Hmmmmm I see what you mean My mouse is not a contstant mouse wheel. Same for the Shuttle, it really controls Writelog, not PWSDR. The Navigator is PWSDR only.
Each step of the mouse wheel or Shuttle wheel tells Writelog to move the receive frequency by one Tune Step. What ever the Tune Step I have presently selected in PWSDR. One Mouse wheel step could be 1hz or 10K. I normally leave it at 10Hz, which is a tad too slow. The mouse wheel does not control PWSDR, Writelog reads the mouse wheel and tells PWSDR to move 1 step for each increment. As I rarely ever submit a score, I use the cluster, Writelogs Bandmap displays the stations and I just mouse click on my friends calls and give them a point. When I feel like it, I 'RUN', and that's where the off frequency responses cause the problem. I'm cqing at 14.093.386 and actually the responser is at 14.093.350 He didn't have enough time to tune exactly. But that causes me not to be able to copy the callsign, hence a 'agn' request and usually by now he's close enough for me to tell who it was. As far as I know, there is no rtty equavalent to CWSkimmer. The rtty signal is no more that 200hz wide mark to space. If one side of the signal is out of the tuning passband, no copy. Most contest software employs a AFC that will react fast enough on a strong signal to shift the audio. But a weaker or multiple stations will drive AFC crazy. So far ...hand/eye and ear coordination will beat weak signal AFC detection. I can tell if the station is high/low by ear, and will tune without looking at the display. but as I said, the signal is short duration, so adjustment speed/accuracy is crucial in rtty contesting. Flex has come a long way with digital contesting. CW also. When I got my first Flex...I really was afraid I wouldn't make a go of it. But the code gods at Flex have really strived to make it a contest machine. As a DXing machine, it's in contention for top group. As a contest machine, it still needs some minor tweaking. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "flexRadio List" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Tune steps > > On Aug 30, 2008, at 12:48 PM, FireBrick wrote: > >> 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! > > I am not sure how wheel acceleration would break that. If you see a > station down the band and you want to pounce on it, you tune quickly and > then slow down to do the final tuning. No counting steps. It is all "by > feel". The key thing is that I want to move quickly to get near the > desired frequency and then tune slowly to zero-beat. You really want your > tuning step to be something like 100, 200, or 500 Hz per step while you > are spinning across the band and "getting in the ballpark." Once you are > within 100Hz or so you want to slow down to 1, 2, or 5 Hz per step when > you are down to tuning to zero beat. Seems that some sort of acceleration > would help rather than hinder. > > > 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/
