[RTTY] Point-and-click vs typing

[Mark]

I find contesting a lot like golf, if you have to think about how to do something, you'll
do it poorly. To change from keyboard to mouse focused contesting (or vice versa) 
will take practice till it becomes second nature.  Same with going with a gamer mouse's
extra buttons or that new keyboard that moves the INS button. Luckily there are the
NS Rtty ladder events plus lots of less intense contests to practice something new.

Mark. N2QT

> On Sep 30, 2014, at 10:42 PM, Fabi <va2up at live.ca> wrote:
> 
> Interesting subject Tim,
> 
> for me it's mostly point-and-click in N1MM.  I use a gamer mouse to control 8 functions with it (grab, AGN, CQ repeat, dual CQ, etc). For me it's second nature and use the keyboard to correct calls or trying pulling a weak one out, send a quick message manually or just to rest my arm and change position from time to time. In intensive SO2R with multiple decoders, the automated functions, grab, etc would work well if everything would just happen as in a perfect contest scenario. But it ain't.... 
> I tried all kinds of combinations and to date I feel the most comfortable and productive when using mouse and P&C.
> Maybe WL (which I have never used) would be just as productive using the keyboard instead. ?...
> I also do less damage when spilling coffee (a conteser's classic of course)  which inevitably ends up on the keyboard and more rarely on the mouse :) 
> 
> 73
> 
> Fabi  va2up
> http://va2up.com
> 
>> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:54:32 -0400
>> From: tshoppa at gmail.com
>> To: rtty at contesting.com
>> Subject: [RTTY] Point-and-click vs typing
>> 
>> 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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