[WT-support] Last band change elapsed time in script

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

It's not really possible to do this (precisely) from a LUA script.  There
is no way to set an event timer.

One could do it (approximately) by checking for a band change every time a
QSO is logged, saving the timestamp, and comparing with the last saved
timestamp value, but you would have to assign a different LUA script to
every possible way of logging a QSO, and if you spent 30 minutes on a band
without logging a QSO, the background color still would change.

Perhaps one could try running the script every time the F1 message is
invoked,  but that only works for stations that spend most of their time
CQing.

I think it might be easier to use an  external device, perhaps tapping a
chess clock or a smartphone's built-in countdown timer every time you
changed bands?

Frankly, I don't really understand why this is needed for effective
contesting.  Most contesters change bands as conditions dictate, not by the
clock.

73,
Bob, N6TV
On Jun 16, 2014 11:16 PM, "Manu Tel" <tel.manu07 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I like to know if it is possible to recover the value of last band change
> elapsed time in a LUA script to change the background color after 15
> minutes spent on this band.
>
> Thank you for your help
>
> friendly
> Manu F4FLQ
>
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