[TRLog] Clarifier kill vs. Clarifier zero

[Pete Smith]

At 04:52 PM 8/18/02 -0400, Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote:
>This pertains to the MP.
>
>Actually having the clarifier 'killed' is one of those distractions
>that kill rate later in the contest when the mind is a bit foggy. It's
>another action that has to be remembered. Someone calls up or down a
>bit, and the natural action is to listen up or down by tweaking the
>clarifier. If you have to fumble and remember to turn the CLAR on
>after you realize the knob isn't working, you've probably missed the
>call.
>
>Is there any reason why action "RX CLAR OFF" couldn't be replaced with
>"CLAR CLEAR" for an MP?
>
>Or alternatively...
>
>Is there a TR command that can be used to create a literal MP command
>string to attach to an F key? That would allow us to roll our own
>combos, rather than embedding MP issues in what are otherwise more
>straight-forward commands.
>
>  Or perhaps it's time to give us a macro language we can use, and farm
>out some of the subtlety. Particularly on "niche" requests.

I must be missing the point here.  Inserting a ">" in any CW message zeroes 
the clarifier without turning it off.  I have more trouble with the MP 
itself turning the clarifier off when I do certain things, like passing a 
frequency from one VFO to the other.  I'm still learning my way around this 
thing, so can't characterize this fully, but I share Guy's annoyance when 
it happens.

>Is there a TR command that can be used to create a literal MP command
>string to attach to an F key? That would allow us to roll our own
>combos, rather than embedding MP issues in what are otherwise more
>straight-forward commands.


I "think" this is what N4AF was talking about in his recent messages to the 
reflector about programming function keys to do various things by inputting 
strings of hex numbers between Ctl-C and Ctl-D.  My only experience with 
this was trying to program an F key to turn off the EDSP, and after a lot 
of failure I was told by Yaesu that the documentation was wrong and it 
really doesn't work anyhow.  Neat!  But there IS a clarifier clear (not 
off) command, and it DOES work, because TR implements it on CW, so...

73, Pete N4ZR

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