[TRLog] "Enter freq in kHz" msg

[Mirko Sibilja]

HI Tom,

did you tried with

ASK FOR FREQUENCY = FALSE

(Ctrl-J menu feature)?

73 de Mirko, S57AD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Totten, N4GN" <n4gn@n4gn.com>
To: "TRLog Reflector" <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 7:40 PM
Subject: [TRLog] "Enter freq in kHz" msg


> I used 6.70 in NAQP CW a couple weeks ago, and it was flawless, as usual.
> With the nearly identical setup in NAQP SSB, however, I would always get
> the "enter frequency in kHz" message whenever I'd check a call on the
> second radio while transmitting on the first radio.  I can't seem to
> figure out why that happens on SSB 100% of the time, and maybe only 0.5%
> of the time on CW (presumably when there is an error on the RS-232 line to
> the second radio).  With those percentages, I can't believe it's always an
> RF problem on phone (with 100 W), but almost never an RF problem on CW
> (even with legal limit in other contests).
>
> In both contests, I had the band map enabled, and "NO POLL DURING PTT =
> TRUE".  After getting tired of having to escape out of that message every
> time on SSB, I tried changing no poll to FALSE.  That didn't make any
> difference.  I eventually resorted to turning off the band map, and that
> made the problem go away.  Of course, it also made the band map go away!
> While the band map isn't critical in NAQP, I'd still like to understand
> what was going on.
>
> The only significant difference I can think of in the setup is that I had
> the footswitch mode set to dupe check in CW, and normal for SSB (where I
> used Alt-D to check a call on the second radio).
>
> Related comment:  It would be cool to support multiple footswitches.
> Then, for SSB contests, I'd do something like this:
>
> FOOT SWITCH 1 PORT = 1
> FOOT SWITCH 2 PORT = 2
> FOOT SWITCH 1 MODE = NORMAL
> FOOT SWITCH 2 MODE = DUPECHECK
>
> Unrelated note (but related to N4AF's comments):  I've also found it a bit
> annoying that if I type in a freq for a quick QSY, it disables the
> clarifier (at least on my Mark-V Field).  I personally like to keep the
> clarifier on for radio 1 the whole contest, but leave it cleared (zeroed).
> But if I type in "14005" to QSY to that freq, I have to manually
> re-enable the clarifier.  It would be nice if TR Log checked the clarifier
> status prior to a QSY, then set it the same way after the QSY.  But in the
> grand scheme of things, this is way down the list of priorities.
>
> 73,
>
> Tim Totten, n4gn@n4gn.com
> http://www.n4gn.com
>
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