[RTTY] Point-and-click vs typing

[Dave Greig]

My right hand stays on the mouse and I do everything else with my left....
amp, tuning, keyboard etc.
On Sep 30, 2014 9:54 AM, "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been following the "where to do CRLF" threads for a while now. I did
> some RTTY 30+ years ago so I can certainly appreciate that too many CRLF
> can waste paper :-)
>
> I can kinda appreciate that scrolling text makes it difficult for some to
> point and click on a call. Still I have to wonder:
>
> Roughly what fraction of RTTY contesters prefer to never take their hands
> off the keyboard and to type the callsign of the caller (or maybe use the
> "grab" function via keybaord)?
>
> What fraction really prefers point-and-click to grab calls?
>
> I personally despise ever having to use the mouse when running on CW, in
> part because if I am going to take a hand off the keyboard, I would rather
> have it go to the paddle rather than the mouse.
>
> If I am typing in a call, then I get full advantage of SuperCheckPartial to
> help me narrow in and fix busted calls before the QSO, no matter what the
> mode. I suppose there is still some value in SCP if you click on a busted
> call (instead of building it up letter-by-letter) but that's not how I've
> learned to use it.
>
> Tim N3QE
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