Hello Jim,
I use Writelog as my Holiday/Vacation logger (micro-DXped I suppose) and
its a real pain when jumping from CW to RTTY. So I really would like
separate messages for RTTY it would make life a lot easier. With my low
power wire antenna operations the pileups soon fizzle out so I'm always
changing bands and changing modes. I like to run one log as you get
called by the same station on different modes trying to fill in their
wanted slots.
My opinion is that Writelog still has the edge regarding looks, it
doesnt look like DOS or MS-Access and the recording/playback facility is
outstanding. I try to record all my operations as it helps with QSL
queries. I recently had two Russian stations trying to claim the same
QSO, the playback revealed who I actually worked. I love it!!
73 Darren G0TSM
On 16/07/2014 15:14, Jim Rhodes wrote:
As for the separate message memories, I usually start setting up a contest
by loading the messages from the last year's contest using the browse
function. You could also set up empty log files with default messages for
CW, RTTY, etc and just browse to them to change the messages. Just thought
of that, will have to try it myself.
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:15 AM, Darren Collins (G0TSM) <daz@g0tsm.com>
wrote:
No I didnt know about Fkeys so will look into that, although the
screenshots on Keith's website appear to show what I would like.
If I click on an 'un-highlighted' call it appears to end up in the
'Country' field when using the DXPedition module. I'll try this again later
tonight on my main station.
73 Darren G0TSM
On 16/07/2014 00:20, w4lc@fuse.net wrote:
Ref: your #5 Are you familiar with the Fkeys program by Keith Regli?
Also, decoded calls do not have to be highlighted to be clicked into the
entry window. Just click on the first character.
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*From: *"Darren Collins (G0TSM)" <daz@g0tsm.com>
*To: *writelog@contesting.com
*Sent: *Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:50:59 PM
*Subject: *[WriteLog] Feature requests
Writelog is still my preferred contest and DXped logger. Some things I
would like to see improved/added are:
1) Triggering of the FTDX5K's onboard DVK by the 'F' Keys. I thought
there was a workaround for this but cannot find it.
2) SO2V support for the FTDX5K. Like running 2 radios but the bottom
call entry field is for the 2nd-VFO.
3) Could the check call function be expanded to warn me if I have one
letter wrong in a suffix - a little tricky this one! But very handy for
running a weak pileup where you only get 3/4 of the call.
4) Better support for the IOTA contest. If I type in a DL call I would
prefer to see a list of DL islands and if I enter the wrong IOTA
reference I want an error message.
5) For RTTY I prefer to use the mouse to click on a decoded highlighted
call and then click on buttons to send the messages. I don't think I can
do this at the moment using MMTTY/MMVARI. I have to click on a call and
click on the call entry window to be able to use the F keys. (although
calls do not always highlight so I have to manually type some of them
into the call entry window). Also you can't right-click on a string and
grab that as a call.
6) Support for 24 channel MMVARI in RTTY. Open up the Rx filter, run the
pileup up split and let MMVARI decode the pileup, its amazing to see and
can give you an excellent DXPed run rate on RTTY.
7) Allow separate messages for RTTY in the CW/RTTY/SSB Memories. Yes you
can if you use the shift button but try pressing that down for a few
hours at a time. When I was going back to CW I was pressing the wrong
keys...
I know there are other programs that can run RTTY much better that
Writelog currently does but I do not want to have to keep swapping
programs, exporting the ADIFs etc.. Its a pain when you can be making
QSOs.
Well, if you don't ask, you'll never get...
73 Darren G0TSM
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