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Re: [WriteLog] WPX with 2 radios 2 keyboards question

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Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WPX with 2 radios 2 keyboards question
From: Rich <rwnewbould@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:33:00 -0400
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I believe if you have multiple keyboards and assign them to the entry windows using CTRL/SHIFT click ,  Then the keyboard will change the focus to the correct radio.  I use this plenty in RTTY.   I have seen it get confused from time to time and not switch, but 99.9% of the time it works properly

Rich

On 6/11/2020 13:24 PM, wc1m73@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not exactly sure what sequence you're seeing, but I think you're saying 
that transmit focus stays on the Left radio when you call the station, so when 
you hit F1 on the Right keyboard it sends CQ on the Left radio. I believe the 
reason transmit focus doesn't move to the Right radio when you hit F1 is 
because the automatic switching only applies to keys that move the keyboard 
focus.

The way around this is to set the CQ to repeat with the Alt-T popup and check "Auto 
Resume". I use a 3-second delay between repeats. Hit F1 with the transmit focus on 
the Right radio to start the CQ. When you hit a function key to send your call to a 
spotted station on the Left radio, the CQ will be interrupted, transmit and keyboard 
focus will shift to the Left radio and your call will be sent. Then transmit focus will 
automatically return to the Right radio and the CQ will be restarted. This works the same 
way when you use a function key to send the exchange to the spotted station.

Hope this helps.

73, Dick WC1M

-----Original Message-----
From: Arunas, LY2IJ <ly2ij1@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 3:28 PM
To: WriteLog@contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] WPX with 2 radios 2 keyboards question

Hi,
I used one computer with two radios, two keyboards, two bandmas.
Left and right. Assisted.
Things went very smoothly when I removed %X at start of the message.
Only one strange thing:

-I CQ (manually) on Right radio and click on Lefts radio bandmap spot.
-Left radio jumps to spot freq, as it should be. CQ is not interrupted.
-a) if I call spotted station with Left keyboard - Left radio is keyed as 
should be but - if I don't call that station immediately but want to continue 
CQ with Right radio and press F1 on Right keyboard - Left radio is keyed! Both 
keyboards work for Left radio now.

I have to mouse click on the Right entry window to "return" Right keyboard to 
the right radio.

Anything to configure? Or?

Other small issue  - serial number is always assigned when I click on bandma 
(or spot).
Not every spot is heard or called or answers.
Can be a huge number of wasted numbers. If I type in callsign - number is not 
reserved until I start calling station - hit F4 or similar.
Can number reservation be done the same way for calls from bandmap?

73
73 Arunas LY2IJ/ LY5E in contest


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