[WT-support] WT Station Type changing inadvertently

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Olof Lundberg <olof at rowanhouse.com> wrote:

> During RDXC I had RUN2 on three occasions switch to calling itself RUN1. I
> caught it early so it was easy to switch back and correct. The station
> setup was all in a stable configuration with no RFI and such; no reboots or
> restarts during the contest and 'sticky setting' was ticked. I wonder if
> this might have happened by RUN2 accidentally hitting Alt-Y or Ctrl-F3? But
> the Wiki says that these keyboard commands should only change the current
> QSO - it doesn't say that the setting would be toggled. Is the manual wrong
> or is there something else going on?
>

I think you may be taking the wording in the Wiki a little too literally,
but I can try to make it more clear since you found it confusing.

A simple test reveals that pressing Alt-Y or Ctrl-F3 on the last line of
the logging window changes the station type exactly the same as typing RUN1
or RUN2 [Enter], or using the menu equivalent: Commands -> Station Type ->
Run 1 or Run 2.  So yes, the new station type applies to the current
logging line, even if it is the last line in the logging window (the empty
one).  If done with the cursor on the last line, any new QSOs you log on
that computer after that will use the same (new) station type.

I don't see any reason to change it.  It's faster than using the menu or
typing the text commands, if you change station type often.

 One thought would be to reassign those keys to something innocent
>

DEFINEKEYS can certainly be used to map Alt-Y and Ctrl-F3 to "!"
(exclamation point or similar, a key that is ignored), so that the function
is effectively disabled and nothing happens when you hit them accidentally.


> I can't see any reason to change station type in-flight?
>

Station type is often changed if one station is nearing the band change
limit, and the other has band changes to spare.  The very useful "Sticky"
setting in the same menu is relatively new, so it is still common that
people need a way to quickly fix a bunch of QSOs that were accidentally
logged with the wrong station type.  This often happens after a restart.

For those who are unaware, "Sticky" means the station type will stay the
same (RUN1 or RUN2 for M/2, RUN or MULT for M/S), even if you restart or
reboot.  Without that sticky setting checked, Win-Test always changes the
station type back to RUN1 or RUN when it restarts, which often causes much
headache.

I really think "Sticky" should be the Win-Test default whenever you create
a new multi-2 or multi-single log, but I don't think it is.  So you still
need Alt-Y and Ctrl-F3 to fix things quickly.

73,
Bob, N6TV
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