[WT-support] Passing Multipliers suggestion - click on [Alt-J] window to generate a PSE QSY TO message

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Sending "NW PSE QSY xxxx" is something all top single-ops and Multi-Ops do
to move a multiplier, but in Win-Test today, there is currently no way to
automatically generate a message such as:

   QSL NW PSE QSY 7038 7038 OK?   (where 7038 is the current run frequency
of the 40m station at a multi-op).

(The $FREQP and $FREQS message variables can be used to send the frequency
of the primary and secondary radios, but that is not very useful at a
multi-op).

Suggested enhancement:  use the Multi-Op [Alt-J] Status Window
<http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Menu:Windows#Status>for this purpose.

Currently, double-clicking on any frequency displayed in the Status Window
will tune the current radio to that frequency, but that seems like a really
*dangerous feature*, because it could easily put two high power radios on
the same band at a multi-op.  Has anyone ever used this feature?

Instead, I'd like to suggest that if one *single*-clicks on a frequency *of
some other station* in the network, Win-Test, immediately sends the contents
of the new "PSEQSY" macro.  The $PSEQSY message variable could be
programmable via a new line in the "Options" tab of the CW Messages
window<http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Menu:Options#Modify_standard_messages...>,
underneath the $QSOB4 message box, e.g.

   $PSEQSY macro sends:  QSL NW PSE QSY $FREQ $FREQ OK?

where $FREQ is the frequency you clicked on in the [Alt-J] window (Radio 1,
Radio 2, or QSY Freq).  I think the double-click feature should be removed.

I think using the Status window would be much quicker than than trying to
use the Alt-D Pass a Multiplier
Window<http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Multi-op/Passing>for this
purpose, unless it is significantly improved.  That window has a
drop-down list of stations on the network, so it is cumbersome to use, and
besides, it doesn't actually send any "PSE QSY messages" the way you might
expect it to.

73,
Bob, N6TV
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