On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Gilmer, Mike wrote:
> 7. Check callsign status
> After tabbing out of the callsign field (into the RST field) there is no
> indication of DUPE, etc. One must <TAB> into the Power field for this
> checking to occur. I think that the first <TAB> should invoke this
> checking. Also, after a point-and-shoot loads the callsign field, it
> should do the same. Another symptom of this is that the DUPE or new
> country message that appears at the bottom of the screen remains from
> the previous callsign check until the double-TAB. Can be confusing!
>
> Also, a grabbed entry from BM only loads the call (not the exchange,
> say, Power for ARRL) - perhaps you do this on purpose? - not sure why.
> A subsequent <TAB> <TAB> of course does load the Power.
>
Mike,
Forgive the dumb question, but why do you use the <TAB> key instead of
the <SPACEBAR>? I think alot of what you see in the above would not
occur. I used the BM with my OMNI-VI, and didn't really have any of
these problems. If I grabbed a callsign from the BM it put it into the
CALLSIGN field, and then hitting <SPACEBAR> it would put in the power in
the correct field. However this will only happen if you had previously
logged this station.
73
Warren - K2BM
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