[WriteLog] Bored At 4am, or Timed Repeat CQ

[Larry L Lindblom]

BTW, for timed CQs WriteLog will accept fractional values as in 10.5
seconds.  I stopped using the timed CQ feature several years ago.  Why
did I stop using it?  I stopped because auto CQ tended to lull me into
staying on a run frequency too long and missing out on mults.  Pressing
F1 for every CQ reminds me of when I have probably been on the same
frequency too long and need to look around the band. I would hate to
guess how many times I punched F1 this weekend.

73
Larry L, W0ETC


On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:23:17 EDT KFIam640 at aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 9/27/04 9:56:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> roofus at sbcglobal.net writes:
> Thank you all that responded to my problem and setting the timer to 
> 12
> seconds fixed it.  Another problem than appeared, grabbing calls 
> from the
> rittyrite window did not stop the timed cq function and caused more 
> problems
> than it was worth so stopped using it anyway. Is this normal?  If so 
> is
> there a work around?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dennis AB8NI
> In a message dated 9/27/04 9:56:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> roofus at sbcglobal.net writes:
> Thank you all that responded to my problem and setting the timer to 
> 12
> seconds fixed it.  Another problem than appeared, grabbing calls 
> from the
> rittyrite window did not stop the timed cq function and caused more 
> problems
> than it was worth so stopped using it anyway. Is this normal?  If so 
> is
> there a work around?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dennis AB8NI
> Dennis, the recent WW RTTY Contest was my first contest in many many 
> years 
> and also my first time using Writelog.  I found Writelog to be 
> fantastic.  I 
> enjoyed using the timed CQ feature.  I had mine set to 9 seconds.  I 
> would start 
> the timed CQ and keep my finger on the ESC key.  If I heard a 
> carrier come on 
> between my CQs I would press the ESC key which stopped the timed CQ. 
>  I 
> already had the cursor on the Rttyrite window ready to click on a 
> call to send my 
> reply.  This worked great for me.
>     I have to admit that my friend, K6HGF, came to my shack and 
> helped me set 
> up Writelog and gave me a great lesson on RTTY contesting.  The help 
> with 
> setup from K6HGF shortened the learning curve for me.  I was amazed 
> at the 
> variety of DX stations to be found during the contest.  During the 
> contest 48 hours 
> (I only operated about 12 hours) I worked more DX than I have worked 
> since I 
> became a ham operator in 1950.  I won't be submitting a great score 
> for my 
> first effort but the experience was fantastic.  I am very impressed 
> with Writelog 
> and MMTTY.
> 
> Marvin Collins, W6OQI
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