ARCS II is a free computer-aided tuning (CAT) program that makes use of the advanced features of the Kenwood TS-2000 radio. It does not require the use of Kenwood's Auto Information function, although this can be enabled with some performance decreases. ARCS II also provides access to AR-Cluster and DXSpider internet DX servers as well as an APRS module.
v2.0 [Feb 11, 2012]
The audio scope tool ARCSScope is available again. Speech is implimented; Command and Control (the ability to 'talk' to the radio) is not. Graphical and speed improvements were made using the latest Delphi compiler as a result of bug fixes in the compiler yet again. Some 'original' ARCS functions are still disabled in this version. Most functions veteran users are used to having along with more 'toys' should become available in the coming months. The basic APRS is ready, however, in the future, the APRS functions will be moved to a separate application. A GPS tool is being added to the APRS software to allow use of GPS units like Etrex and Microsoft GPS in conjunction with the software. A GPS devices will provide automatic positioning information to ARCSaprs packets. The new APRS software is expected to be released in November or sooner. A small change was made to ARCSpsk which should eliminate a decimal separator issue that affected users whose PC use a ',' as a decimal separator. The vast majority of users are not affected.
