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

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

I meant to write "the background color still would NOT change."

73,
Bob, N6TV
On Jun 16, 2014 11:43 PM, "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> 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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