[WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 158, Issue 18

Nick nrsmith at citlink.net
Mon Feb 15 10:38:59 EST 2016


I worked the entire WPX without the insert key working as it should. It 
will send the message but will not send the callsign.. I have to click 
on the highlighted callsign and that puts it in the callsign field and 
then send. It was not that bad but it did slow me down and it is not my 
normal procedure. I would like to have it as it should be.

Nick
w4gkm

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> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:46:51 -0600
> From: Nicholas Smith <nrsmith at citlink.net>
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 158, Issue 17
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> Gary, this is the situation:
>
> When is it you are pressing the Insert key?  Is is to capture a highlighted
> call from the Rttyrite window, populate the CALL field and then send your
> exchange? YES
>
> I am using 2Tone and it is highlighting the call sign, but insert will sent the exchange but will not put the call in the window, thus no callsign is sent.
> Very confusing and frustrating.
>
> Thanks Gary hope we can get this corrected.
> 73,
> Nick
> w4gkm
>
>
>
> On 2/12/16 11:00 AM, writelog-request at contesting.com wrote:
>> When is it you are pressing the Insert key?  Is is to capture a highlighted
>> call from the Rttyrite window, populate the CALL field and then send your
>> exchange?
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:46:42 -0900
> From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
> To: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 158, Issue 17
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> Nick,
>
> I'm not sure on this one, but...
>
> Are you using 2Tone for TX as well as RX?  If so I think the Insert key
> functionality to send the Call + Exchange may only work correctly in a MMTTY
> window.  I can't prove it at the moment as my MMTTY window under V12 has
> stopped highlighting calls in the MMTTY window.  Without the highlighting
> the Insert key won't function at all!  Both my 2Tone clone windows will
> highlight calls and I can populate the CALL field with a left mouse click,
> but then must use the Enter key to send the Call + exchange.  Also this
> morning with the "Minor Radio Blackout" conditions I am unable to hear any
> RTTY signals so I can't play around with making changes to see if they work.
>
> You might try opening up a MMTTY window and use that as your TX window
> instead of 2Tone to see if the Insert key functionality returns or not.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas Smith
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 9:46 AM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 158, Issue 17
>
> Gary, this is the situation:
>
> When is it you are pressing the Insert key?  Is is to capture a highlighted
> call from the Rttyrite window, populate the CALL field and then send your
> exchange? YES
>
> I am using 2Tone and it is highlighting the call sign, but insert will sent
> the exchange but will not put the call in the window, thus no callsign is
> sent.
> Very confusing and frustrating.
>
> Thanks Gary hope we can get this corrected.
> 73,
> Nick
> w4gkm
>
>
>
> On 2/12/16 11:00 AM, writelog-request at contesting.com wrote:
>> When is it you are pressing the Insert key?  Is is to capture a
>> highlighted
>> call from the Rttyrite window, populate the CALL field and then send your
>> exchange?
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> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:03:33 -0900
> From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
> To: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 158, Issue 17
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> Nick,
>
> I just fixed my problem with no highlighting in the MMTTY screen!  When I
> started WL the Rttyrite window opened and I could finally hear a single call
> FW5FF.  It would print the call ok, but no highlighting yet.  Then I
> remembered that the Makrothen contest module exhibits this same behavior
> from time to time and the fix there is to close Rttyrite and then
> immediately reopen it.  So I closed my Rttyrite window and then reopened it,
> but this time I used the RTTY icon in the top toolbar rather than the
> Windows/RTTY Window menu selection.  Not sure if that made a difference or
> not, but when the Rttyrite window reopened I suddenly was getting
> highlighting of calls.  Most of them I can't hear, but when FW5FF sends a
> call with his exchange that call highlights.
>
> So now that I have highlighting functioning again I can confirm that the
> Insert key works as before.  Press Insert and the call populates the CALL
> field and the exchange is sent, including that call.  Again, this is from a
> window running MMTTY as the TX window, not 2Tone.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary AL9A
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 10:46 AM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 158, Issue 17
>
> Nick,
>
> I'm not sure on this one, but...
>
> Are you using 2Tone for TX as well as RX?  If so I think the Insert key
> functionality to send the Call + Exchange may only work correctly in a MMTTY
> window.  I can't prove it at the moment as my MMTTY window under V12 has
> stopped highlighting calls in the MMTTY window.  Without the highlighting
> the Insert key won't function at all!  Both my 2Tone clone windows will
> highlight calls and I can populate the CALL field with a left mouse click,
> but then must use the Enter key to send the Call + exchange.  Also this
> morning with the "Minor Radio Blackout" conditions I am unable to hear any
> RTTY signals so I can't play around with making changes to see if they work.
>
> You might try opening up a MMTTY window and use that as your TX window
> instead of 2Tone to see if the Insert key functionality returns or not.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas Smith
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 9:46 AM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WriteLog Digest, Vol 158, Issue 17
>
> Gary, this is the situation:
>
> When is it you are pressing the Insert key?  Is is to capture a highlighted
> call from the Rttyrite window, populate the CALL field and then send your
> exchange? YES
>
> I am using 2Tone and it is highlighting the call sign, but insert will sent
> the exchange but will not put the call in the window, thus no callsign is
> sent.
> Very confusing and frustrating.
>
> Thanks Gary hope we can get this corrected.
> 73,
> Nick
> w4gkm

