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[WriteLog] Version 10.30 Suggestions ...

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Subject: [WriteLog] Version 10.30 Suggestions ...
From: k2qmf@juno.com (k2qmf@juno.com)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 19:19:08 -0500
Please include a way to monitor your computer generated CW.
Something like CT has where you can turn sidetone on or off.
This would be a nice feature so you can program CW messages
without having to turn on the rig.

Thanks in advance,  73,  Ted  K2QMF

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:19:19 -0600 "Billy Cox" <aa4nu@ix.netcom.com>
writes:
> <First a LARGE TU to everyone who has been helping me
>   with the setup of Writelog and the progress being made ...>
> 
> With the ARRL 10m this weekend, thought I'd post this and
> encourage others to look for other possible enhancements
> and improvements during the contest ?
> 
> Ideas for 10.30 (since it looks like 10.29 is well into beta
> from reading the revision notes at www.writelog.com )
> 
> Now that I have a couple thousand Q's with WL ... 
> 
> 1. Clear up the occasional "appearance of the Help file"
>     when doing a SAVE while using the F1 for CQing ...
>     <Yes, I am using the "CT mode" ...>
> 
> 2. Clear up the "overwriting" that occurs when the entry box's 
>      "UNKNOWN MULT" message gets overwritten by another 
>      message, with the result being red gibbish ... Like when 
>      the DUPE message + the UNKNOWN MULT mix together.
> 
> 3. When using the Space Bar to check for a DUPE, how
>     about options as to how the previous QSO data is 
>     displayed ?  It shows FREQ first, where I'd prefer to see:
>     "Dupe at 1336Z on 1854 TN"  Rather than the present:
>     "Dupe on 1854 at 1336Z> TN" <People check THEIR
>      logs for the QSO by TIME, not by FREQ>
> 
> 4. Editing the log ... sometimes I end up there and not back
>     at the entry window ... perhaps some form of a lockout option
>     for clumsily fingered ops like me ...
> 
> 5. Include some sample TEST.WAV files to help set the levels
>     and troubleshoot the wiring of the sound card ? (Or post
>     them on the www.contesting.com download site ?)
> 
> 6. Faster way to re-network the computers upon restart ...
>     (Something that remembers the details of the previous
>      network settings, and works like a old 'DOS batch' did)
> 
> 7. Interlocks for CW/SSB that work like the RTTY does ...
> 
> 8. Different startup option screens ... by mode, so that the
>     RTTY window only comes up for a "RTTY startup", etc.
> 
> 9. Make the cursor MOVE over from CALLSIGN to the
>     next field while WL is sending the EXCHANGE message.
>     Do this and the "TR RUN" and "WL RUN" mode will be 
>     exactly the same. It's close now .... but ...  (Perhaps an
>     WriteLog.INI line option, like the CT line option ?)
> 
> That' my list ... there still much I simply don't fully understand
> yet as to how to make the most of the program's potential ...
> 
> Other points of interest ...
> 
> A. Had a problem with WL and Geoclock during the ARRL
>      160m ... before blaming WL, checked and Geoclock has 
>       an update ... no problems since doing that. My point ? 
>       Don't blame WL for every "bug" or issue that occurs.
> 
> B. NO lockups due to Writelog!
> 
> 73 Billy AA4NU  ... who still wishes his K1EA board worked with WL!
>                                 ( I know Wayne ... I know ... still 
> ...)
> 
> 
> 
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