Hi Tim(excellent topic)
I am amazed with the variation in preferences regarding keyboard and mouse.
Especially Fabi, using a gaming mouse with extended Fkey abilities. I'd like to
hear more about how this was implemented.
My 2c - 1 hand on the keys, 1 hand hovering on the mouse. Fkeys for messages
I love the GRAB feature in N1MM, TAB will populate some entry data, <click>
on extra data like State/Prov - this is where I some times run into a snag. In
CQWW last week some times the State would end up in the <zone> field,
resulting in a manual correction with the keyboard.
IMHO - start every macro with 1 x CRLF. end every macro with 1 x space, best
way to reduce errors
73David
http://www.ve3vid.webs.com/
> From: va2up@live.ca
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:42:30 -0400
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Point-and-click vs typing
>
> Interesting subject Tim,
>
> for me it's mostly point-and-click in N1MM. I use a gamer mouse to control 8
> functions with it (grab, AGN, CQ repeat, dual CQ, etc). For me it's second
> nature and use the keyboard to correct calls or trying pulling a weak one
> out, send a quick message manually or just to rest my arm and change position
> from time to time. In intensive SO2R with multiple decoders, the automated
> functions, grab, etc would work well if everything would just happen as in a
> perfect contest scenario. But it ain't....
> I tried all kinds of combinations and to date I feel the most comfortable and
> productive when using mouse and P&C.
> Maybe WL (which I have never used) would be just as productive using the
> keyboard instead. ?...
> I also do less damage when spilling coffee (a conteser's classic of course)
> which inevitably ends up on the keyboard and more rarely on the mouse :)
>
> 73
>
> Fabi va2up
> http://va2up.com
>
> > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:54:32 -0400
> > From: tshoppa@gmail.com
> > To: rtty@contesting.com
> > Subject: [RTTY] Point-and-click vs typing
> >
> > I have been following the "where to do CRLF" threads for a while now. I did
> > some RTTY 30+ years ago so I can certainly appreciate that too many CRLF
> > can waste paper :-)
> >
> > I can kinda appreciate that scrolling text makes it difficult for some to
> > point and click on a call. Still I have to wonder:
> >
> > Roughly what fraction of RTTY contesters prefer to never take their hands
> > off the keyboard and to type the callsign of the caller (or maybe use the
> > "grab" function via keybaord)?
> >
> > What fraction really prefers point-and-click to grab calls?
> >
> > I personally despise ever having to use the mouse when running on CW, in
> > part because if I am going to take a hand off the keyboard, I would rather
> > have it go to the paddle rather than the mouse.
> >
> > If I am typing in a call, then I get full advantage of SuperCheckPartial to
> > help me narrow in and fix busted calls before the QSO, no matter what the
> > mode. I suppose there is still some value in SCP if you click on a busted
> > call (instead of building it up letter-by-letter) but that's not how I've
> > learned to use it.
> >
> > Tim N3QE
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