[WriteLog] SO2R Question

[Clive Whelan]

In article <NDBBJODEMLLOGMDJBPCDEEKGDEAA.k5zd@earthlink.net>, 
K5ZD Randy Thompson wrote:
> I have never figured out what %X is supposed to do.
>


Oh that's easy, the question is why it doesn't do it!


As stated any message preceded by %X should retain the original 
transmit focus instead of switching to the radio with the 
keyboard focus.


So e.g. you are running SO2R and have a run on the LEFT radio. 
You then shift arrow to the RIGHT radio to do a dupe check on a 
possible mult using the space bar ( if you are unsure), and 
press Fn to dump your callsign on frequency.( i.e transmit focus 
switches automatically to the RIGHT RADIO which *does* work as 
I'm sure you know)

However let's say the station does not reply but in ( say) F7 I 
have programmed %X test GW1LID GW1LID test. Then if I press F7 
that message should be sent on the LEFT radio so that I am in 
less danger of losing my run frequency, and also to maximise my 
air time exposure. However it does not do that, and sends that 
message on the RIGHT radio on top of the mult, making GW1LID 
look  a bigger lid than he really is!

Not to put too fine a point on it, this seems to be a *BUG*


Also the interaction with the " AUTO RESUME" function being its 
raison d'etre doesn't seem to work either. i.e. I was running an 
AUTO REPEAT CQ at say 1.5 seconds interval, flip the keyboard 
focus to the RIGHT RADIO to do a dupe check as above, call using 
Fn, but am ignored. As soon as my call is over on the RIGHT 
RADIO ( doesn't really matter if successful or not) the CQ 
should "AUTO RESUME" on the LEFT RADIO. This does not seem to 
work either. I think both these changes were implemented at the 
same time ( v10.19 was it?), and I suspect that neither have 
*ever* worked.

I'd be happy to be disabused of these opinions, since either or 
both would massively increase the functionality of SO2R 
operation. However if they are *BUGS*, hopefully the authors 
will respond, wot sa authors?


73


Clive
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