[WT-support] Software lockout for bandchange ?

[Nick F5VIH/SV3SJ]

Hi Tom,

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 13:47, Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:

[...]


> send CW (or voice keyer) to the locked out transmitter. Then
> when the hardware lockout drops a partial transmission will
> be sent. That becomes a real mess.
>
> I built a lockout that stores the CW and forwards it to the
> radio so it can hold the CW during a lockout, but it would
> be much cleaner and work better to simply have a "wait"
> input on the computer.
>

And the delayed transmission of the stored cw message, isn't causing a mess
to your correspondents?

If instead, your lockout system was signaling the locked to be operator that
the other station is TXing wouldn't be more efficient? Assuming that your
lockout is not "last wins" of course.

73's Nick



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