[WriteLog] Single key bandmap add

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Thanks to Chad for pointing this out.  

More specifically, add the following line somewhere under the [ENTRY] section of
the writelog.ini file:

MapCallOnSpace=1

To turn it off, replace 1 with a 0.

There are a couple of other handy entries that can also be added to the [ENTRY]
section of writelog.ini:

The first one is:  AutoClearOnTuneMinHz=200

The Entry Window will be cleared when you move your VFO 200 hz off the
frequency.  This is nice when you are S&P, copy a call that's a dupe, continue
on up or down the band and the CALL field clears automatically instead of having
to use ALT-W.

There is a down side.  If you make a QSO and forget to log it, you will lose the
information in the Entry Window when you tune off.  This has happened to me.
Luckily it's always been on RTTY and I was able to scroll the Rttyrite window
back to retrieve the information.  You can change how far you can tune off
before the Entry Window is cleared by varying the value after =.  I've found 200
hz to be a good number.

There is another feature which could be handy, but I don't use it.

AutoFillFromBandmapHz=200

This one auto-fills the CALL field of the Entry Window with a callsign on the
bandmap as you tune upon it.  It really freaked me out when it first happened to
me so I disabled it by replacing the number 200 with 0.  I left the entry there
in case I ever want to try it again.  With the value set at 200, if there is a
call on the bandmap, it will be brought into the CALL field automatically as you
come within 200 hz of the frequency where the call was spotted.

This may be OK for CW or SSB, but on RTTY some spot FSK, some spot AFSK, some
are using low tones,  some are using high tones, some are using LSB, some are
using USB and guys like W1ZT are using middle-of-the-road tones (sorry George,
just had to do it).  Packet spotting on RTTY is pretty much hit or miss so this
feature is probably not very useful.

73, Don


-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Kurszewski Chad-WCK005
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 4:17 PM
To: Guy Molinari; writelog at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Single key bandmap add

> 1) Is there a better way to add a call to the band map with a single 
> keystroke.   I found myself right clicking the entry window 
> to do this.  
> Then I'd have to do an Alt-W to clear the entry.   This got 
> old real quick.  
>   Is there a single keystroke for this?   I didn't see it in the docs.


Check the help file for "mapcallonspace".  It does like it says.
Also, if you turn on the CT accelerator/compatibilty thing, you can use F11 to
wipe the call.  So, you'd be down to 2 keystrokes.

Chad  WE9V
http://www.we9v.com
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