[WT-support] Feedback from WPX SSB

[Braco OE1EMS]

Messagehi andy,

first congratulation on great WPX score!

i wrote my commets/answers down in your mesage with red letter!

73
de OE1EMS/E77DX
Braco

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  From: Andy Cook, G4PIQ 
  To: support at win-test.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:33 PM
  Subject: [WT-support] Feedback from WPX SSB


  I ran my second serious contest with Win-Test as M6T SOAB during WPX SSB. I had SO2R better configured this time but I still ran across a few problems. 

  1. There were occasions where pressing any of the DVP keys would put the active radio into transmit, but would connect the microphone rather than play the DVP message. I think this was usually after aborting a DVP message on the second radio (e.g. via shift F4 and pressing Esc before the message completed). Needed to restart Win-Test to get everything working again. Probably happened about 20 times during 36 hours operating. 

  2. Sometimes the outgoing DVP messages would become chopped-up as if another process was getting CPU time priority. Again - needed a restart. Happened about 10 times during 36 hours operating.

  3. When running alternating CQs in SO2R mode (using the default macro), when it came to answer a caller (so using the microphone, not sending a DVP message) sometimes the PTT and microphone line would be directed to the wrong radio. I think I cleared this with a couple of presses of the * key and then sending a DVP message. Only happened about 5 times, but I didn't use alternating CQs very much (< 1 hour). 
  Have same Problem before (not in this WPX).....i am happy to heard this is not a EZ MASTER Problem..... :)
  i usualy cleard this pushing the foot switches few times !


  4. I couldn't see how to configure Latch mode. I only had 2 COM ports on the PC and those were being taken up by the radios. I tried (briefly) configuring various other fake SO2R controllers on one of those COM ports as a test, but still couldn't get Latch mode to work. So my technique for working someone on the second radio was a rather clunky, SHIFT-F4, *, enter callsign, send report, hit enter, *.

  Then I have three feature requests. These fall into the category of - can we make Win-Test behave more like TR Log - for which I apologise. I used TR for a long time and it really does have a very slick SO2R interface - but equally, I'm happy to be told that I'm just not using Win-Test right though!

  1. When in alternating CQ mode, as soon as you start to enter a callsign, drop the CQ on the second radio and return PTT and microphone to the radio where the caller is. Currently Win-Test seems to wait until the end of the DVP message to do this (or at least doesn't abort quickly enough with Esc) and I was left with a lot of awkward pauses. 
  you cann stop DVK mesage  pressing the foot switch of radio you want TX. at least this work with EZ MASTER (using configuration with 2 foot switch)

  2. Strangely, I find having to either toggle CAPS LOCK on or off, or hold the SHIFT key down to enter a callsign in the 2nd radio window awkward (especially when your fingers are frozen!), and more so having to hit SHIFT-F11 to clear the window if it's a dupe, or SHIFT-CTRL-ENTER to clear it and put it into the bandmap. Is there any config which makes this as simple as TR's ALT-D, enter Callsign, ENTER to do a DUPE check, MULT check, band map enter and if not a dupe line up ready to call with just the SPACE bar. 
  caps lock or/and foot switch binds secondary radio is ok for me, but missing immediatly dupe check (2nd radio) and auto band map entery (also for "main radio"in Run mode)
  it will be also fine to have both radio windows same

  3. Aborting CQs with Esc isn't instant - it takes a few hundred ms which means a few more lost characters when you realise that someone was just starting to call you as you hit F1 or the auto CQ went off. 
  Dooing this with footswitch working fine. with MK2R+ you cann even chose which radio cann interupt TX (first one or last wins) like this option! 

  Configuration was P4 1.6 GHz, 1 Gb RAM, Win XP Pro SP2, Homebrew SO2R controller from LPT port.

  If anyone can shed any light on any of these problems (do others see them as well), that would be really helpful. I've made the switch to Win-Test now (reconfigured my SO2R controller!) - just need to get it working 100%.

  73,

  Andy, G4PIQ


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