[WriteLog] W5XD+ Keyer Problem.

[AD6E@aol.com]

This is true Marty!

WPX CW was my first attempt at SO2R. I took it easy and only made about 50 
QSOs on the second radio out of about 1300. However, I did notice this 
problem and I think it's serious. When CQing on the run radio, I had to enter 
S&P calls on the "run" data entry field. If I tried to enter calls from the 
2nd radio into the 2nd radio call field, the CQ would stop immediately. If I 
found someone to call on the 2nd radio I had to re-type it into the other 
radio call field. This doesn't make any sense to me.

I've thought about this a little and there seems to be a catch-22. The 
up/down arrow keys determine which radio is the "focus". Thats cool, but you 
can only type input to the "focus" call field. What we need is a separate hot 
key to toggle the curser into the call field of the "non-focus" radio for S&P 
purposes. Keep the non-focus data entry fields grey, but allow calls to be 
checked for dupe/mult. 

For a hot key suggestion, I'd recommend using the period or comma key. It 
needs to be something quick and easy. Please .. no mouse movements!!

73, Al  AD6E




In a message dated 6/7/2001 12:12:04 Pacific Daylight Time, ki0lo@yahoo.com 
writes:

> 
>  The "problem" you describe doesn't sound like it's got anything
>  to do with the keyer -- I think you're seeing  the regular
>  behavior of WriteLog when running 2 radios.  
>  
>  It's always been my experience that doing anything to set focus
>  to the "other" radio window when one radio is calling CQ (or
>  sending the exchange or whatever) will cause the transmission to
>  stop. 
>  
>  It certainly happens that way when running RTTY on two radios,
>  and I think someone explained it to me as the way it's
>  "supposed' to work, although I find it quite annoying -- if I
>  want to interrupt the transmission on one radio, I'll set focus
>  to that radio and hit ESC -- otherwise, it shouldn't care what
>  I'm doing!
>  
>  -Marty NW0L
>   martyt@pobox.com
>  

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