No big deal, and since the DDE worked it wasn't a deal breaker but I was disappointed when I sent several email inquiries regarding possible bug fixes with that radio in future releases (I was hoping it would be addressed in the 1 year free upgrade period after purchase). This problem has been reported by many users of HRD using the Alinco DXSR-9T. It did, and I was happy but there is a well known bug that with HRD the radio won't tune via computer below 10 mhz. I downloaded the trial version to test before purchase to make sure that it would work vie DDE.

Callbook lookup (Buckmaster, RAC, or QRZ CDROMs, or QRZ.I needed HRD for the DDE link to interface between my Alinco DXSR-9T and USB Dongle/upconverter/HDSDR so I could have a wide bandwidth panadapter without all the issues plaguing the SR9's cobbled and near unusable SDR function.

CW (generation only) and Phone voice keyer.World map display (beam heading, terminator, DX spots, VHF openings, auroral oval).RTTY (dual receive via the included MMTTY engine and a TNC).Prefix, IOTA, and Gridsquare lookup and display.PSK31, PSK63 (monitors an entire band and extracts heard callsigns).

Solar terminator display and prediction (shows grey line at any specified date and time).

Logbook of the World and support (automated bidirectional synchronization).

Rotator control (AlfaSpid, ARSWIN, Heath, Hygain, M2, Prosistel, SARtek, TIC, Trackbox, Yaesu).

Transceiver control with bandspread (Alinco, Elecraft, Icom, Kachina, Kenwood, TenTec, Yaesu).

You can download add ons to make it do the following or just use the DxKeeper logging program without addons all free.

Ham radio deluxe setup for alincom