[RTTY] Point-and-click vs typing

[Rick Ellison]

For SO1V and SO2V point and click are the only way. Using N1MM you can work
a complete without ever taking your hand off the mouse with the Right Click
feature turned on. If you are running you would right click the call CQ,
Left click on the callsign to place in EW,  Right click again to send his
exchange, Left Click on his exchange, and a final Right click to send TU and
move on. If I was doing a serious SO2R I think I would be more inclined to
use the keyboard for everything...

73 Rick N2AMG

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tim Shoppa
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 10:55 AM
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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