Hi,
No, I tried several times and not immediately at boot-up.
I went out to the ham shack and tried this again and documented what I did. I don't see a place on this forum to attach files or such but I do have a pdf of screen shots and the steps I used if you want it. And, yes, the problem repeated itself again for documentation purposes.
Here is the text without (SCREEN SHOT):
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IC 7300 turned on. Boot computer. Start VARAC.
(VARAC V3.7.9 WITH TUNE BLACKED OUT)
It has been about 5 minutes now and VAR AC screen still looks the same with the tune button blacked out.
VAR AC brings up VARA HF
(VAR HF v4.6.2 AND PICTURE SHOWING LICENSE ENTERED)
Next step is to call CQ on 10 meters…. Full power out…. ALC set correctly from earlier setup in winlink express which is accepting license for full bandwidth ops. Gerbil chatter heard in the monitor. After CQ, the tune button is now visible.
(SMALL SCREEN SHOT OF TUNE BUTTON LIGHT UP)
Pressing TUNE button presents this:
(SCREEN SHOT OF "TUNE REQUIRES A LICENSE")
After clicking OK on the error message, the TUNE button is still visible so I click TUNE again… same results.
( "TUNE REQUIRES A LICENSE")
So, YES, it is quite repeatable.
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Like I said, this is a new installation of VARAC. Installation consists of copying all the unzipped files to a handy VARAC folder and clicking on the .exe file. So the program isn't installed in the traditional sense.... Perhaps there is something that is needed from a previous install that I need to put in.
Like I had said, this isn't a show stopper but it might be an indication of some oddity lurking underneath the hood.
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