[RTTY] RTTY RU Exchange Complaints

[Ed Muns]

One way this is a problem is when a good call sign prints, but is not yet
highlighted, and you waste time grabbing the mouse to click on the first
letter and then hit the exchange key.  If the call were highlighted quicker
you could simply hit the INSERT key to grab it and send the exchange.  I've
learned to restrain myself and let the needed two characters come in, but it
is an agonizing wait!

Ed - W0YK
 

Dave, K6LL, wrote:
> Writelog does indeed need two characters after a call sign 
> before the call sign will highlight.  Garbage characters work fine.
> 
> You can verify this behavior yourself:
> Open up Writelog.
> Make sure garbage characters are not printing.
> Left-click the title bar of the rttyrite window (where it says 60
>      wpm Baudot - rttyrite)
> On your keyboard, type "W7WW" - the call will not highlight 
> Type one space - W7WW will still not highlight.
> Type a second space - W7WW will then highlight.
> 
> Have you ever seen a case where a callsign at first does not 
> highlight, but about 5 seconds later it DOES highlight?  What 
> is going on there is that a garbage character comes along to 
> give you the required second character.