Fwd: Re: [Trlog] RST problem - alternative program?

[charles Lewis]

Thanks to all those who took time to drop me a note.

I suppose my note was too long, so most apparently
didn't take time to really read it and missed the
point.  Please see below the response I sent to Dale. 


I already to know how to activate the prompt for S and
am using it. I also know how to use the keyboard mode
to send a real RST and then edit the log to change the
entry.  However, as my note to Dale below indicates,
that just is not practacal in my case.  It would be OK
for casual QSO's, but that is seldom what I face when
I get on the air.

Thanks again.

Charles - S9SS
Sao Tome Island, West Africa
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--- charles Lewis <s9ss160m at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 14:08:24 -0700 (PDT)
> From: charles Lewis <s9ss160m at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Trlog] RST problem - alternative
> program?
> To: Dale L Martin <kg5u at hal-pc.org>
> 
> Dale,
> 
> Thanks for the note.
> 
> A careful reading of what I said will reveal that I
> am
> already aware of the prompt for S function and am
> using it.  My gripe is that I am not satisfied with
> having to send and log R5 and T9 always unless I
> want
> to take the time in the middle of working a pileup
> to
> go to keyboard mode to send the RST and then edit
> the
> log entry to change the R or T.  That isn't
> practical
> in my case.  
> 
> I am the only very active ham in in a country with
> only five hams, so I am almost always in the pileup
> mode.  Consequently, I need to complete and log a
> QSO
> with as few keystrokes as possible.  There have been
> times that I have sent a true RST like 358 manually
> and then edited the log, but I find tha to be much
> too
> awkward to do very often.  Living as far as I do
> from
> anywhere, it is not uncommon for me to work long
> strings of faint signals that are less than R5. 
> Also,
> I work 160 meters.  Here on the Equator it is the
> exception for me to give an R5 report on 160 meters
> because I am usually copying through S9 atmospheric
> noise. 
> 
> Thanks again for taking time to write.
> 
> 73,
> Charles - S9SS
> 
> --- Dale L Martin <kg5u at hal-pc.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 07:44:02 -0500
> >   George Fremin III <geoiii at kkn.net> wrote:
> > >On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 04:42:56AM -0700, charles
> > Lewis wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >TR-Log will already allow you to send a diffrent
> S
> > to
> > >every station.
> > >
> > >Are you using this feature?
> > >
> > >It currently does not have a way to send diffrent
> 
> > >R or T numbers.  
> > >
> > >-- 
> > 
> > 
> > But, that could be resolved by just editing the
> sent
> > RST field after 
> > the contact is logged, right? 
> > 
> > 73,
> > dale, kg5u
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