Yep. I'm with Carey. Tail-ending is a time-honored tradition in other modes. It works on FT8.
Andew Ellis NO6E Rogue River / Bandon, OR Sent from BlueMail On Oct 15, 2018, 11:24, at 11:24, Carey Fisher <careyfis...@gmail.com> wrote: >I tail-end a lot. I've gotten a lot of contacts that way without >waiting >for a DX station to call CQ which they don't do a lot of times. I >always >make sure my xmt freq is clear before I start this. > >I would like to see a single click populate the DX station field so I >can >check QRZ before actually calling. > >On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 1:24 PM Black Michael via wsjt-devel < >wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> Maybe we have a different opinion of the path-of-least-resistance >here. >> >> If one is running without Hold Tx and dealing with CQ's it's not >logical >> to have to click that to prevent transmitting when your QSO partner >comes >> back with a late RRR or 73. This seems to happen quite frequently. >> >> If you are running with Hold Tx it's not a problem...but even then >it's >> usually too late in the cycle for your transmit to be any good >anyways so >> why enable it by default? If you double-click them early for >tail-ending >> you should have plenty of time to click the button. >> >> I operate about 50/50 between Hold Tx and not so when I get a late >reply I >> really never know what mode I'm in that quickly. >> >> Of course, could be an option as just may depend on operating >> practice...but adding more options has never been a popular solution. >> >> Mike >> >> >> On Monday, October 15, 2018, 12:10:26 PM CDT, Bill Somerville < >> g4...@classdesign.com> wrote: >> >> >> On 15/10/2018 17:59, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: >> > I never tailend a QSO that way...working them split is the way to >go. >> >> Hi Mike, >> >> working split and tail-ending are orthogonal, in fact doing both >should >> be best practice for efficient tail-ending, isn't this a key reason >why >> we have the "Hold Tx Freq" on the main window rather than the >inelegant >> and inflexible "Tx=Rx" it replaced. I don't understand your comment >> about repeats, repeats by the running station will be visible since >> double-clicking them puts you on the other period. Repeats by a >station >> in QSO with the running station are fine, you simply fail to >tail-end, >> no different from tail-ending of phone or CW and you just have to >wait >> your turn again. >> >> >> 73 >> Bill >> G4WJS. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wsjt-devel mailing list >> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >> _______________________________________________ >> wsjt-devel mailing list >> wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >> > > >-- >Carey Fisher >careyfis...@gmail.com > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >wsjt-devel mailing list >wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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