Personally, I think anything that might even slightly improve the chance that an operator might detect the wrong mode is a good thing.
>From the original description, this sounds like a minor code change, so it isn't like it is taking a lot of firmware development time. 73, Bob, WB4SON On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av....@gmail.com> wrote: > With all due respect, however...... > > There are two times during a contest when I can get tripped up with > SPLT or LINK or anything else that is not a firm habit or totally > rote: > > STUPID -- my usual state after 24 hours with only scattered sleep, > worsened by pileups not there to keep me energized and rates gone down > and having to slog it out. Nothing fixes STUPID except 8 uninterrupted > hours of sleep and cranial transplants. No flashy, whizzy change on > the panel display will fix STUPID. > > LAZY -- That's when I get on because there's nothing else to do, I'm > sleepy but can't go to sleep. More to the point, my basic attitude is > irritated, irritated at whatever. Anything that bothers me is someone > else's fault. My wife leaves me alone when I'm like that. I try not to > write emails when I'm like that. I screw up SPLT because I'm not > paying attention, because I don't want to pay attention. No flashy, > whizzy change on the panel display will fix LAZY. > > DISTRACTED -- That's when there's more than one thing going on. That > would be radio plus whatever. The whatever's are around all the time, > need to scratch my b*tt, a bird flies past the window, a dog barks, > multi/multi contest and the rates are down and the other ops are > sending limericks around on the MM network. DISTRACTED is something we > all need to manage, and don't want to, see LAZY. No flashy, whizzy > change on the panel display will fix DISTRACTED. > > PAYING ATTENTION is the owner's responsibility. No one else's. > > SOME things would fix what seem, by the greater experience in Elecraft > owner land, to be natural born trip hazards. Like guard rails to > minimize the damage when a driver runs off the road, but the driver is > still responsible. > > Could be an option to flash the delta f LED, but that is as far as I'd > go. But even then after a time people will even tune out the flashing > delta f LED. I normally do NOT perceive the flashing TX LED while I'm > operating. Flashing TX LED is normal, and my mind has tuned out > normal, looking listening for what's different, like the sound and > smell of the Sabre-Tooth Tiger, back in my cave man days. > > The effect of flashy, whizzy change on the panel display will last > until the subconscious human brain figures out that flashy, whizzy > change on the panel display is NORMAL, and then the subconscious will > tune it out, so it can listen for the Sabre-Tooth Tiger. > > 73, Guy > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Ted Roycraft <roycr...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > Bingo! No amount of flashing on the K3 screen is going to correct poor > > operating habits. Nothing can substitute for good operating practices > which > > become habits. It takes 2 seconds to check the K3 status before > sending. > > Make a habit. If you don't do that, you won't see anything flashing on > the > > screen either. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wb4...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
