[TRLog] Alt D in SO2R

[Clive Whelan]

> What I noticed was that if I tried to do an Alt-D near the end of a CQ
> (alt-Q or alt-c/f1), the next CQ run would not start until I had entered the
> call and hit <enter>.
>


Having looked at the problem out of the heat of the battle, I cannot verify 
that the CQ on the run radio was being stopped by Alt D. However Dales's 
comment above is pertinent.

What happens is that until the Alt D process is complete then the next CQ will 
not be launched, it doesn't matter at what point you start it, early or late 
in the CQ. I think this is tolerable when you know what's going on, but it 
would be better if it did not happen imo.

There is also a big gotcha which was throwing me. I usually operate with 
ESCAPE EXITS SEARCH AND POUNCE=FALSE, but in this case aborting the S&P 
operation with Escape does not place the run radio back in CQ mode, but in S&P 
which is not at all helpful! I can see that this might be difficult to 
overcome, but it would certainly be nice if the run radio returned to CQ mode 
by default. Can this be added to the wish list?



> What would be handy is that the auto CQ resumes after making a QSO.
>


Absolutely, in fact I am surprised that the SO2R exponents have not 
highlighted this before. Again can this be added to the wish list?


73

Clive
GW3NJW
gw3njw@arrl.net




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