In my ini file, I have it set up so that when I hit ENTER, WL logs the QSO
(only - no buffers are transmitted). When I hit the big "+" key on the far
right side of the keyboard, my "QSL + QRZ" is sent and IN ADDITION the QSO
is logged. My INSERT key also sends HIS CALL + Exchange. This may be what
you are after. I believe this is total CT compatibility, but never used CT.
So I use the enter when I am S&P, but the "+" when I am in run. All other
functions and buffers are the same for both modes.
I don't remember the exact combination of ini entries - something to do
with the CT compatibility and perhaps a couple of other entries. I will
send along a copy of my ini file directly to you and you can compare it to
your ini file.
Good luck
Jerry W4UK
At 17:20 12/4/02 -0800, you wrote:
>What follows is from memory. There may be mistakes in the particulars
>with which one could find fault. Please view this as a cry for help, not
>a point by point criticism of WL.
>
>.... For S&P it's not any different than ...... other programs.
>
>I use WL only for RTTY contesting. I expect from a contesting program
>that, whether running or S&P, when I hit Enter after the exchanges are
>complete, the Q will be logged. I have yet to figure out how to get WL to
>do this. Many, many people I worked didn't get into my various contest
>logs because, at the end of the Q, out of habit I hit Enter to move on to
>the next Q without doing that extra keystroke that WL seems to require. I
>had assumed that I just haven't spent enough time with WL documentation,
>such as it is, to figure out how to make the Enter key log the Q when
>either running or S&P. From reading this thread, it would seem that WL
>can't do this.
>
>So, here's what I expect from a contesting program, such as WL, using CW
>or RTTY.
>
>Running
> Someone answers my CQ
> I, by whatever means, get his call into the call field (I forget the WL
> terminology for this) and hit a key, preferably Enter.
> WL sends his call and my exchange
> I, by whatever means, get the caller's exchange into the exchange field
> and hit a key, preferably Enter.
> WL sends the QSL message AND LOGS THE Q.
>
>S&P
> I, by whatever means, get a call into the call field and hit a key,
> preferably Enter
> WL sends my call.
> When the called station answers I, by whatever means, get his exchange
> into the exchange field and hit a key, preferably Enter.
> WL sends my exchange AND LOGS THE Q.
>
>So, to complete and log a Q requires the
>keystrokes/mouse-swipes-and-clicks to enter the call and the exchange plus
>two Enters.
>
>Those of you who have learned how to use TRLog and since abandoned it in
>favour of WL will recognize that this is exactly how TRLog works.
>Obviously, not all Qs go this smoothly so we program other function keys
>to deal with the anomalies but, at the end, TRLog users hit Enter and THE
>Q IS LOGGED.
>
>So the statement that ..... it's not any different than what you would
>have done with other programs .... is incorrect. Not trying to put anyone
>down here - not everyone has used every contesting program.
>
>However, it seems that WL requires a "superfluous" keystroke to log a Q in
>either S&P or running, depending on how you set it up. It also seems to
>require the pressing of a number of different function keys to complete a
>Q. Please tell me that I am wrong and tell me how to set up WL to do
>what I have described above.
>
>I have tried WL in many contests. It is not painless, particularly for
>those of you, and there are many, who I worked but YOU AREN'T IN MY LOG
>because I forgot that extra key stroke.
>
>While I don't think of myself as an accomplished contester, I do know that
>keeping the routine stuff simple improves the rate. My last hour of the
>recent CQWW CW with TRLog, 100W and a 35 year old tri-bander on the roof
>was 99 Qs at my poky 26 wpm. Get the call - Hit Enter - Get the exchange
>- Hit Enter - Do it again for the next call. Every one of those Qs got
>into the log. With all the extra/different keystrokes that seem to be
>required by WL I couldn't have achieved this personal best-ever hour and
>many stations worked wouldn't have got in the log. I'm assuming here that
>WL works the same for CW as it does for RTTY. Never used it for anything
>but RTTY.
>
>So, please save WL for me for RTTY contesting. Tell me that it only takes
>two keystrokes beyond those needed for getting the call and exchange into
>their proper places to log a Q, no matter whether running or S&P. Please
>tell me what those keystrokes are and show me how to set WL up to
>accomplish this.
>
>73 de Jim Smith VE7FO
>
>
>
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