When I made some meteor scatter contacts on 222 MHz using FSK441 I recall leaving the radio and computer running for hours at a time. I'm doubtful those qso's would have been completed if the other operator and I had both needed to interact with our computers every five minutes in order to keep transmitting.
73 Mark Spencer VE7AFZ netsyn...@gmail.com > On Nov 16, 2018, at 10:40 AM, WB5JJJ <wb5...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This 5 minute mouse timeout is not a problem for me (most of the time) as my > WD timer is usually set for 5 minutes. But occasionally the mouse timer hits > before the WD timer does and no alert is issued our sounded (JTA setting). > > With all the negative comments about this timer, and no comments one way or > the other from the developers on retaining this useless feature or removing > it, I'm left in a quandary as to their thought processes on this to begin > with. > > I for one, see no need in it at all. If somebody wants to run without human > intervention for and hour at full power and blow out their PA's, that's their > problem, not mine. > > I know of no other feature on any radio or software that protects us from > ourselves, except for the band edge lockouts on many newer radios, which > saved my bacon many times when chasing DX as a Technician or General class > licensee. > > George > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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