At 10:33 AM 3/13/2000 -0600, Ron Stordahl wrote:
>
>Yes, I tried the MFJ-434 and its nice EXCEPT the repeat delay minimum
>setting is 3 seconds. That's an eternity when your CQing. And its set in
>firmware, there is nothing you can do about it. I can't imagine what the
>designer was thinking about, except its obvious that he has never operated
>in a contest. I returned mine.
Interesting ... I normally use 3-4 seconds between automated CQs, and don't
recall ever being bumped off a frequency as a result. I wonder what the
general consensus is?
BTW the Ctl-Q facility in TRLog is wonderful in this situation because
either hitting ESC or beginning to enter a callsign interrupts the repeat
cycle.
73, Pete N4ZR
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