So what does GCBAD mean? It's an abbreviation used by my once-teenage
son and friends for Got Caught Being A Dork.
And I GCBAD again for failing to activate SPLIT.
I know we talked about this before. I have pretty much kept myself
honest by using a macro to activate split and the subreceiver, etc. But
it's still possible to get caught.
I've thought about it a lot based on the original discussion. I think
there is only one thing (short of a bionic brain transplant) that would
help me:
Optionally make the transmit cursor on the P3 and PSVGA either bright
yellow or 'flash' (change intensity, not totally go on and off) slowly,
or both.
I focus on the pileup, looking at the P3 and listening to the
subreceiver to find the best spot to call. The problem is that I can
turn on the subreceiver and do all this without activating SPLIT. I need
an indication that I can't miss that says YOU ARE TRANSMITTING HERE.
I personally don't see red very well, so that's why I suggested yellow.
The red transmit cursor doesn't stand out well for me. But some 8% of
males have a problem of color perception, and my particular handicap is
the most common.
Note -- I said /optionally/. I know it would drive some folks nuts.
--
73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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