During the WPX this past weekend, I took some time to fiddle around with
Writelog's voice keying abilities - and I picked up a few things that I
didn't know before - maybe many of you did, but I thought I would share it.
To sound out callsigns with pre-recorded .wav files, you use the
regular "%C" command. What I had not realized is that if you instead
put the following in a .wav file/F-key directory:
<%C.wav>
Writelog will search thru your pre-recorded files for that fully recorded
callsign, and send that message.
[If there is no such callsign file, then nothing is sent - that's why I
would again urge the Writelog team to look at some sort of quick search
(like the
%B dupe check) so if no fully recorded callsign is found, then the call
would
be sounded out in the usual %C format.]
[I will also again take the chance to urge the recognition of
three-character
pre-recorded combinations, not just two. My 2x1 and 1x2 soundouts
really do come out good, but the 1x3 and 2x3's are far too choppy.]
As for serial numbers, I made a similar typing mistake above with the
callsigns in the WPX. Instead of using "%n" for the serial number, I
typed:
<%n.wav>
Instead of sounding out the numbers, Writelog searches for the fully
recorded number .wav file, corresponding with your QSO. This
worked for three digit numbers over 99 as well. [Three digit and up
numbers have been an issue for some on this reflector in the past.]
I'm sure this isn't earth-shaking, but I had never read anything this
specific on full callsigns or full serial numbers before - maybe I
just didn't read the help file close enough.
Let me finish by saying I am not complaining here (though I'm sure
this post will draw a number of less than laudatory e-mails again.)
Writelog has a fantastic set of abilities and I would like to see those
expanded a bit more for SSB contests as well, with extra slots for
pre-recorded .wav files. There are spots for 20 CW messages,
but only 10 for SSB.
Jamie NS3T
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