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[WriteLog] WAE QTC - Giving out Candy

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Subject: [WriteLog] WAE QTC - Giving out Candy
From: n5po@juno.com (n5po@juno.com)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:26:49 +0000
Why do you want to send "leading" zeros for a number...The rules I read
does not say a 3 digit number etc...only a number...It is much easier AND
faster to send ONLY the number...

Lee, N5PO

On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:12:29 -0000 "Steve Baron - KB3MM"
<SteveBaron@starlinx.com> writes:
> Yes - sending something like 0003 seems to take years - especially if 
> one is
> 'locked' to a slower speed.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcelo Gomes da Silva" <marcelo@alternex.com.br>
> To: <Writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: August 13, 2001 14:52
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] WAE QTC - Giving out Candy
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > We operated the WAE from ZW5B Multi-single, with two computers 
> networked
> and
> > packet. As usual it ran very smooth.
> >
> > The only problem we had was that the PgUp and PgDn keys didn't 
> work from
> > inside the QTC window. Checking the help file I saw that Alt-F9 
> and
> Alt-F10
> > do the same job, and they work from inside QTC's. It would be nice 
> to fix
> > this in the future.
> >
> > Another nice feature would be configuring cut zeros (T's) for the 
> leading
> > time digits. 00:00 could go out much faster as T's. I know this is 
> a
> polemic
> > issue, much talk has been done here in this reflector about the
> effectiveness
> > of it, but for those who use it, it would be a welcome feature.
> >
> > Also we ran out of disk space during our first attempt of 
> recording the
> > sounds, so we gave it up.
> >
> > Best 73's
> >
> > Marcelo, PY1KN from the ZW5B WAE CW team
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Yes like Don I used writelog in the WAE. But for the full 36 
> hours.
> > > It worked very well but there were a few problems I encountered. 
> Some of
> > > them no doubt finger trouble, but the main difficulty with 
> sending QTCs
> was
> > > when I entered ALT-S there was no way of changing the keyer 
> speed. This
> > > meant that when the guy asked me to QRS I tried pressing the 
> page-down
> and
> > > it was inoperable. The only way I could get around this was to 
> "cancel"
> the
> > > QTC then page down and do an ALT-S again, a bit of a chore when 
> you end
> up
> > > sending out over 2000 QTCs, Hi..
> > >
> > > So please Wayne can you make the Page-up/Page-down still work 
> when in
> the
> > > QTC send mode?
> > >
> > > And, yes I did hear all you USA guys calling me, but I am in 
> ASIA
> > >
> > > 73 de,
> > > George 5B4AGC (H2G in contests)
> > > Web Page http://www.qsl.net/5b4agc
> > >
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