Ron,
Technically, you are correct that the "+" key should send the F3 message to
the radio that has the keyboard focus if there is no %X in the message. No
doubt this particular case escaped Wayne's notice back when he implemented
the switching algorithm. Those of us who beta tested the feature didn't
catch it either, probably because we tested in "regular" contests and not in
Sprint. When S&Ping in a regular contest, you use F4 to send your call, then
F2 to send the exchange. When the other guy says TU QRZ?, you quietly hit
ENTER and go on to the next victim. You don't use "+" to end a QSO on the
S&P radio -- unless you plan on stealing the other guy's frequency! Of
course, that's exactly what you are expected to do in Sprint. I can't
remember what I did in the last Sprint (missed it this weekend.) I probably
just hit F3 and Enter.
I would call it an error in WL, although Sprint is the only contest in which
it matters.
73, Dick WC1M
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N0AT [mailto:n0at@attbi.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 9:26 PM
> To: dick.green@valley.net; WriteLog@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: SO2R related questions
>
>
> I struggled with this last weekend, during the Sprint CW contest.
>
> I have the keyboard focus on the right radio, and the radio focus
> on the left
> radio. While I am receiving a report from a station on the right
> radio, I use a
> function key to start a CQ on the left radio. This function key
> is programmed
> with a %X, so the CQ is sent out on the left radio (radio focus radio).
>
> The CQ on the left radio may or may not be finished. I finish copying the
> report on the right radio (keyboard focus). I want to send an
> ack and log the
> QSO. I press the "+" key to send the message in F3, and to log
> the QSO. The
> message in F3 does not begin with %X, so it should switch the
> radio focus to the
> keyboard focus, send the message, and then log the QSO. It does
> not do this.
> It sends the F3 message to the left radio, and then logs the QSO.
>
> If I press the F3 key, the radio focus is switched to the
> keyboard focus radio,
> and the message is sent.
>
> It appears to me, when using the "+" key to send the
> QrzFunctionKey message, it
> sends the message to the radio focus, ignoring the lack of %X in the
> QrzFunctionKey message.
>
> Is there any way to get the QrzFunctionKey message, when called
> by the "+" key,
> to switch the focus to the keyboard radio? It makes sense to me,
> since you want
> to make the call correction and send the QRZ message to the
> station you are
> working, not to the CQ radio.
>
> 73 de Ron N0AT
>
>
>
>
> >
> > The %X is used to suppress automatic radio switching in SO2R
> stations. If
> > you use Writelog's automatic switching feature, you should prefix the CQ
> > message with %X so that pressing this key does not cause a radio switch.
> >
> > Here's a more technical explanation: When the transmit focus is
> on the first
> > radio and the keyboard focus is on the second radio, pressing
> any function
> > key will cause the transmit focus to switch to the second radio and the
> > message in that function key will be sent. If %X appears in the
> function key
> > message, switching will not take place and the message will be
> sent on the
> > first radio.
> >
>
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