>
>
>
> On 2/12/16 11:00 AM, writelog-request at contesting.com wrote:
>> When is it you are pressing the Insert key?  Is is to capture a
>> highlighted
>> call from the Rttyrite window, populate the CALL field and then send your
>> exchange?
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 22:48:03 -0900
> From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
> To: "WriteLog Reflector" <writelog at contesting.com>
> Subject: [WriteLog] Problems with V12 in WPX
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> I?ve discovered a couple of problems while working the WPX RTTY contest with WL V12.  I don?t think these are problems with the WPX contest module, but may be bugs in the V12 woodwork.
>
> First, in the old V11 I could enter a number between 0 to 360 in the CALL field then hit Enter and my Alpha-Spid would start turning to that beam heading.  Under V12 the same action results in nothing happening.  I did discover that because I have a keyboard shortcut key set up to turn the rotor that the shortcut key would turn the rotor as before.  I just can?t get the Enter key to recognize a number in the CALL field and respond to it.
>
> Second, this one really has me perplexed.  I have the F10 key macro setup to send my exchange when I am working S&P.  The macro is ?%R%C TU 599 %3 %3 %E?.  When I press the F10 key the message is sent with no problem, BUT the cursor immediately disappears from the NUMB field in the Entry window and no longer shows anywhere.  I finally noticed that in the menu tool bar that the File choice is now highlighted.  If I press Enter, instead of logging the call just worked, the list of available options under the File menu item opens for me to make a selection there!
>
> So when I?m working S&P I click on the call in Rttyrite to put it in the CALL field, then hit Space to move the cursor to the NUMB field.  Now I hit F11 which sends my call twice.  When the station calls me back and sends his exchange I click on his number and press F10 to send my exchange.  Immediately the cursor disappears and the File option is highlighted.  The F10 message sends ok, but now I must click in the NUMB field with the mouse to make the cursor reappear so that I can press Enter and log the QSO.  I have checked multiple things to no avail.  The keyboard short cut for F10 is just Message 10.  I completely wiped out the F10 macro and retyped it thinking that there might be an imbedded hidden control character in there somewhere, but even after typing in the macro again the behavior is the same.  I?ve tried all my other F key and Shifted F key macros and the F10 key is the only one to show this behavior.  Not a show stopper, but a definite nuisance.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 00:00:22 -0800
> From: "Ken Widelitz" <widelitz at gte.net>
> To: "'Gary AL9A'" <al9a at mtaonline.net>,	"'WriteLog Reflector'"
> 	<writelog at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Problems with V12 in WPX
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>> BUT the cursor immediately disappears from the NUMB field in the Entry
> window and no longer shows anywhere.  I finally >noticed that in the menu
> tool bar that the File choice is now highlighted.  If I press Enter, instead
> of logging the call just worked, >the list of available options under the
> File menu item opens for me to make a selection there!
>
>   
>
> I had a similar experience with the cursor disappearing in CW from the
> bottom call entry window in SO2R and then upon clicking the call field, the
> cursor showed up in the top call entry window. I believe that was in NAQP.
>
>   
>
> 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT
>
>   
>
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>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:41:18 +0000
> From: joeduerbusch <k0bx at arrl.net>
> To: Gary AL9A <al9a at mtaonline.net>
> Cc: WriteLog Reflector <writelog at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Problems with V12 in WPX
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> Gary, on the rotor control, put the beam heading in the Entry window, but
> instead of hitting the Entry Key, hit this Rotor shortcut key you setup.
> Senior moment.
>
> Joe K0BX
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> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Gary AL9A <al9a at mtaonline.net> wrote:
>
>> I?ve discovered a couple of problems while working the WPX RTTY contest
>> with WL V12.  I don?t think these are problems with the WPX contest module,
>> but may be bugs in the V12 woodwork.
>>
>> First, in the old V11 I could enter a number between 0 to 360 in the CALL
>> field then hit Enter and my Alpha-Spid would start turning to that beam
>> heading.  Under V12 the same action results in nothing happening.  I did
>> discover that because I have a keyboard shortcut key set up to turn the
>> rotor that the shortcut key would turn the rotor as before.  I just can?t
>> get the Enter key to recognize a number in the CALL field and respond to it.
>>
>> Second, this one really has me perplexed.  I have the F10 key macro setup
>> to send my exchange when I am working S&P.  The macro is ?%R%C TU 599 %3 %3
>> %E?.  When I press the F10 key the message is sent with no problem, BUT the
>> cursor immediately disappears from the NUMB field in the Entry window and
>> no longer shows anywhere.  I finally noticed that in the menu tool bar that
>> the File choice is now highlighted.  If I press Enter, instead of logging
>> the call just worked, the list of available options under the File menu
>> item opens for me to make a selection there!
>>
>> So when I?m working S&P I click on the call in Rttyrite to put it in the
>> CALL field, then hit Space to move the cursor to the NUMB field.  Now I hit
>> F11 which sends my call twice.  When the station calls me back and sends
>> his exchange I click on his number and press F10 to send my exchange.
>> Immediately the cursor disappears and the File option is highlighted.  The
>> F10 message sends ok, but now I must click in the NUMB field with the mouse
>> to make the cursor reappear so that I can press Enter and log the QSO.  I
>> have checked multiple things to no avail.  The keyboard short cut for F10
>> is just Message 10.  I completely wiped out the F10 macro and retyped it
>> thinking that there might be an imbedded hidden control character in there
>> somewhere, but even after typing in the macro again the behavior is the
>> same.  I?ve tried all my other F key and Shifted F key macros and the F10
>> key is the only one to show this behavior.  Not a show stopper, but a
>> definite nuisance.
>>
>> 73,
>> Gary AL9A
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