[TRLog] auto S&P enable, etc.

[John Battin]

I am new to TR and still have a problem trying to guess what the program is
going to send when I push enter.   In cq mode it is simple....but when in
S%P and there have been a couple dupes that you did not call...I usually
wound up sending garbage on the guy instead of K9dx...On the second radio
where I was  not listening too closely, I am sure I made a fool of myself.
How can I know what is going to happen when I press enter? It sounds like a
very stupid question and it probably is.  John K9DX
-----Original Message-----
From: charlieo@tellabs.com <charlieo@tellabs.com>
To: trlog@contesting.com <trlog@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 9:43 AM
Subject: [TRLog] auto S&P enable, etc.


>
>Greetings, fellow TR users
>
>No bugs or gripes, just a couple suggestions for enhancements.
>
>During this past weekend's CW SS contest, I noticed that sometimes I would
not
>go into S&P mode after running.  In my logcfg.dat file, I had
>
> AUTO S&P ENABLE = TRUE
>
>I noticed this when, after running for awhile, I would start to tune the
band.
>Eventually I would come across a station to work and hit RETURN.  I wasn't
>always watching the monitor to verify that I was in S&P mode, and instead
of
>sending my callsign, I would send my CQ exchane.  This caused some
interesting
>moments and no doubt increased the qrm level to the station I was calling.
I
>usually end up operating with my rigs monitor off to save my ears.
>
>This morning, I verified this action by having TR in CQ mode, then slowly
tuning
>the rig.  It stayed in CQ mode.  However, if I gave the knob a good quick
spin,
>TR went into S&P mode.
>
>Looking at v6.39 of the manual, I see that the description for this
logcfg.dat
>switch says:
>
> "When this parameter is true, the program will automatically
> jump into S&P mode if it detects you have moved the VFO more
> than one kilohertz in a second."
>
>Well, I guess TR was working properly according to the description.  But,
is it
>possible to have the amount of freq change in a second to be user defined?
>
>Next topic:
>
>I think that some indication of how much time that you've spent running or
>S&P'ing would be usefull.  The indicator would reset when you change from
one to
>the other.  Another indication of either the number of qso's or the
percentage
>of the current total qso's in CQ and S&P would be usefull, too.  The reason
that
>I think these indicators would be usefull is that in conjunction with the
rate
>information, you would be able to make a more informed operating strategy
>decision (should I run or search?) in real time without having to look at
any
>notes that you had written.  I sometimes jot down either the time or the
qso
>number or both when I start a run and then use this to help me determine
other
>things... like band changes, etc.
>
>73,
>
>Charlie  N9CO
>
>
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