Correcting Callsign

[MCCARTY, DAVID K. -DKMC]

Dave is right.  Avoid fighting the program, just learn to correct the
call as you go.

If you get screwed up and end up not wanting the automatic send feature,
the Ctrl-\ key works for the second phase (log no CW logs the QSO
without sending the QSL message).  But it does not have a parallel
feature for the start phase (start the QSO).

There ought to be a way to do this.  Probably the easiest way would be
for the same key to do the job (ctrl-\).

There is another time when this is really needed: when you get the
program screwed up (either it fails or the power dips and your computer
is rebooting, etc.).  You keep on going with an outboard keyer and a
scratch pad while the computer is getting back to normal.  How do you
enter the two or three contacts you've made manually without having the
computer send redundant stuff on the air?

73
K5GN
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>From: k6ll@juno.com
>To: trlog@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: Correcting Callsign
>Date: Monday, November 04, 1996 10:04PM
>
>
>On Mon, 04 Nov 1996 10:59:33 -0600 Scott Ellington
<sdelling@facstaff.wisc.edu> writes:
>>Being a total klutz at the keyboard, it's not unusual for me to
>>screw up the initial call entry in CQ mode.  So, I send the call
>>manually, hit F2, and correct the call while my exchange is going
>>out.  Is there a way then to get to the exchange window without
>>sending
>>the exchange (or anything else), other than "alt-K return"?
>>
>>-----
>>
>>Scott  K9MA
>>sdelling@facstaff.wisc.edu
>>
>
>I have this problem also. A year or so ago, Tree told me I
>was "fighting the program," and that I should try to go with
>the normal flow. That suggestion was actually quite helpful,
>and now I make every effort to correct the call in the window,
>rather than resorting to my first inclination, which is to reach
>for the paddle. If you use autosend character count = 4 and auto
>call terminate, it gives you more time to fiddle with the call,
>since you don't have to reach across the keyboard to hit the ENTER
>key. When all else fails, and the callsign window is screwed up, and
>there is an embarrassing delay, I use the paddle and then a quick
>ENTER/ESCAPE sequence to get into the exchange window and shut off
>the undesired cw sending. It's not too bad if you're quick, and the
>vox delay is short, or if you're using ptt. 73.
>
>Dave, K6LL
>k6ll@juno.com
>