I agree with Greg. FT8 combines the best of 'slow' and 'fast' modes but operationally it's quite challenging because there's a lot of information to absorb and very little thinking time. More automation is appropriate, IMHO.
As far as grabbing a response to a CQ from the stack goes, for general DXing it might be nice if instead of grabbing the first off the stack, it gives priority to (1) unworked DXCC entities, (2) unworked callsigns, (3) anyone else. Just a thought. Also, for stations responding to a CQ, it would be helpful to disable the TX if the CQing station has responded to someone else. 73, Richard G4DYA On 04/07/17 00:59, Greg Beam wrote: > Hi Joe, All, > > After a brief stint in calling CQ, I soon realized my reflexes with the ole > mouse buttons are not what they used to be. I guess I've not been > participating in enough RTTY contests :-) In any case: > > When in RUN mode (calling CQ): > - Would it be possible to assign a single hot-key to grab the First-In > Response to a CQ ? > - Additionally, what about a combination of First-In-First-Out / > Last-In-First-Out check boxes that grabs a response off the stack? > - Maybe an ESM (Enter Sends Message / Right Click ) sends the message from > the Band / Rx Frequency grids > - Lastly, maybe a way to quickly enable / disable ( just in the Band > Activity / Rx Activity) only the responses that contain MY_CALL > > As this is a fast mode with HF contest potential, the items above are well > received in the RTTY community in several major programs. > > I'm finding it difficult to focus on the RX box for responses, click on the > responder, and not grab the wrong call, a;; within a second or so. I could > only imagine how that would be after 24hrs of contesting. I've miss-fired on > this several times already. It could be just me, and I've not been operating > fast modes for a while. > > Anyways, just a few thoughts to ponder. > > 73's > Greg, KI7MT > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > -- Richard Lamont <rich...@lamont.me.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
