I had the opportunity to spend a couple of hours on the TARA Grid Dip
contest Saturday. I choose to work RTTY with the P3SVGA and FSK D. What a hoot!
Everything worked as it should. Each new contact went better than the previous
one. I had quickly put in a couple of text messages for the contest and they
proved to be adequate.
I have divided the 50 Text message capability into 4 groups CW (12)
PSK31(12) RTTY (12) and an auxillary group of 12. They are accessed as F1 thru
F12 (CW), <SHIFT> F1 thru <SHIFT> F12 (PSK31), <ALT> F1 thru <ALT> F12 (RTTY),
and the aux group, <CTRL> F1 thru <CTRL> F12. Each function key carries
basically the same message, just "personalized" for the particular mode, so
other than remembering the correct pre-key, F! is always "CQ". etc. For the
contest I used the aux group, <ALT> Function Keyes personalized for the Grid
Dip.
To make a long story short, this scheme has worked well for me on CW
and RTTY. I must admit tuning PSK31 has been a bit more of a trial but I have
made a few contacts. Clicking on the browser is a lot easier. :-))
Jim, W4ATK
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