I actually had a similar experience however our guys were using the K3 an LP-PAN and PowerSDR I/F. They'd go to enter the callsign and the number of the call would send you off to that frequency. Not to mention that we were in a white automotive tent which made it quite bright inside there and it was tough to see the mouse cursor for some of the ops.
~Brett (N7MG) On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Lyle Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you'll find this interesting. > > Lyle > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [FlexEdge] Field Day, Focus and Contest Skins? > Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:18:15 -0500 > From: Dr. Howard S. White <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > > Ran the Flex 5000 for Field Day with 2 Flex Newbie's who were Very > Experienced Contest Operators who regularly win major contests. > > The issue quickly became the fact that it was difficult to use the Flex in a > contest environment because the operators had difficulty with the focus of > the keyboard in search and pounce mode. This was not an issue when we held a > frequency as we did not have to touch the radio. > > On several occasions, they would be typing into N1MM, then changing > frequencies, forgetting to move the focus back to N1MM so PowerSDR abruptly > changed the radio frequencies or bands because they typed on the wrong > screen...and of course lost the contact.... It became highly frustrating in > the heat of battle.. > > I had the mouse set so that by hovering over a program it would shift focus > but that was not really good enough in the heat of the contest where the > mouse needs to be hovering over PowerSDR but typing needs to be into the > Contest logger. > > Bottom Line: They concluded that the Flex was not ready for "Prime Time" > Contesting. > > > I seem to recall some discussions on program focus on this reflector but it > is impossible to search this reflector's archives.. > > > A Few of Recommendations: > > > 1. There really needs to be a Contest Skin which removes about 90% of > the controls that you never use in the contest...they could be "set it and > forget it" in the main form and hidden during contests..... You really only > use frequency via mouse wheel, band, filters. > > 2. The Contest Skin needs to integrate a contest logging program such > as N1MM or Writelog into the Skin so that you never have to switch > programs...ideally the logger should show inside the skin. > > 3. In the alternative, remove the ability of the keyboard to interact > with PowerSDR during contests and fix its focus onto the Contest Logger while > fixing the focus of the mouse wheel on frequency changing. > > 4. Or in the alternative, use a second computer for the contest > logger... really ugly solution... > > 5. There needs to be a detailed Knowledge Base Article on Focus for > contesting. > > One other suggestion... move this reflector to a reflector such as Yahoo > Groups which has a searchable archive...so you won't continually have people > asking the same questions all the time. > __________________________________________________________ > Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6 ex-AE6SM KY6LA > Website: www.ky6la.com<http://www.ky6la.com/> > "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" > "Ham Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003& 2007 San Diego Fires, 911" > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using alpha and beta versions of the software. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
