[WriteLog] Dueling CQ's in WriteLog?

[Mike Heideman]

There have been several postings in the past on this topic.  A concise step-by-step procedure was posted by ZS6AA several years ago describing how to automatically get dueling CQs.
 
http://lists.contesting.com/_writelog/2007-11/msg00028.html
 
This has worked for me on RTTY, CW and SSB.  I've also used it with one radio on CW and the other on SSB in some multi-mode contests.  The second radio CQ automatically resumes after sending a message (exchange, TU, ?) on the first radio.  It's helpful to practice typical scenarios before the contest with the transmitters in a Test or local monitor mode to get used to the keyboard and TX switching.
 
You may also want to look into remapping the various arrow keys used in SO2R to avoid accidentally ending up in the editable log.  WC1M advocated disabling of the editable log entry via arrow keys when using SO2R but this change was never made in WL.  Use of external key mappers such as AutoHotKey can do this or possibly the WL Keyboard Shortcuts.  I add my vote to WC1M's to disable entry into editable log mode through arrow keys.
 
73,
-Mike, N7MH
 
 
Jerry W4UK wrote:
> I have never done single PC SO2R - always used 2 PCs before.
> 
> I am getting single PC SO2R RTTY going with my Flex 6700 with SSDR 
> V1.50 and the latest version of WL. I have all apparently working but 
> find I now must manually click on the desired callsign entry panels 
> to switch tx focus back  and forth between the two radios/bands.
> 
> GOOGLE shows me that WL had this feature years ago, but the procedure 
> to get it going doesn't work now for me. Maybe I am missing something.
> 
> If WL won't do it, anybody know of any external software to control 
> WL to do dueling CQ's?
> 
> Help.
> 
> Jerry W4UK