I am still learning this stuff too. I have found that I really like using
the FKeys program. Set the buttons up right and you never need the
keyboard. I don't think I used mine over 12 times in the roundup. And you
can really program them to do more than 1 thing in succession. weird to do
a RTTY contest without the keyboard!
At 06:32 PM 1/10/02 +0000, David O Hachadorian wrote:
>On Wed, 09 Jan 2002 22:36:47 -0600 Jim Rhodes <rhodes@evertek.net>
>writes:
> > Check out the "Special Message Accelerator Keys" in the WriteLog help
> > file.
> > You can program the enter key to do this. Why would you want yet
> > another
> > key to remember.
>
>So I turn on "Enter sends exch/QRZ" in the Entry Window,
>and I put 599 AZ in F3 (or one can change the
>"QrzFunctionKey" in WRITELOG.INI).
>
>Then, for the CQ mode, the normal RTTY sequence is:
>1. Press INSERT to send HISCALL and My CQ Exchange
>2. Type or mouse-click his exchange info into the Entry Window.
>2. Press PLUS, which sends TU QRZ DE K6LL and logs the QSO.
>
>In the S&P mode, the normal RTTY sequence becomes:
>1. Mouse-click the green or yellow callsign.
>2. Press the MYCALL F-key.
>3. Type or mouse-click his exchange info into the Entry Window.
>4. Press ENTER, which sends K6LL AZ, and logs the QSO.
>
>I like it. I'll try it in the next contest. Thank you very much.
>
>I will also explore Macro Express, suggested by a couple of
>people. It sounds like it has the potential to expedite some
>tedious so2r routine keystrokes.
>
>
>Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>Yuma, AZ
>K6LL@juno.com
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