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

[john at kk9a.com]

I'm a new RTTY user after last weekend's contest  I was also wondering how 
to accomplish this.  Thanks for the suggestion Gary!

John KK9A



To: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, "RTTY Reflector" 
<rtty at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Which logger sends "Now <nextcall>..."
From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:47:47 -0900
List-post: <rtty at contesting.com">mailto:rtty at contesting.com>

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