[RTTY] RTTY RU Macro setup question...

[Ed Steeble]

I have my F3 to end with TEST instead of CQ so this doesn't happen.

I have found out that not everyone answers a CQ within a second or two. Or 
it takes time for me to decipher a call. When I am ready to CQ again I 
press the F1 key. Yes, I know TEST is 4 characters instead of 2 characters 
if CQ is used.

73, Ed
K3IXD


    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:45:50 -0600
    From: "Robert Chudek" <k0rc at pclink.com>
Subject: Re: RTTY RU Macro setup question...

Good evening Rich,

Thanks for the explanation.

Your third paragraph - answer: Yes, I programmed the F3 run macro. I was 
just caught off guard the first time I used it. I had finished a QSO, 
someone was answering me, and my transmitter started CQing before I got his 
call. Panic! I didn't know what happened! "I didn't touch nuttin Mom, honest!"

Now that I understand how this works, I can work with that! It's a nice 
feature.

73 de Bob - K0RC


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    Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:18:44 -0000
    From: "Richard Ferch" <ve3iay at rac.ca>
Subject: Re: RTTY RU Macro setup question...

Hi Bob,

Yes, this is normal.

The program interprets a CQ in a message, or in the caption of a
button, as an indication that when you send that message you want to
switch to run mode and start CQing. So the first point is that you
should only use this trick in your run mode messages (as you did),
not in your S&P messages (exception: I often program S&P F1 with CQ
in the caption and QRL? in the message - the button sends QRL? and
simultaneously puts me into run mode, ready to start CQing).

If you are already in run mode with auto-CQ enabled, the program
interprets a CQ in a message or in a button caption as an indication
that you want to resume CQing. So if auto-CQ is enabled, it will
start up again at the end of the message containing the CQ.

Just to be clear: you are already in run mode, with auto-CQ enabled,
but when you send a QRZ message, if no-one answers within 5 seconds
you do NOT want auto-CQ to start up again? If that is really the
case, then maybe you shouldn't be using auto-CQ(?)

There is one other "funny business" with auto-CQ: if you turn it off
with Alt-R, it still sends one more CQ - the auto-repeat actually
gets turned off only after the next CQ message completes. I can see
why it works that way, but it's a bit counter-intuitive.

73,
Rich VE3IAY


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