One thing I see that John has not included that
I wanted to point out. In the past few contests,
I've been using %B in my F9 buffer. What this does
is place the callsign that is in the Entry Window
on the Bandmap. So as I'm in the S&P mode and I
come across a station that is a dupe, I click on it,
then hit F9 and it goes in the Bandmap, then move
on to the next station.
I also program one of the buttons above the Entry
Window with %B also. This way if I click on a dupe,
then click on, say the "CALL" button, the call is
put on the bandmap. This is a very fast way to map
the band and probably more important when SO2R than
with a single radio.
For those that don't know about the buttons atop
the Entry Window:
For CQWW RTTY, you have buttons that say "CALL",
"RCV", "ZN", "QTH", "COUNTRY" and "C". Each one of
these buttons can be transmit buffers. To program
the buttons, hold down the "Shift" key on the keyboard
and then click on the button you wish to program
with your mouse and a window will pop up where you
can type in what you want. Type in exactly as you
would a regular F key buffer.
For this contest, I would program "Call" with %B. The
reason I do this is because sometimes I go to the
Entry Window with my mouse and accidentally hit the "Call"
button. When I do this, all that happens is that the
call in the Entry Window gets put on the bandmap. But
you could, if you want, program your "Call" in that
button like: %C DE AA5AU AA5AU K%E
For RCV you might program the exchange. For ZN you
might program either: ZONE?%E or ZONE 4-4-4%E
For QTH you could program QTH?%E or QTH LA LA LA BK%E
You get the point. That way, if someone asks you for
your QTH, all you do is hit the QTH button.
Just a suggestion.
Have fun, getting close now.
73, Don AA5AU
-----Original Message-----
From: WA9ALS - John [mailto:wa9als@starband.net]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:46 PM
To: Writelog@contesting.com; Gil Baron
Subject: [WriteLog] Here are my RTTY messages
In response to Gil's request below, I have posted my RTTY message buffers as
they stand now for the CQWWRTTTY. Some will recognize the logic of 04-04
and IN IN etc. Maybe this will help some newcomers, and of course, we hope
there will continue to be a lot of them! There may be better setups...
YMMV.
I also posted this on my web site at
http://www.qsl.net/wa9als/rtty_msgs.htm, if Scot, Don or anyone wants to
link to them.
Gil wrote:
> I will miss a TRLOG feature here. In search and pounce with that program
if
> the CALL is in the CALL field it just automatically calls the station with
> a preset exchagne just by pressing enter. Is there such a feature here?
NORMAL KEYS:
F2 %R%D TU 599-04-04 IN IN DE WA9ALS %R%E
F3 %R%D TU GL DE WA9ALS QRZ %R%E
F4 %R%D DE WA9ALS WA9ALS %R%E
F5 %R%D QSL 599-04-04 IN IN WA9ALS %R%E
F6 %R%D IN IN IN IN IN WA9ALS %R%E
F7 %R%D STATE? STATE? WA9ALS %R%E
F8 %RCQ CQ CQ CQWW DE WA9ALS WA9ALS %RCQ CQ CQ CQWW DE WA9ALS WA9ALS %R%E
F9 %RTHANKS NEW MULT %R%E
F10 %R%D 599-04-04 IN IN WA9ALS %R%E
F11 %RCQ CQ CQ CQWW DE WA9ALS WA9ALS CQ %R%E
SHIFTED KEYS:
SHIFT-F4: %R%D DE WA9ALS WA9ALS WA9ALS WA9ALS %R%E
SHIFT-F6: %R%D 04-04-04-04-04 WA9ALS %R%E
SHIFT-F7 %R%D STATE? STATE? WA9ALS %R%E
SHIFT-F8 %R%D AGN? AGN? WA9ALS %R%E
SHIFT-F9 %RHELLO %H %R%E
You can set Writelog up such that in S&P mode, pressing any of the function
keys above would send the other stations callsign (%D) and related message,
e.g. F4 for calling, and F5 for sending your exchange.
For running (CQ), pressing the INS key will send F10. Then after you get
his/her exchange, pressing the plus key will log the QSO and send the QRZ
message (F3).
Note that you can press 2 keys quickly, e.g. F9-PLUS, or SHIFT-F9, F5 for a
few special people or occasional great mults.
And don't forget that the entry window titles are buttons that can be
programmed by shift-left-clicking on them, enter your macro, then press the
Return key!
Hope this helps someone. Have fun! 73 - John
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