I strongly agree with Mark’s comment—I have had the same experience with 2 M meteor scatter contacts. Please see my comment yesterday to the WSJT team requesting that this timer be made user configurable. I do hope the team considers this request.
73, Gary, N2AMC From: Mark Spencer [mailto:netsyn...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 2:20 PM To: WSJT software development <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] 5 minute mouse timeout 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<mailto:netsyn...@gmail.com> On Nov 16, 2018, at 10:40 AM, WB5JJJ <wb5...@gmail.com<mailto: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<mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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