift and press Down Arrow, memory 10 will be highlighted after your scrolling down the memories. File (FILE) Command (F6) The file command allows you to S)ave current transceiver memories 0 through 89 to a Model 100/102 file, and it allows you to L)oad your TS-440S with memories previously saved to a file. NOTE: The memory-file command options are functional only in registered copies of the 440 Mini-Spoiler obtained on tape or diskette from the QSO2000 Project. In unregistered copies, pressing F6 will cause an exciting small beep to sound and the command menu to return to the last line of the screen. The file may be a memory file (file name only), a cassette-tape file (file name preceded by CAS as in CAS:MEMFLE), or a disk/vidio (DVI) interface file (with a 0 or 1 and a colon preceding a file name). The memory file named MEMFLE (MEMFLE.DO) will always be loaded by the 440 Mini-Spoiler during initialization. This file contains the values stored in TS-440S memories the last time the 440 Mini-Spoiler has been run and exited with the F8 key. Anytime the 440 Mini-Spoiler is run, the F6 key may evoke the S)ave option in order to save a file to memory, tape, or DVI disk, and a new file of memories can be loaded with the F6 key via the L)oad option. The non-split memories in the TS-440S will be set to the frequencies and modes set to the values specified by whatever file you load from memory or diskette. They will NOT remain as were when you initialized the program with MEMFLE, and they will not reflect any changes you have made since initializing the program. NOTE: When you exit the 440 Mini-Spoiler with the F8 key, the current memory file (the previously loaded file altered by any changes in frequency and mode and any memory copy operations) is saved as MEMFLE (MEMFLE.DO) in order to keep transceiver memories and file-stored memories identical. If you have loaded another memory file since initializing the program, that file and any changes you have made to it will be reflected in both your TS-440S memories and the file MEMFLE. If you have doubt about whether the transceiver memories are identical to the file-stored memories, press F6 and enter the S)ave option with a file name of MEMFLE.DO to refresh both the memories that the Spoiler currently recognizes and the stored file of memories. The file MEMFLE (MEMFLE.DO) and all other memory files that you save with the F6 file command and S)ave option are files that you can edit with the Model 100 Text editor. You may alter the frequencies and modes of the memories with TEXT, providing that you carefully (1) maintain memory sequence numbers and frequency and mode fields within each line and (2) use the L)oad option of the F6 command to enter new frequencies and modes into the TS-440S after you initialize the program. CAUTION: If you exit the 440 Mini-Spoiler through any means other than by pressing F8, the current state of memories in your transceiver will not be saved to MEMFLE. You then have two options to "reconcile" transceiver memories with computer memories. F6 with the S)ave option to the file name MEMFLE will reconcile computer-saved memories to those stored in the transceiver, and F6 with the L)oad option will reconcile transceiver memories with those stored in Model 100 RAM. Transmit/Receive Toggle (TRtg) Command (F7) You can toggle between receive and transmit operation with the TR toggle command. When the transceiver is in transmit mode, a transmit sign appears to the right of the current source designation (if non-split) or beside the receive source (if split VFO operations is in effect). NOTE: The transmit command is functional only in registered copies of the 440 Mini-Spoiler obtained on tape or diskette from the QSO2000 Project. In unregistered copies, pressing F7 will cause an exciting small beep to sound and the command menu to return to the last line of the screen. Quit (QUIT) Command The Quit Command does exactly what it says: it causes control of your Model 100/102 to return to the Menu. Whenever you want to run the 440 Mini- Spoiler again, simply place the inverse-video cursor over MS4200.BA again, and press the ENTER key. RELEASE NOTES Version 2.0 of the 440 Mini-Spoiler is released November 15, 1990 with no currently known bugs. Maintenance releases which correct inevitably discovered bugs (as they are discovered) will be designated by incremented version numbers (2.01, 2.02, and so on). Version 2.00 supersedes version 1.01, released March, 1990. OTHER QSO2000 PROJECT SOFTWARE PACKAGES Please type or print the file QSO2000.TXT on this diskette or in this archive. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING INFORMATION If you find the 440 Mini-Spoiler to be of sufficient value for you during your one-month trial period, please remit $16.50 to the QS02000 project. If you would like a copy of the 440 Mini-Spoiler with enhanced features in tokenized format to be mailed to you on cassette tape, 3-1/2 inch diskette for the Tandy Portable Disk Drive, or 5-1/4 inch diskette for the Tandy Disk/Video Interface, please include an additional $2.50 to cover copying and mailing charges (total $19.00). Please view the file RGSTR4MS for detailed licensing information and a printable registration form. Bill Brewer, K5KNC, Coordinator QSO2000 Project 5518 12 Street Lubbock, TX 79416