You could also look at the other accelerator keys. Perhaps they would be a
method. You cod also turn off the Enter Key sends Exch in ENTRY and only hit
enter to log the call, not needing CTL-ENTER but needing to turn it back on
to do CQ Mode.
I do very little CQ from this Peanut Whistle so cannot give much advice on
the mode :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Gary Ferdinand W2CS
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 9:48 PM
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] Operational Characteristics of WL on CW
>
>
>
> Thanks to you all I'm now running a test setup with 2 computers
> (XP and 98)
> each running an image of WL. But I just ran aground on how best to use
> PFkeys on CW
>
> When contesting I'm usually either running contacts or searching and
> pouncing (S&P). It appears that the PFKey definitions are cumbersome at
> best for S&P. I'm wondering how you all set them up for most efficient
> operation.
>
> What I have right now gives me excellent CQ/run mode operation. I hit
> PF1/11 and a CQ fires off. I enter the call sign of the station
> calling and
> hit enter. My exchange gets sent, cursor goes out of the call
> field to the
> next in the exchange. For a DX contest, unless the database is
> out of date,
> there's nothing to enter. WL fills in the most likely exchange info, I
> listen, confirm it, and hit enter to end and log the QSO and sign my call,
> hopefully getting another call to repeat the processs. If not, I
> hit PF1/11
> and call CQ again. So far so good.
>
> Now let's imagine S&P. I'm tuning along and find a station I
> want to call.
> Or, I see one on the band map. Either way, a call gets entered in the call
> field.
>
> I can't hit enter, like I do after a CQ, because that will send
> my exchange
> data. I need to establish contact. So I guess I hit PF4 (defined with my
> call in it). I then copy his exchange and verify what WL filled in is
> correct. I then hit PF2 (defined with my exchange in it). When
> I hear the
> TU or R in return I then hit CTRL-ENTER to silently log the QSO.
>
> What am I missing here? It seems like S&P is a lot of PF keystrokes. Not
> nearly as intuitive as CQing.
>
> Is there a better way do set this up? S&P seems overly
> cumbersome; it would
> be nice if it were similar to CQing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary W2CS
>
>
>
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