[RTTY] Which logger sends "Now <nextcall>..."

[Gary AL9A]

Hi Jim,

I do this with WriteLog, although probably not in the most efficient manner. 
I think N1MM and Win-Test can do similarly.  Kudos, as always, to Don AA5AU 
and his terrific web site for the how to do it instructions.  The secret is 
to program a F key macro memory (I use F8) with the following:

"%R%P1 TU NOW %C 599 %3 %3 %C %E" which translates as:

%R - Line feed & Carriage return
%P1 - the call of the previous station worked
%C - the call of the new station
%3  - the 3 digit NR
%C - the call again
%E - end of transmission

It works like this.  After sending a CQ and I am called by multiple stations 
that print clearly.  WL highlights them as mults, good ones or dupes.  Press 
Insert and WL populates the Call field with one of the calls and sends the 
normal exchange.  WL always uses new mult calls first regardless of the 
order received and then good calls.  If two calls are equal, either both 
mults or both good ones, WL selects the last one printed.  I usually don't 
like this and click on the first one received to put it into the Call field, 
but that is operators choice.

Once the first call is worked the mouse/keyboard gymnastics start.  After 
sending my exchange to the first station I wait for his reply.  When it is 
received I click on his NR and then hit Shift+Enter which logs the QSO 
without sending a new CQ.  I then quickly jump back to the mouse and click 
on the second call to populate the Call field.  When the first station 
ceases transmitting I hit F8 which sends his call, now the previous call 
worked, TU and then NOW the second station's call.  If more than two 
stations have printed do it over again for the next one(s).  When none are 
left hit Enter to log the last one and send CQ.

I need to learn about using the call stack as this may simplify the process. 
Ed W0YK just posted a message this evening on the WL reflector about 
improvements recently made in V10.83 and new enhancements in beta V10.84 
that are coming soon.  Hope to be up to speed so to speak by the next 
contest.

73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: February 14, 2011 8:31 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Which logger sends "Now <nextcall>..."


>A couple of times this weekend, I saw someone work two station in
> succession.  After signing with the first, I immediately saw on the
> next line, "NOW <newcall> <RST> <#>".  Which logger does this?  I
> discovered that WriteLog can push calls on a stack, but all it does
> (that I can see) is pre-load the callsign field for the next QSO, but
> it doesn't automatically send anything to that station.
>
> -- 
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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