I don't think this is a Kenwood fault. I have a TS850 and only have a
problem when I turn off the TS850; losing log functions while waiting for
the program to turn off radio control.
Writelog does not have this problem. You can turn off the radio and still
have log functional.
73,
Dave K7JJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "K3NG" <k3ng@fast.net>
To: <dx4win@qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: [DX4WIN] Feature Requests
> Lemme reiterate on number 4: I believe this is the fault of Kenwood, in
> particular on the TS-850. This behavior may be exhibited on other Kenwood
> models, but I haven't tested it.
>
> I think DX4WIN should be more graceful in dealing with the problem. The
> algorithm shouldn't do X number of retries and then quit with a dialog
box.
> I would make an exponential backoff algorithm that would keep trying until
> the user manually deactivated radio control, such as:
>
> query
> <no response>
> wait two seconds
> query
> <no response>
> wait four seconds
> query
> <no response>
> wait eight seconds... etc..
>
> ...with a maximum wait limit of 30 seconds. If it gets no response after
> maybe five queries, put a red indicator in the status bar below the menu
bar
> to warn the user, but don't shut off radio control and display a dialog
box,
> but keep querying. If the user tries to save a QSO while in this "no
> response" state, ask the user with a dialog box what the frequency should
> be, pre-populated with the last good query frequency. You could have a
> checkbox for "always use last good radio query" for users who want to
avoid
> this dialog box.
>
> 73
> Goody
> K3NG
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K3NG" <k3ng@fast.net>
> To: <dx4win@qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 15:04
> Subject: [DX4WIN] Feature Requests
>
>
> > Here's a couple feature requests I've been thinking of:
> >
> > 1. Have the log file importer be able to deal with MM-DD dates (month
and
> > day), and assume the year is the current year. I have a PA QSO Party
> > program that has its date in this format. (I'm extremely impressed with
> the
> > file import utility !)
> >
> > 2. Internet auto-connect. Have DX4WIN be able to automagically connect
> and
> > login to your favorite DX cluster. Have it reconnect and login if the
> > telnet connection dies.
> >
> > 3. Automatically delete old spots setting. Have it so you can set the
> > expiration time in minutes.
> >
> > 4. Fix a problem with Kenwood radio control. When I continually tune
the
> > VFO on the rig, DX4WIN will lose contact and then turn off radio
control.
> > Turning up the number of retries seems to help to an extent. Also, if I
> > turn off the rig when radio control is on, DX4WIN locks up for a awhile
> > before it decides to turn off radio control.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > 72/72
> > Goody
> > K3NG
> >
> >
>
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