> 1) How do you guys *manage* the difference between S&P
> mode and CQ mode? IOW, there seems to be no "mode"
> annunciator on the TR screen. And, it seems that an
> overzealous use of <ESCAPE> can return one to CQ mode
> as well. Is there some (perhaps subtle) difference I
> could look for?
The presence of the exchange window.
> 2) I typed a call in the callsign field, then realized
> I was in CQ mode and I tried to switch out of it by
> hitting the <TAB> but all TR did was move the cursor
> to the exchange field. Not sure if I had done
> anything else, but assuming that this is as expected,
> is there anyway to switch modes at that point?
I think you did.
> 3) Has anyone found it desirable to use the <SHIFT> tuning feature regularly?
> I found that my admitted
> slowness several times in trying a <SHIFT><TAB> to
> change CQ/S&P mode (I apparently held the SHIFT down
> alone a bit too long) caused the radio to start to
> tune. Yikes! I disabled the <SHIFT> tuning feature after the second mishap.
I use it for RIT a lot.
> 4) Most importantly, does TR know how to utilize extra
> (expanded or extended) memory for anything but DVP? I
> have 8Meg in my 486, but the memory count hovers near
> 100K.
Not currently - I have the ability to make a version that uses expanded memory,
but
it runs a little slow on the older machines. I am thinking about making it the
standard
however, and doing special versions of the old configuration. This will solve
low memory
issues.
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