[WriteLog] WPX with 2 radios 2 keyboards question

[wc1m73 at gmail.com]

I'm not exactly sure what sequence you're seeing, but I think you're saying that transmit focus stays on the Left radio when you call the station, so when you hit F1 on the Right keyboard it sends CQ on the Left radio. I believe the reason transmit focus doesn't move to the Right radio when you hit F1 is because the automatic switching only applies to keys that move the keyboard focus.

The way around this is to set the CQ to repeat with the Alt-T popup and check "Auto Resume". I use a 3-second delay between repeats. Hit F1 with the transmit focus on the Right radio to start the CQ. When you hit a function key to send your call to a spotted station on the Left radio, the CQ will be interrupted, transmit and keyboard focus will shift to the Left radio and your call will be sent. Then transmit focus will automatically return to the Right radio and the CQ will be restarted. This works the same way when you use a function key to send the exchange to the spotted station.

Hope this helps.

73, Dick WC1M

-----Original Message-----
From: Arunas, LY2IJ <ly2ij1 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 3:28 PM
To: WriteLog at contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] WPX with 2 radios 2 keyboards question

Hi,
I used one computer with two radios, two keyboards, two bandmas.
Left and right. Assisted.
Things went very smoothly when I removed %X at start of the message.
Only one strange thing:

-I CQ (manually) on Right radio and click on Lefts radio bandmap spot.
-Left radio jumps to spot freq, as it should be. CQ is not interrupted.
-a) if I call spotted station with Left keyboard - Left radio is keyed as should be but - if I don't call that station immediately but want to continue CQ with Right radio and press F1 on Right keyboard - Left radio is keyed! Both keyboards work for Left radio now.

I have to mouse click on the Right entry window to "return" Right keyboard to the right radio.

Anything to configure? Or?

Other small issue  - serial number is always assigned when I click on bandma (or spot).
Not every spot is heard or called or answers.
Can be a huge number of wasted numbers. If I type in callsign - number is not reserved until I start calling station - hit F4 or similar.
Can number reservation be done the same way for calls from bandmap?

73
73 Arunas LY2IJ/ LY5E in contest