Thanks for the good info Zev.
FYI, that other Windows contesting program has a neat feature called "spot
all S & P calls locally" - if you type a callsign into the entry window and
then tune the vfo off the frequency, the callsign is automatically added to
the Bandmap and the entry window erased! Pretty neat.
73,
Barry N1EU
>From: "Darack, Zev" <Zev.Darack@banklink.com>
>To: "'Ford Peterson'" <ford@cmgate.com>, writelog@contesting.com
>Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Band map feature
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
>Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:28:40 -0500
>
>We already have this and yes, it was very useful this weekend.
>
>You need to add map call on space to the ini file (it's in the help and on
>K9JY's site). Then you can hit the space bar after the call and it will be
>added to the bandmap.
>
>There is also a % function that does this so you can add it to and F key
>and
>press that to add calls (I think it is %b) and you can also add calls by
>going to the entry window and clicking add to bandmap.
>
>73,
>Zev N2WKS
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Ford Peterson [mailto:ford@cmgate.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:14 AM
>To: writelog@contesting.com
>Subject: [WriteLog] Band map feature
>
>I was working 40 M at a M/M this weekend. I had the graveyard shift.
>1.5KW
>into a 4 element full sized 40M yagi at 180' was at my fingertips. It was
>impressive and depressing to hear all the EU stations calling CQ and
>getting
>them fairly strong. Endless calling resulted in them consistantly calling
>CQ right in my face. Humbling...
>
>As I was working the band, it occurred to me that a useful tool in times
>like this would be to be able to post my own local spots to the band map.
>The cluster was posting new spots (albiet very few). As I tuned the band,
>alot of time was wasted just waiting to copy the guy's call. Most stations
>had been worked before but the band map could have allowed me to organize
>the band on my screen.
>
>Consider an alternative to the Cntr-W. Suppose a Cntr-P (for "post") was
>available. If the CntrP could perform the duties of CntrW and also put the
>callsign on the band map, with the appropriate color, at least I could have
>band neatly organized so that my S&P efforts were more fruitful--i.e. not
>waste time on stations already worked.
>
>Ford-N0FP
>ford@cmgate.com
>
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