Hi All I hope this feature does not apply, or can be disabled, for EME operation. Perhaps there is some merit for HF operation, but I can see anything good in this for VHF/Microwave and EME.
Standard QSOs may take longer than 5 mins to get established. Also, we sometimes run tests where one station acts as a temporary beacon for more than 5 minutes. 73 Charlie G3WDG > When I made some meteor scatter contacts on 222 MHz using FSK441 I recall > leaving the radio and computer running for hours at a time. I'm doubtful > those qso's would have been completed if the other operator and I had both > needed to interact with our computers every five minutes in order to keep > transmitting. > > 73 > > Mark Spencer > VE7AFZ > netsyn...@gmail.com > > > >> On Nov 16, 2018, at 10:40 AM, WB5JJJ <wb5...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This 5 minute mouse timeout is not a problem for me (most of the time) >> as my WD timer is usually set for 5 minutes. But occasionally the mouse >> timer hits before the WD timer does and no alert is issued our sounded >> (JTA setting). >> >> With all the negative comments about this timer, and no comments one way >> or the other from the developers on retaining this useless feature or >> removing it, I'm left in a quandary as to their thought processes on >> this to begin with. >> >> I for one, see no need in it at all. If somebody wants to run without >> human intervention for and hour at full power and blow out their PA's, >> that's their problem, not mine. >> >> I know of no other feature on any radio or software that protects us >> from ourselves, except for the band edge lockouts on many newer radios, >> which saved my bacon many times when chasing DX as a Technician or >> General class licensee. >> >> George >> >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
