Thanks for the info. One other question. You stated that DXBase requires a second click to turn the rotor after I click on an incoming packet spot, so which field would I click to turn the rotor? Is it in the Rotor Toolbar?
Thanks, RC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "N3OP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Rotor Control > RC, > > When you "click" on an incoming packet spot, a lot of things happen: > > 1. Previous QSOs with that station are displayed. > 2. Band/Mode matrix is displayed showing where you have the country > wkd/cfm. > 3. Name of the country. > 4. Beam heading > 5. Distance. > 6. Manager lookup and/or station address is displayed. > 7. Previous notes for this callsign. > > During normal operation, most folks like being able to see all this just by > a single click. So, we do not automatically turn the rotor. But, a second > click starts it turning. > > Regards, > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "N3OP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 12:03 PM > Subject: [Dxbase] Rotor Control > > > Hi, > > I am thinking about switch from DX4WIN to DXBase, but I have a question > about the rotor interface. I use a Yaesu G800DX rotor, and I plan to > interface it via RS-232 to DXBase. My question is, will my rotor turn when > to the correct heading when I click on a spot in the DX Cluster, or will the > rotor only turn by using the Rotor Toolbar ? > > RC > _______________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jun 10 23:46:15 2004 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim McDonald) Date: Thu Jun 10 23:54:42 2004 Subject: [Dxbase] Rotor Control References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On the beam heading field. Jim N7US ----- Original Message ----- From: "N3OP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Rotor Control Thanks for the info. One other question. You stated that DXBase requires a second click to turn the rotor after I click on an incoming packet spot, so which field would I click to turn the rotor? Is it in the Rotor Toolbar? Thanks, RC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "N3OP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Rotor Control > RC, > > When you "click" on an incoming packet spot, a lot of things happen: > > 1. Previous QSOs with that station are displayed. > 2. Band/Mode matrix is displayed showing where you have the country > wkd/cfm. > 3. Name of the country. > 4. Beam heading > 5. Distance. > 6. Manager lookup and/or station address is displayed. > 7. Previous notes for this callsign. > > During normal operation, most folks like being able to see all this just by > a single click. So, we do not automatically turn the rotor. But, a second > click starts it turning. > > Regards, > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "N3OP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 12:03 PM > Subject: [Dxbase] Rotor Control > > > Hi, > > I am thinking about switch from DX4WIN to DXBase, but I have a question > about the rotor interface. I use a Yaesu G800DX rotor, and I plan to > interface it via RS-232 to DXBase. My question is, will my rotor turn when > to the correct heading when I click on a spot in the DX Cluster, or will the > rotor only turn by using the Rotor Toolbar ? > > RC > _______________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > _______________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase
