[Trlog] SO2R

[Howard Hoyt]

Well, perhaps just the way I am looking at it, but it seems like the documented setup for SO2R is not logical.

Why would the SO2R want to do an ALT-D everytime he hears a new station on the S&P radio ?
Whether a footswitch is wired up to do the ALT-D or not ? 

Granted, using the trick of making the active radio the S&P and setting the F keys to handle the inacftive radio circumvents. But I am still trying to understand why when TWO RADIO MODE = TRUE
the SO2R user would want to use the documented ALT-D procedure for checking whether the call he has tuned across on S&P radio is a dupe ??? Maybe this is what I am missing, as best I can see the only thing you can get out of the inactive radio bandmap is a blink on the bandmap BUT it does not display in the call window ? 

Or maybe my procedure is wrong ? I typically, while CQ'n, tune the S&P looking for new QSO.
When I come across a signal, I typically look to see whether I see the call appear in the
call window. If the prefix matches the plugged in call I move on to the next signal. 
(I'm purposely ignoring what happens if no display in call window -or bandmap).
 
Suppose I could look for a blinking bandmap entry, but it has always seemed so much 
easier to key on the call entry window for binary state of CALL/NOCALL when trolling
in S&P ?

73, Howie N4AF


On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:32:06PM -0500, Mike Wetzel wrote:


>> I wondered about this also but by setting "BAND MAP ALL BANDS = TRUE" then
>> the 2nd radio's band map is shown.  You can also turn off the CQ's frequency
>> showing on the main radio (I forget the exact wording).  This seems to work
>> fine.  It did work slightly differently a few versions ago but the result I
>> believe is the same.
>  
>

Tune the inactive radio a kHz or two and see what happens.

Tree


-- 
Howard Hoyt N4AF
http://www.qsl.net/n4af
Bluebird Trail
Blounts Creek, NC
27814