[UK-CONTEST] SD CW keying

[Cooper, Stewart]

Chris said:
>I don't like ESM mode in either SD or N1MM - the 'Enter' key does *not*
always know what
>the operator wants to do next, except in the most straightforward of
situations ?

I agree. How difficult is it to press INS or F4 then F2 for S&P!?
(Personal view - I realise there are two camps here).

73
Stewart

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Chris Tran ZL1CT
Sent: 11 November 2007 19:47
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] SD CW keying

Hello all

At ZL4A this weekend we had some spare time (between Eu pile-ups, JIDX
Phone and the OK/OM CW) to do some more tests on SD and N1MM

Test 1 = PASS.  My previous test conditions were flawed, so I apologise
to everyone for giving wrong info about SD - the 'Escape' key stops
keying instantly in normal logging and in ESM mode. I had wrongly
assumed that the output from the PC soundcard (my previous test set-up)
would be the same as the actual keying output, which it is not - I
missed Paul's comment to this effect. (For some reason the LPT keying
cable, using Pin 17, would not key the radio, so I used a COM port cable
instead)

Test 2 - Didn't get enough time to test this fully. Will report again
once I've another opportunity to connect this laptop to a radio.

One further observation - I don't like ESM mode in either SD or N1MM -
the 'Enter' key does *not* always know what the operator wants to do
next, except in the most straightforward of situations ?  The number of
keystrokes required to correct or undo an ESM action seems to outweigh
any possible time savings in the longer term ? Now standing by for flak
from the ESM enthusiasts !

73
Chris
ZL1CT 

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