Hmmmmmm I wonder about this. I wonder if the speed of contesting can handle 'thinking'.
My eyes watch the mark/space display, I have 'learned' how much I need to turn the mouse wheel relative to have far off to the side of the mark/space bars in the display, the mark appears to be. I don't consciously determine the number of up/down mouse detents I need. It's just reaction. I'm usually pretty close. The problem is 'timing'. I only have so long to get my receiver locked on to the signal before I miss the callsign. If I'm cqing, I have to ask for a repeat. If I'm S&Ping, I have to wait till he works the guy who got there first and finishes. As in life...TIMING IS EVERYTHING! When I cq, I use this technique. I cq on vfob. but I receive and tune in responding stations on vfoa That way MY frequency never changes. but I still have to compensate for responders who are off that smidgin that results in no print. Software AFC helps, but is not foolproof, so I resort to mouse wheel, Shuttle center dial, or Navigator. (It aids arthritic fingers to have multiple devices) As I said, 1 or 5khz tunesteps are way to slow, 10 is just a tad too slow 50khz is too fast. User defined tune steps are my hoped for choice. A auto adjust mark/space AFC for digital would be great also. But may not be fast enough. My, and the other stations, ears are good enough for slight off frequency replies in cw, but not for digital. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "FlexRadio List" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Tune steps >> Please add more Tune Steps. > > I would go one step further: please add acceleration to the tuning. > Tuning faster, i.e. spinning the knob or wheel, increases the step size > but when tuning slowly the step size reduces to 10Hz or even 1Hz. That > way we wouldn't have to mess with tuning step size. > > As for step size, we live in an logarithmic world. Ever wonder why > attenuators go in a 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x sequence? Think about it for tuning > steps. > > Brian Lloyd > Granite Bay Montessori School 9330 Sierra College Bl > brian AT gbmontessori DOT com Roseville, CA 95661 > +1.916.367.2131 (voice) +1.791.912.8170 (fax) > > PGP key ID: 12095C52A32A1B6C > PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0 CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C > > > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
