[WriteLog] CSS

[John Maglio]

Hello group,

     I just want to make comments on using the very fine and free CSS 
program. It has helped me gain confidence in using many options such as 
the Accelerator Special Keys(thanks to Don AA5AU) and keyboard shortcuts 
for things like CALL QUEUE items and also using the RTTY Call Queue 
function. I can't wait now to get to use these in a real contest and I'm 
sure mistakes will be made but, so what.

   A couple events kind of frustrated me because I don't know what to do 
about them, For instance, after operating for a while a station starts 
CQing on the frequency I am using. I am not able to get rid of it even 
after sending "frequency in use, please QSY" . I'm sure many have had 
this happen in real contests as well as I did. So, what do you do?. The 
band map is full of calls so there is no available frequency to move to. 
Another issue I find happening and I, m sure it is programed to do so. A 
call answers my CQ but does not answer the exchange. Still occurs after 
sending the exchange a few times. Then call CQ and the same call answers 
again. What to do?

  So I'm sure that this fine program will help many using the writelog 
real contest program . Many thanks to Wayne W5XD and Don AA5AU and all 
others who have contributed to this.

Any comments from anyone using the CSS program?

73, John  KJ1J