Andy, "I responded manually, waiting to see what the person said before I replied." .I all sow use this "work around" yesterday , but then somebody start typing "use Auto" . If I only had this 10 sec , it had helped me a lot. Even a "slow writer" like me would be able print something sensible.
Steinar LA5VNA Andrew O'Brien wrote: > > A good question Steinar. I sometimes will write some free text but > not in direct response to the line that just popped up on my screen, > usually I am just adding something like "TU Steinar es 73 from NY" . > I am not asking questions like "how is the weather in Norway?" > > Last night, because of the situation you described, I did the > opposite of what Chris suggested. I responded manually, waiting to > see what the person said before I replied. This results in me > starting the transmission 10 seconds , or so, late. The transmission > ends on time, so I am not sure what real impact my 10 second late > transmission has on anything. > > Andy k3UK > > > On 4/6/07, Steinar Aanesland <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Some of you are typing long massages in a JT65A qso on HF and I wonder > how you do that. > Chris N2YYZ wrote "Always click the "Auto is OFF" button to make it so > "Auto is ON"." but when Auto is ON is on there is no way I am able to > type in a text. I simply don't have time. Few seconds after decoding a > signal the auto transmission kicks in, and my Norwegian brain is to > slow. My head will never be able to translate from Norwegian into > English, and get something understandable on the air when the time is > sow extreme limited. I hope this was understandable;) Is there a trick > here I'm missing? > > 73 de LA5VNA Steinar > > > > > -- > Andy K3UK > Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 > www.obriensweb.com <http://www.obriensweb.com> >
