I am in full agreement on this one. While I was unable to participate in
the RTTY RU this year due to a move I was in it last year and had this exact
same problem. There were several times I almost forgot to hit enter to log
the contact before going to the next one. A key to handle this would be
great.
73,
Alan N5NA
----- Original Message -----
From: "David O Hachadorian" <k6ll@juno.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:06 AM
Subject: [WriteLog] Request for additional small feature
> At present, there are two special-function keys, INSERT,
> and PLUS.
>
> It would be helpful to have one more of these keys somewhere
> on the keyboard, such as numeric keypad MINUS. This key would
> perform the following simple function:
>
> It would send the contents of the "S&P Exchange"
> F-key (e.g. 599 AZ), and it would put the contact in the log.
>
> What I call the "S&P Exchange" is just the exchange you
> send when you are in the S&P mode.
>
> Of course, you still have to watch the other guy's final
> transmission, to be sure that he qsl's, which happens
> about 95% of the time.
>
> This new key would eliminate one keystroke for everyone on
> every S&P QSO, and would ensure that the QSO got put in the log.
>
> Several times this past weekend, I found that I had failed
> to press the ENTER key to log a second-radio QSO, and the
> QSO information was lurking in the darkened second-radio
> window, just one mouse-click away from being overwritten.
> In fact, I may very well have overwritten some QSO's by just
> clicking on a new green or yellow callsign in the second radio
> Rttyrite Window.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
> K6LL@juno.com
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