[UK-CONTEST] Writelog on CW

[Tim-M0BEW]

> >From my experience, it does not seem possible to configure WL
> so that you enter the callsign into the callsign field and hit <return>
> to log the QSO (setting aside how you want to reply to the station)

Ahh I think I see where your coming from.
There is an option to turn off 'enter sends exch/QRZ'. It's in the entry
pull down.

You can then type in a call press enter and it goes straight to the log, no
other keystrokes and regardless of where you are in the qso.
With this the exchange keys are not tied into it at all. You can
independantly use regular insert or Fkeys, which ever is prefered to send cw
msg's and keyboard and enter to input call into log.
Likewise with CT if you have to edit zone you space over, but it's not
mandatory.

It's possible to remove all other data enter points from the qso entry
window so it leaves just call and zone. This way if you happen to double
space by mistake when zone info needs editing the focus will go
automatically back to the only available entry point which will be call
entry and old zone info does not get lost.
The qso entry window is modified from Contest-Exchange format setup... pull
down

It can be done.
Hope it helps.

Tim-M0BEW.






----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Tran GM3WOJ" <gm3woj at talk21.com>
To: "Tim-M0BEW" <m0bew at blueyonder.co.uk>; "UK Contesting"
<uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 4:47 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Writelog on CW


> Hello again all
>
> This may or may not be worthy of a separate thread.
> (Thanks to Dave BUO and Don XTT for the detailed explanations
> about log-checking, etc)
>
> My only experience of WL is in a Multi-Multi environment (7 PCs
> on a network) last November in CQ WW CW, so some of the
> 'problems' I'm talking about may be unique to networked WL, or
> may be set-up problems - I'm always ready to admit blunders in
> setting up software, but we did spend some time trying to make WL
> behave exactly like CT, without total success.   The following
> comments are specifically about CQ WW CW at a Multi-op, so
> you can stop reading now if this is not of interest ....
>
> 1.   Callsign/Zone entry
> >From my experience, it does not seem possible to configure WL
> so that you enter the callsign into the callsign field and hit <return>
> to log the QSO (setting aside how you want to reply to the station)
> - with WL it appears that you MUST hit the <space-bar>, which toggles
> you across into the 'Zone' field, then hit <return>    If you accidentally
> hit the space-bar twice, then the 'Zone' entry is deleted, and you have to
> re-type it. This extra <space-bar> step is time-wasting and unnecessary
> - about 15% of all U.S. QSOs are now in different zones from what the
> software guesses, and this figure is increasing each year, but for 99% of
> all non-U.S. QSOs changing the zone is not necessary.
>
> 2.   Correcting callsigns while sending
> Operating techniques vary of course, but the method I use is to try to
> type the whole callsign into the field before hitting <insert> or f5, f2
> As Tim suggested, I often start sending with perhaps the callsign prefix,
> then fill in the suffix as it's being sent.   However, with WL, it seems
> to prevent you correcting the whole callsign once it has sent the first 1
or
> 2 letters - it will send the complete callsign as you have entered it.
> (even the last 1 or 2 letters that you may have deleted on the screen)
> I've tested this on a 1200MHz PC, so don't think it is a PC speed
> issue, but it could be a Windows or WL networking problem.
> You might say "Just resend the corrected callsign", but this again wastes
> a lot of time in a 48 hour event - you want to be replying to the next
> station a.s.a.p.
>
> Conclusion - I do not like Writelog - yes it gives you lots of info, but
> unless you have a 17" or 19" monitor a lot of it is difficult to read in a
> hurry, despite changing fonts, etc.   Also, in a Multi-op environment
> it is almost impossible to prevent operators fiddling with the layout of
> the screen during their operating time, and you may arrive at a PC
> and find a very unexpected screen layout.   Writelog will get better,
> (more complicated is not necessarily better) and until then I'm
> using CT as often as I can !
>
> Any help with configuring Writelog to overcome these 'problems'
> will be greatly appreciated.
>
> 73
> Chris     GM3WOJ
>
>
>
>
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