If I remember right, wl simply ignores the macro for any call that have no
entry in the friend.ini file, so you could do what you recommend now, just
create your own friend.ini file. It would work on RTTY and CW to send the
name to only "your friends". Just would not work on phone.
73 de Al, KE1FO
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Steve Lott <lottsphoto@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK
>
> a friend file looks like this................
> (edit it with a text editor like NotePad not a word processor and save it
> with the ini extension)
>
>
> [HI]
> kr5d=Tom
> k5sl=Randy
> k8ki=Bob
>
> save it as Friend.ini in the directory where programs, writelog, programs
> exists
> when you launch friend application (after you launch WL)
> right click on the blue area of that WLFriend program window and tell it
> where that friend file is
>
> yes it is a simple and neat app
> I remember a lot of discussion about huge friend files for cw and voice
> macros that most decided use of macros just slowed our rates down too much
> so after further thought I think this simple pop up window makes more since
> and of course we could use the traditional Friend file as the big file and
> a MyFriend.ini file as the true my "select' friends if we instruct wl and
> the wlfriend programs to look for the data in the right places !
>
> 73
> steve
> KG5VK
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Alfred Frugoli <ke1fo@arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> If Wayne implemented it, we could - as long as you recorded every name in
>> the friend.ini file as a .wav file.
>>
>> 73 de Al, KE1FO
>>
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>> Visit my amateur radio contesting blog at ke1fo.wordpress.com.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Steve Lott <lottsphoto@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Al,
>>>
>>> Oh I understand the concept well enough and agree 110%
>>>
>>> However if we can do this in cw with macros then why not macros in Voice
>>> as well ???
>>> (for those of us with voice keyers)
>>>
>>> 73 steve
>>> KG5VK
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Alfred Frugoli <ke1fo@arrl.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Steve,
>>>>
>>>> I'd use this in an SSB test, or in a situation where I wanted to
>>>> periodically send someone's name manually. For instance, I used to live
>>>> out
>>>> in the SCV area of CA, and when I work some of the old friends in SS I
>>>> recognize their calls, but can't always remember their names. It's nice
>>>> to
>>>> say "Thanks Tom" to NW6P when he digs out his microphone for NCCC in SS,
>>>> instead of just a standard thanks.
>>>>
>>>> 73 de Al, KE1FO
>>>> -----
>>>> Visit my amateur radio contesting blog at ke1fo.wordpress.com.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Steve Lott <lottsphoto@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Even though I downloaded and then posted links to this app after
>>>> loading
>>>> > the
>>>> > files on my web server
>>>> >
>>>> > I am dumb founded on why !
>>>> >
>>>> > *why we need this ?????????*
>>>> >
>>>> > as WL has INI file tools built in for friend files
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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