[TRLog] Auto-CQ Issues

Tom Hammond NØSS n0ss@earthlink.net
Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:21:33 -0500


Soro Roberto <roberto.soro@sia.it> wrote:

>To me, there are two issues here:
>a) the loss of the first char;
>b) the lack of a way to stop it.
>
>A)
>Find a way of discarding the first char, if it's not a valid one
>(letter or digit) otherwise put it back on the call window buffer,
>and we'll be grateful to you, Tree.
>(this is found to be useful to the little pistols that spend a lot in CQing
>without answers... like me; In fact, if you have a constant pileup,
>you don't need Auto-CQ, so you don't loose any char either)

Can't the dropped 1st character be 'circumvented' by merely inserting a 
blank SPACE ahead of the text? I've not tried it, but this may be the only 
'fix' required.

Anyone tried this?

Tom Hammond   N0SS


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