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Subject: [WriteLog] WAE QTC - Giving out Candy
From: SteveBaron@starlinx.com (Steve Baron - KB3MM)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:59:46 -0000
I DO NOT WANT TO SEND ALL THOSE LEADING ZEROES....WL DOES when it send the
time part in a QTC.  A single T should be enough.

----- Original Message -----
From: <n5po@juno.com>
To: <SteveBaron@starlinx.com>
Cc: <marcelo@alternex.com.br>; <Writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: August 13, 2001 21:26
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WAE QTC - Giving out Candy


> Why do you want to send "leading" zeros for a number...The rules I read
> does not say a 3 digit number etc...only a number...It is much easier AND
> faster to send ONLY the number...
>
> Lee, N5PO
>
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:12:29 -0000 "Steve Baron - KB3MM"
> <SteveBaron@starlinx.com> writes:
> > Yes - sending something like 0003 seems to take years - especially if
> > one is
> > 'locked' to a slower speed.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marcelo Gomes da Silva" <marcelo@alternex.com.br>
> > To: <Writelog@contesting.com>
> > Sent: August 13, 2001 14:52
> > Subject: RE: [WriteLog] WAE QTC - Giving out Candy
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We operated the WAE from ZW5B Multi-single, with two computers
> > networked
> > and
> > > packet. As usual it ran very smooth.
> > >
> > > The only problem we had was that the PgUp and PgDn keys didn't
> > work from
> > > inside the QTC window. Checking the help file I saw that Alt-F9
> > and
> > Alt-F10
> > > do the same job, and they work from inside QTC's. It would be nice
> > to fix
> > > this in the future.
> > >
> > > Another nice feature would be configuring cut zeros (T's) for the
> > leading
> > > time digits. 00:00 could go out much faster as T's. I know this is
> > a
> > polemic
> > > issue, much talk has been done here in this reflector about the
> > effectiveness
> > > of it, but for those who use it, it would be a welcome feature.
> > >
> > > Also we ran out of disk space during our first attempt of
> > recording the
> > > sounds, so we gave it up.
> > >
> > > Best 73's
> > >
> > > Marcelo, PY1KN from the ZW5B WAE CW team
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > Yes like Don I used writelog in the WAE. But for the full 36
> > hours.
> > > > It worked very well but there were a few problems I encountered.
> > Some of
> > > > them no doubt finger trouble, but the main difficulty with
> > sending QTCs
> > was
> > > > when I entered ALT-S there was no way of changing the keyer
> > speed. This
> > > > meant that when the guy asked me to QRS I tried pressing the
> > page-down
> > and
> > > > it was inoperable. The only way I could get around this was to
> > "cancel"
> > the
> > > > QTC then page down and do an ALT-S again, a bit of a chore when
> > you end
> > up
> > > > sending out over 2000 QTCs, Hi..
> > > >
> > > > So please Wayne can you make the Page-up/Page-down still work
> > when in
> > the
> > > > QTC send mode?
> > > >
> > > > And, yes I did hear all you USA guys calling me, but I am in
> > ASIA
> > > >
> > > > 73 de,
> > > > George 5B4AGC (H2G in contests)
> > > > Web Page http://www.qsl.net/5b4agc
> > > >
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