Re: [WriteLog] Dueling CQ's in WriteLog?

[Jerry Flanders <jeflanders@comcast.net>]

Hi Dean.

Thanks for the encouragement - I think I will eventually get there.

Concerning the Flex: AFAIK, SO2R has been 
discussed only in connection with the 6700, which 
has two independent receivers in it. I suspect 
SO2R support for the 6500 is not far away.
You might find more info on one of the Flex 
reflectors - either the community or the 
independent SmartSDR list at 
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FlexRadioSmartSDR/info .
73

Jerry W4UK

At 02:49 PM 10/9/2015, Dean St. Hill wrote:

> Duelling CQ's will definitely work in WriteLog 
> using single computer SO2R. I used to have it 
> working then changed computers and could not get 
> it to work and then it finally started to work for me about a year ago.
> I did not do a very good job of documenting why 
> it worked but for sure you need to have the 
> 'auto Resume' box ticked under the timed CQ or  alt-T box.
> In order to commence the feature you call CQ on 
> radio 1 then use the shift-down arrow to shift 
> focus to radio 2Â  and hit your CQ button again.
> I'm using WL 11.15A and I cannot verify at the 
> moment the details as I do not currently have an 
> so2r setup having just recently sold a rig but 
> that's the best info I have. It may also have 
> required some specific '%x' variable at the end of the CQ message.
> Note that I don't know the extent to which this 
> will work with Flex for example.
> One question I do have for the Flex folks is 
> whether this SO2R feature will work with the 
> lower priced Flex rigs or if it is unique to the 
> 6700. I am also assuming the Flex only has a 
> single transmitter which moves from band to 
> band? While the two or more  receivers do their jobs?
> Dean 8P6SH
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> On Oct 9, 2015 12:40 PM, "Jerry Flanders" 
> <<mailto:jeflanders@comcast.net>jeflanders@comcast.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the note, Don. I got an encouraging 
> detailed  note from n0at a few minutes ago 
> telling me that it definitely worked this 
> morning on his rig. So I haven't given up yet. I 
> am going to update to 11.30c and start over. I 
> will check to see if CW works this time before I try RTTY.
> Two PC SO2R is a lot simpler and works FB. I 
> used to do it that way, but my Flex 6700 is two 
> radios in one box and doesn't allow 2 PCs to control it.
> BTW, I believe this could be done with an 
> external macro program if their macro can call 
> another macro, but I haven't pursued that yet.
> 73
>
> Jerry W4UK
>
> At 12:00 PM 10/9/2015, Don AA5AU wrote:
> Jerry, I'm not 100% sure on this but I do not 
> think Dueling CQ works in RTTY mode. You can try 
> it in CW mode to see if it works. If so, switch 
> to RTTY and see if it works. If it works on CW 
> but doesn't work on RTTY then it confirms what I 
> remember about it not working on RTTY. I do SO2R 
> RTTY on two networked PCs and it definitely 
> doesn't work on RTTY that way. 73, Don 
> AA5AUÂ  Â  Â  Â From: Jerry Flanders 
> <<mailto:jeflanders@comcast.net>jeflanders@comcast.net> 
> To: Mike Heideman 
> <<mailto:mike_heideman@hotmail.com>mike_heideman@hotmail.com>; 
> "<mailto:writelog@contesting.com>writelog@contesting.com" 
> <<mailto:writelog@contesting.com>writelog@contesting.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 4:52 PM 
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Dueling CQ's in 
> WriteLog?    Thanks, Mike Yes - it�  was 
> this posting, along with a couple of other 
> similar ones I discovered, that tell me that WL 
> worked in the past to do exactly what I need. 
> But it just doesn't work for me with V11.29b 
> under Win7. I tried it yesterday before posting 
> and again to make sure I was following 
> instructions exactly. I don't see the "CQ will 
> auto-resume" message, and the focus doesn't 
> shift. If this is working for you there with a 
> recent version of WL maybe I need to change some 
> other option to make it go here. Please let me 
> know what version you are using that it is 
> working with. Thanks again Jerry W4UK At 05:22 
> PM 10/7/2015, Mike Heideman wrote: >There have 
> been several postings in the past on this 
> topic.�  A >concise step-by-step procedure was 
> posted by ZS6AA several years ago >describing 
> how to automatically get dueling 
> CQs. > ><<http://lists.contesting.com/_writelog/2 
> 0>http://lists.contesting.com/_writelog/20 
> 07-11/msg00028.html><http://lists.contesting.com/_writelog/2007-11/msg00028.html>http://lists.contesting.com/_writelog/2007-11/msg00028.htmlÂ; 
>  > >This has worked for me on RTTY, CW and 
> SSB.�  I've also used it with >one radio on CW 
> and the other on SSB in some 
> multi-mode >contests.�  The second radio CQ 
> automatically resumes after sending a >message 
> (exchange, TU, ?) on the first radio.�  It's 
> helpful to >practice typical scenarios before 
> the contest with the transmitters >in a Test or 
> local monitor mode to get used to the keyboard 
> and TX switching. > >You may also want to look 
> into remapping the various arrow keys used >in 
> SO2R to avoid accidentally ending up in the 
> editable log.�  WC1M >advocated disabling of 
> the editable log entry via arrow keys 
> when >using SO2R but this change was never made 
> in WL.�  Use of external >key mappers such as 
> AutoHotKey can do this or possibly the 
> WL >Keyboard Shortcuts.�  I add my vote to 
> WC1M's to disable entry into >editable log mode 
> through arrow keys. > >73, >-Mike, 
> N7MH > > >Jerry W4UK wrote: > > I have never 
> done single PC SO2R - always used 2 PCs 
> before. > > > > I am getting single PC SO2R RTTY 
> going with my Flex 6700 with SSDR > > V1.50 and 
> the latest version of WL. I have all apparently 
> working but > > find I now must manually click 
> on the desired callsign entry panels > > to 
> switch tx focus back and forth between the two 
> radios/bands. > > > > GOOGLE shows me that WL 
> had this feature years ago, but the 
> procedure > > to get it going doesn't work now 
> for me. Maybe I am missing something. > > > > If 
> WL won't do it, anybody know of any external 
> software to control > > WL to do dueling 
> CQ's? > > > > Help. > > > > Jerry W4UK 
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