Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
You have obviously not used N1MM Logger or Writelog as the user can
edit calls or other information in the entry window and have the update
reflected in macros already in process.
The aim is to respond immediately to the station that has just called.
Both contesting programs can be configured to start sending CW
automatically after the first few characters of a callsign have been
typed in. In reality this does allow the operator to finish typing the
rest of the callsign, ahead of the computer, so the other station hears
a very prompt response containing his complete callsign with no glitches
or hesitations.
That is a function of the software - and works with either direct (PC
generated) or Winkey CW generation.
The developers simply will not consider support for any form of CW
generation that does not provide support for that feature or is
transceiver specific. This constant carping for "KY support" is going
nowhere - it is a non-starter as far as a major segment of the
developer community is concerned.
That's correct - we have already passed the Point Of No Return on this
one. There is no point in software developers attempting to support
several fragmented subsets of the KY protocol on different rigs (*none*
of which currently supports the needs of all users) when the WInkey
protocol is already there and does it all.
Now if the K3 could have built-in support for the Winkey protocol, that
would be a very different matter! But that's for the future; and in the
meantime the hardware Winkey option is already available.
I was a very reluctant convert to the Winkey chip, because "Who needs
yet another paddle-driven keyer? I've already got three, and still only
one keying hand!" Instead, I decided to use the Winkey chip in a
minimalist way as a simple "Morse Modem" - a small dongle that has only
an ASCII serial input and a Morse output. Used in this way, it needs no
paddle input or manual speed control; the keying speed is controlled
entirely by the host software (N1MM) which can also command the chip to
switch its keying output between two different rigs. The only feature
lost by not using the Winkey's own paddle inputs is the ability to
interrupt outgoing CW by touching a paddle - and the Esc key works fine
for that.
--
73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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