[TRLog] NEXTBANDMAP in ARRL DX

[Thomas M. Schaefer]

Is there a way to put the NEXTBANDMAP command into a function key? I thought
from reading the manual that there was a function key equivilent to the
footswitch. AM I correct?

Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Ellington" <sdelling@facstaff.wisc.edu>
To: "TRLOG" <TRLOG@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 10:35 AM
Subject: [TRLog] NEXTBANDMAP in ARRL DX


>
> Worked perfectly, and probably made a big improvement in my score.  This
is a
> really great feature.  However, the undocumented "Coronal Plasma Diverter"
> feature is what really saved the contest for us this year after that solar
> flare Friday.  I hope the NA and CT users appreciate that.
>
> My procedure was to quickly tune the band, entering a dummy identifier,
like
> "AA1" on the bandmap whenever I heard something potentially interesting.
> Sometimes it was a call fragment, or a whole call if I could get it right
> away.  The important thing, I think, is to minimize waiting to hear the
call.
> If I don't get it right away, I just enter the dummy.  When I have a bunch
of
> entries, I scan through them quickly, and deal with them as the timing
works
> out.  The really great thing is that when I learn one is a dupe, or work
it,
> it gets skipped next time around.
>
> Perhaps there's a more efficient procedure, so I'd be interested in
hearing
> how others use the band map.
>
>
> Here are a few enhancements I can think of:
>
> A way to back up. I often heard something just before advancing, but too
late
> to keep my finger from hitting the key.
>
> A single keystroke to mark the frequency to be included in the scan.
This
> would avoid the need to type in the dummy identifiers.  (CW function key
would
> be fine.)
>
> A single keystroke to mark the frequency to NOT be included in the next
scan,
> like a dupe.  Kind of a generic dupe identifier, to avoid having to
repeatedly
> type in calls like MD/DL3OI.  Usually if it's a dupe, you don't really
care
> who it is.  This could also be used to mark the frequencies of W3LPL,
KC1XX,
> etc. (from the US side).
>
>
> 73,
>
> Scott  K9MA
> --
> Scott Ellington
> Madison, Wisconsin   USA
>
> sdelling@facstaff.wisc.edu
>
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