Worked perfectly, and probably made a big improvement in my score. This is a
really great feature. However, the undocumented "Coronal Plasma Diverter"
feature is what really saved the contest for us this year after that solar
flare Friday. I hope the NA and CT users appreciate that.
My procedure was to quickly tune the band, entering a dummy identifier, like
"AA1" on the bandmap whenever I heard something potentially interesting.
Sometimes it was a call fragment, or a whole call if I could get it right
away. The important thing, I think, is to minimize waiting to hear the call.
If I don't get it right away, I just enter the dummy. When I have a bunch of
entries, I scan through them quickly, and deal with them as the timing works
out. The really great thing is that when I learn one is a dupe, or work it,
it gets skipped next time around.
Perhaps there's a more efficient procedure, so I'd be interested in hearing
how others use the band map.
Here are a few enhancements I can think of:
A way to back up. I often heard something just before advancing, but too late
to keep my finger from hitting the key.
A single keystroke to mark the frequency to be included in the scan. This
would avoid the need to type in the dummy identifiers. (CW function key would
be fine.)
A single keystroke to mark the frequency to NOT be included in the next scan,
like a dupe. Kind of a generic dupe identifier, to avoid having to repeatedly
type in calls like MD/DL3OI. Usually if it's a dupe, you don't really care
who it is. This could also be used to mark the frequencies of W3LPL, KC1XX,
etc. (from the US side).
73,
Scott K9MA
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Scott Ellington
Madison, Wisconsin USA
sdelling@facstaff.wisc.edu
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