[WT-support] DX announcements to the 2nd radio?

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

I believe most SO2R ops use the "Radio 1" and "Radio 2" bandmap
windows<http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Menu:Windows#Radio_1.2C_Radio_2_.28Band_Maps.29>rather
than the DX-Cluster
Announcements window<http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Menu:Windows#DX-Cluster_Announcements>to
move a radio to a spot, since it always loads the frequency into the
correct radio.  These windows also offer more advanced sorting and filtering
options (sort by multiplier, sort by beam heading, sort by callsign, etc.)
than the DX-Cluster Announcements window.
As you have discovered, the Announcements window doesn't provide a way to
load a spot into Radio 2, only to VFO B of the active radio.

I agree this would be a nice feature to add to the DX-Cluster Announcements
pop-up menu:  "Pass frequency to Radio 2".

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Frank Steinke <frank at dl8waa.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm just playing with a simple SO2R setup, two radios connected to the
> computer over serial COM ports.
> A double click into the DX announcements window switches the active
> radio to the spotted frequency. What if I want to set the inactive radio
> to this frequency?
>
> What I would expect is
>  - A double click on the spot while a certain key is pressed (e.g.
> Shift) switches the inactive Radio to the spotted frequency
> It's not a  problem to do this while transmitting on the active radio.
>
> What I found is
>  - Press * key to toggle the active radio
>  - Do the double click to the announcement
>  - Press * key to toggle the active radio
> Due to the fact that the active radio changes, these actions can be done
> only while NOT transmitting.
>
> What have I overlooked?
>
> Thanks,
>
> 73 Frank DL8WAA
>
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