>Just hitting the space bar doesn't mean the call is correct. I have
>corrected many a call after moving to the exchange part and being corrected
>by the other station. The Band Map is populated after you hit Enter and LOG
>the station. The Band Map does this automatically.
This scenario you describe seems to be when you are CQing. I don't think
you care what goes into the bandmap when you are CQing. You shouldn't be
looking at the bandmap anyhow. The stations that call you just stack up on
top of each other.
>If you just want to enter the station on the Band Map without logging it
>(i.e., you're S&P and just want to note the call without spotting it on the
>Packet network), then, yes, there isn't a good keyboard shortcut besides
>Alt-Y A. You can, however, right click on the mouse and select the 'Add to
>Band Map' selection...
Yep.
Now for some ramblings...
For S&P you need to scan the band as fast as you can with the least amount
of effort. This is especially true for a multi-op effort. Having to look
at the keyboard to do some contorted Alt-Y-A routine takes your eyes off of
the screen and the radio. Having to go to the mouse to right click on the
call and "add to bandmap" takes your hand off of the VFO. Doesn't sound
like a big deal, but after 48 hours it adds up. Plus if the 10 meter
operator is just about to turn the "run" station over to your radio which is
on 15 meters, you better have a full bandmap of stations to work ASAP!
Here's a scenario. You are S&P and you type in a call. At this point, with
Super Check Partial, you can already tell if you have worked them or not.
So there really isn't any need to dupe check them (i.e. spacebar). For
example, if you here JA7YAA after you have typed in JA7Y you can probably
already see in the Super Check window what color JA7YAA is (assuming that
call is in the database or you have worked them already). If it is red,
there seems to be only 2 reasons why you would want to finish typing in the
call: 1.) to add them to the bandmap and 2.) to see what other bands you
need them on. Since 99% of the time you are not likely to ask a CQing
station to move to another band, #1 is the main reason to finish typing the
call in. At this point, once you get the call in, you want to get it into
the bandmap and move on. Not to get into a logging program battle, but here
are the motions to go through:
WriteLog: Type in call, spacebar, Alt-Y-A Alt-W (or F11 in CT mode)
NA/CT : Type in call, spacebar, Ctrl-Enter, F11
TR : Type in call, spacebar
The Alt-W or F11 will remove the call from the field. TR clears the duped
call automatically if it is a dupe.
Now lets say you are on your second pass of the band. You come back onto
JA7YAA still CQing away. The best thing to do is "refresh" the spot by
adding it to the bandmap again. I can't remember if WriteLog has any
options for refreshing a bandmap entry. One option would be to right click
on it and hit "refresh". You could also type it in again and go through the
Alt-Y-A Alt-W gig again, or double click on the call in the bandmap which
adds it to the call field and do the Alt-Y... or... maybe just spacebar...
Anyhow, enough ramblings... WriteLog Rocks! But can we pretty please have
the "spacebar adds to bandmap" option???
Jim/K7MK
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