THE 440 SPOILER: VERSION 1.01 The 440 Spoiler is a software package that lets amateur radio operators, short-wave listeners, and other people enjoy the full operating power of the Kenwood TS-440S transceiver. It provides TS-440S users with much more intelligent and convenient control of their transceivers than they can obtain by purchasing much higher-priced equipment such as the Icom IC-781 at 1/100th the price differential. FEATURES OF THE 440 SPOILER Running the Spoiler is largely intuitive. After you connect your TS-440S to your MSDOS computer through an RS232 adapter, you can probably run the Spoiler without reading the extensive documentation that is provided. But as it is with any other high-tech project that a large number of people can benefit from and enjoy, so it is with the Spoiler. If you need documentation, you do most certainly have it in the Spoiler software package. You will, however, probably want to at least browse through the 440 Spoiler User's Manual and the 440 Spoiler Technical Reference Manual before you plunge into more productive work and enjoyable play with your TS-440S. Although the Spoiler is designed to be intuitively obvious and to protect you from losing a single bit of memory in your transceiver, your knowing the basic concepts of Spoiler operation both prevents frustration and protects you from what you might inadventantly do with approaching the Spoiler as most people approach video games. The 440 Spoiler is a brief document that gets the spoiler up and running for you. After you read it, you will be able to play with the Spoiler and your transceiver with minimal frustration and no harm. If you are an extremely careful, meticulous, and prudent operator (as most American hams are), you will also want to keep the 440 Spoiler Technical Reference Manual close at hand while you work with the details of Spoiler operator. The technical reference manual provides you with definitive information about the "innermost secrets" of Spoiler operation so that you can most productively use the software package in your particular operating practices. LICENSING THE 440 SPOILER The Spoiler software package is yours to try out with our approval for an entire month while you decide whether it is to become a part of your radio- operating and computing life. Within the month, you should decide whether you want to contribute to both the hundreds of hours of development that have already gone into the Spoiler and the hundreds of hours that will go into it over the next year. If you decide to contribute, you get more than a clear conscience in further use of the Spoiler. For your $39 contribution you get the latest revision of the Spoiler on diskette. Public distribution of the latest maintenance revisions and enhancements will necessarily lag distribution to licensed users. Within one year of your registration, you may obtain the most-advanced version of the Spoiler that has been released by free download from the Spoiler's home bulletin-board system or by your paying the exact cost of diskette shipment. You also get a professionally produced copy of the corresponding version of the 440 Spoiler Technical Reference Manual. Typset on laser printer and bound, the document is worth more than the price of the entire Spoiler package for the TS-440S user. In addition, you get one year of online support (via mail or more real- time through the Spoiler's home bulletin board) for your using the Spoiler. Should you have any questions about your use of the Spoiler or suggestions for its further improvement, you've find the Spoiler's authors responding with hours of receipt. A registration form for your convenience is included at the end of the 440 Spoiler Technical Reference Manual. THE QSO2000 PROJECT Members of the QSO2000 project are dedicated to providing both leadership and support for improved amateur-radio communications and support throughout the United States and the world during the decade preceding the 21st century. If you have similar dedication to such goals and can participate in the QSO2000 project, we welcome you to join us in your contributing your part as we contribute ours. You may contribute to the QSO2000 project through the wireless conference bulletin board ECHO at 806-741-1570 (24 hours, 1200-192000 USR) or mail to the following address. Bill Brewer, K5KNC, Coordinator The QSO2000 Project 5518 12th Street Lubbock, TX 79416