[WriteLog] Operational Characteristics of WL on CW

[Jerry Flanders]

In my ini file, I have it set up so that when I hit ENTER, WL logs the QSO 
(only - no buffers are transmitted). When I hit the big "+" key on the far 
right side of the keyboard, my "QSL + QRZ" is sent and IN ADDITION the QSO 
is logged. My INSERT key also sends HIS CALL + Exchange. This may be what 
you are after. I believe this is total CT compatibility, but never used CT.

So I use the enter when I am S&P, but the "+" when I am in run. All other 
functions and buffers are the same for both modes.

I don't remember the exact combination of ini entries - something to do 
with the CT compatibility and perhaps a couple of other entries.  I will 
send along a copy of my ini file directly to you and you can compare it to 
your ini file.

Good luck

Jerry W4UK

At 17:20 12/4/02 -0800, you wrote:
>What follows is from memory.  There may be mistakes in the particulars 
>with which one could find fault.  Please view this as a cry for help, not 
>a point by point criticism of WL.
>
>.... For S&P it's not any different than ...... other programs.
>
>I use WL only for RTTY contesting.  I expect from a contesting program 
>that, whether running or S&P, when I hit Enter after the exchanges are 
>complete, the Q will be logged.  I have yet to figure out how to get WL to 
>do this.  Many, many people I worked didn't get into my various contest 
>logs because, at the end of the Q, out of habit I hit Enter to move on to 
>the next Q without doing that extra keystroke that WL seems to require.  I 
>had assumed that I just haven't spent enough time with WL documentation, 
>such as it is, to figure out how to make the Enter key log the Q when 
>either running or S&P.  From reading this thread, it would seem that WL 
>can't do this.
>
>So, here's what I expect from a contesting program, such as WL, using CW 
>or RTTY.
>
>Running
>  Someone answers my CQ
>  I, by whatever means, get his call into the call field (I forget the WL 
> terminology for this) and hit a key, preferably Enter.
>  WL sends his call and my exchange
>  I, by whatever means, get the caller's exchange into the exchange field 
> and hit a key, preferably Enter.
>  WL sends the QSL message AND LOGS THE Q.
>
>S&P
>  I, by whatever means, get a call into the call field and hit a key, 
> preferably Enter
>  WL sends my call.
>  When the called station answers I, by whatever means, get his exchange 
> into the exchange field and hit a key, preferably Enter.
>  WL sends my exchange AND LOGS THE Q.
>
>So, to complete and log a Q requires the 
>keystrokes/mouse-swipes-and-clicks to enter the call and the exchange plus 
>two Enters.
>
>Those of you who have learned how to use TRLog and since abandoned it in 
>favour of WL will recognize that this is exactly how TRLog works. 
>Obviously, not all Qs go this smoothly so we program other function keys 
>to deal with the anomalies but, at the end, TRLog users hit Enter and THE 
>Q IS LOGGED.
>
>So the statement that ..... it's not any different than what you would 
>have done with other programs .... is incorrect.  Not trying to put anyone 
>down here - not everyone has used every contesting program.
>
>However, it seems that WL requires a "superfluous" keystroke to log a Q in 
>either S&P or running, depending on how you set it up.  It also seems to 
>require the pressing of a number of different function keys to complete a 
>Q.   Please tell me that I am wrong and tell me how to set up WL to do 
>what I have described above.
>
>I have tried WL in many contests.  It is not painless, particularly for 
>those of you, and there are many, who I worked but YOU AREN'T IN MY LOG 
>because I forgot that extra key stroke.
>
>While I don't think of myself as an accomplished contester, I do know that 
>keeping the routine stuff simple improves the rate.  My last hour of the 
>recent CQWW CW with TRLog, 100W and a 35 year old tri-bander on the roof 
>was 99 Qs at my poky 26 wpm.  Get the call - Hit Enter - Get the exchange 
>- Hit Enter - Do it again for the next call.  Every one of those Qs got 
>into the log.  With all the extra/different keystrokes that seem to be 
>required by WL I couldn't have achieved this personal best-ever hour and 
>many stations worked wouldn't have got in the log. I'm assuming here that 
>WL works the same for CW as it does for RTTY. Never used it for anything 
>but RTTY.
>
>So, please save WL for me for RTTY contesting.  Tell me that it only takes 
>two keystrokes beyond those needed for getting the call and exchange into 
>their proper places to log a Q, no matter whether running or S&P.  Please 
>tell me what those keystrokes are and show me how to set WL up to 
>accomplish this.
>
>73 de Jim Smith    VE7FO
>
>
>
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