FYI, looks like this new feature was recently added to the wt 4.10.0-dev nightly "development" build (<a href="http://download.win-test.com/v4/nightly" target="_blank">http://download.win-test.com/v4/nightly</a>):<div>
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<div>- Auto CQ : New option in the appropriate dialog to halt the auto CQ<br> with the Esc key only. Equivalent text commands are RPTESCONLY and<br> NORPTESCONLY.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div>
<br></div><div>73,<div>Bob, N6TV</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net" target="_blank">n6tv@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">CT supported a command line switch "-FO":<div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div>-FO AB6FO flag for single-operator, multi-transmitter use. Don't stop transmitting when a key is struck while in repeat mode.</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Which means that a repeating CQ could only be interrupted by pressing Escape.</div><div><br></div><div>I can find no equivalent in Win-Test. It is <i>very</i> useful, late in a contest, when you are calling a lot of repeating CQs, and you want to dupe check callsigns heard in the Sub Rx or Second radio, without interrupting the repeating CQ, and without switching the window focus using the CapsLock or Shift keys.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Would it be difficult to add this feature to Win-Test, perhaps as a new checkbox option in the <a href="http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Menu:Tools#Automatic_CQ_repeat" target="_blank">Automatic CQ Repeat</a> dialog, "Halt Auto CQ with Escape Key only".</div>
<div><br></div><div>I realize there are a lot of other feature requests that are more important, but maybe this one would be pretty easy to implement, with little risk of breaking anything.</div><div><br></div><div>73,<div>
Bob, N6TV</div>
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