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


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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.
>>
>>
>>
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