[Skimmertalk] Scheduling Skimmer band and frequency changes

[Steve Lott]

Pete how about a Link to this application ?????

73
steve
KG5VK

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:

> I thought Skimmer users might be interested - I just installed and started
> WD5EAE's neat little Skimmer scheduler app.  It is deceptively simple, but
> provides all the basic controls.  You can rotate through certain bands
> during certain periods, and certain bands at other periods (skipping, for
> example, 10 and 15 after dark).  You can tell it how long to stay on each
> band, and change the time on a band to reflect your assessment of its
> likely importance during a given time period.  For example, you might have
> 15M only on for a minute until 1400, then stay on it for 2 minutes until
> 1600, then drop back to a minute until 2000.
>
> There are a few bothers - the biggest is that the keyboard commands to stop
> the scheduler, to extend time on a given band, and to move to the next band
> appear to be active regardless of which program has the foreground, which
> makes for some amusing outcomes when attempting to compose an e-mail when
> it is running.  Perhaps in a future version it could be modified so it only
> intercepts those keystrokes when it is the active window.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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