[WT-support] WT RTTY (radio 1) window width - font size

[Art Searle W2NRA]

Hi Larry,

Thank you for the reply.  I am using 2 monitors, a 22 inch and a 20 inch, 
both wide screen monitors.  I find your suggestion unacceptable for RTTY 
contesting.  To set my RTTY windows with a font that is large enough to 
comfortably see for extended periods of time the window is half as wide as 
my monitor.  I tried this in the NAQP RTTY contest.  My RTTY window was 
sized with a font of 12 pr (that is not overly large) and had the ability to 
display 79 characters per row.  Throughout the contest the display never 
used more than 56 characters of that width.  That is a total waste of 30 
percent of that window's space.  MMTTY stand-alone can be set to just about 
any font and screen width you want and line wrap still works.  WriteLog also 
allows this.  So does N1MM Logger.  More importantly, besides just wasting 
space, this problem requires placing other windows with important contesting 
data out of view.  You have to look farther, beyond the RTTY window.  In my 
opinion this is not a minor problem and makes Win-Test almost unusable for 
RTTY contests.  From your reply I assume the programmers of Win-Test have no 
interest in addressing this problem.  Right?

This would be a shame because this program worked so well for me in the ARRL 
DX CW contest and, as I've written before, this software is so close to 
being an excellent SO2V RTTY contesting program.  It only needs to have 
Radio 2 read Radio 1 VFO B and commands to leave the radio in Dual receive 
all the time and something like Ctrl+Right Arrow and Ctrl+Left Arrow to 
switch transmit between VFO A and VFO B incorporated into switching between 
Radio 1 and Radio 2 commands.  Of course in SO2V Radio 1 and Radio 2 are the 
same radio but different VFOs.

73 Art W2NRA
"Keep to the Code!"
w2nra.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurent HAAS - F6FVY" <f6fvy at free.fr>
To: <support at win-test.com>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 07:09 AM
Subject: Re: [WT-support] WT RTTY (radio 1) window width - font size


Hi Art

Art Searle W2NRA a écrit :

> Is there any way to get the WT RTTY window to wrap sooner than 79
> characters?  40 characters is plenty wide for contesting.  Any more is 
> just
> a waste of screen real estate.  Actually the wrap should change with the
> window width but it doesn't.  Is there a cure for this?  Any comments?

The RTTY windows have a fixed size display and can't be modified. If it
takes too much space on your screen, use a smaller font. On my 22 inches
monitor (1680 x 1050) I'm using the 8 points font (or 9, at most).
Another solution is to add another monitor ;-) You easily can find today
old (?) CRT monitors for nothing !

73

Larry - F6FVY
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