[WriteLog] Dueling CQ's in WriteLog?

[Mike Heideman]

Jerry,
 
I don't have access to a working SO2R box right now so I'm sorry to say that I can't confirm it working on the most recent versions of WL.  I have used this feature as a guest op and when I've had access to an SO2R box.
 
The first time I tried dueling CQs I neglected to check the "Auto Resume" checkbox in the Timed CQ dialog.  Make sure that Auto Resume is on.  The "Auto Resume" checkbox can be seen in a screenshot in the Putting It All Together section on K9JY's SO2R page:
 
http://k9jy.com/blog/other-subjects/sor-radio-contesting/
 
I assume that you have tested that other SO2R functionality is working.  Using the Up and Down keys switches between radios and you can transmit on either radio.  Shift-Up and Shift-Down change the keyboard focus but will leave an Auto-CQ running on one radio while you search/dupe on the other radio.  Hitting a function key to send something on the second radio should interrupt the CQ on the first radio and complete the message on the second radio.  With Auto Resume it should also start CQing again on the first radio when the message is complete on the second radio.
 
-Mike, N7MH
 
 
Jerry W4UK wrote:


Thanks, Mike


Yes - it  was this posting, along with a couple of other similar
ones I discovered, that tell me that WL worked in the past to do exactly
what I need. But it just doesn't work for me with V11.29b under Win7. I
tried it yesterday before posting and again to make sure I was following
instructions exactly.


I don't see the "CQ will auto-resume" message, and the focus
doesn't shift. 


If this is working for you there with a recent version of WL maybe I need
to change some other option to make it go here. Please let me know what
version you are using that it is working with.


Thanks again


Jerry W4UK








At 05:22 PM 10/7/2015, Mike Heideman wrote:

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