[UK-CONTEST] SD for the RSGB 80m CC

[Douglas Maxwell]

Hi all,
    I have just had a play with the new SD feature Paul mentioned. It takes
a couple of minutes to sus out the changes and Paul's e-mail is all that's
needed. In the new ESM (Enter Sends Message) mode the operator only needs to
press enter and the program selects the appropriate part of the exchange to
send, dependant on the information entered in the fields.

What the program will send as a result of pressing enter is always clearly
displayed. This mode seems to work well when the exchange doesn't deviate
from the standard, but the function keys are still present to allow you to
cut in (e.g. to give a report again).

All the op needs to do is to toggle ESM mode on and toggle it to the desired
mode i.e. RUN or S&P. The messages for this mode still come from F1-8 keys
and are still configurable so may be changed from the default minimal by a
determined op.  It's seems very slick and should give an advantage by
reducing the number of  keys the op has to press from 3 downto 1  for the
standard exchange. I'm going to give it a whirl tonight and give more
feedback after the RSGB 80m CC CW contest.

Cheers

Doug
GM0ELP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul O'Kane" <pokane at ei5di.com>
To: "Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:24 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] SD for the RSGB 80m CC


> SD V12.14 has been updated to support ESM (Enter Sends
> message) in both RUN and S&P modes - which may be of
> interest for Wednesday's CW Club Championship.
>
> SD runs on any Windows PC and is free from
> www.ei5di.com/sd/sdsetup.exe.  If you just need the
> updated SD.EXE, it's at www.ei5di.com/sd/sdexe.zip.
>
> With ESM enabled, you get a simple, clear visual
> indication of which mode you're in, and what the next
> Enter will send (if anything).
>
> The Grave Accent key - the one above Tab - toggles ESM
> between RUN and S&P modes.
>
>  The Apostrophe key toggles ESM On and Off.
>
> ESM and RUN/S&P may be toggled at any time.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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