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<DIV>Hi Bob,</DIV>
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<DIV>I didn’t see a reply to my questions of December 10th, so I thought I would
ask them again in case you (hopefully) know the answers.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tnx & 73</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kq2m@kq2m.com
href="mailto:kq2m@kq2m.com">Bob Shohet, KQ2M</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 10, 2017 7:20 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=n6tv@arrl.net href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net">Bob Wilson,
N6TV</A> ; <A title=support@win-test.com
href="mailto:support@win-test.com">Win-Test Reflector</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WT-support] Questions</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you Bob for those extremely helpful and detailed answers!</DIV>
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<DIV>Will the developers consider supporting two Computer two Keyboard SO2R and
a two computer lockout? This would make the program much more
powerful and useful for state of the art contest operations now and which are
rapidly becoming more popular.</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, will the developers consider supporting full alternating cq’s on two
computers and without swapping the primary and secondary radio windows?</DIV>
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<DIV>Tnx & 73</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=n6tv@arrl.net
href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net">Bob Wilson, N6TV</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 10, 2017 12:53 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=support@win-test.com
href="mailto:support@win-test.com">Win-Test Reflector</A> ; <A
title=kq2m@kq2m.com href="mailto:kq2m@kq2m.com">Bob Shohet, KQ2M</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WT-support] Questions</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M <SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">1) Will I be able to use WT in SO2R
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<DIV>You can certainly network two computers, one keyboard per computer, but
Win-Test's SO2R features are designed to work only on one computer, with one
keyboard. A couple of motivated folks have managed to make two keyboard
SO2R work while running Win-Test on a single computer using <A
href="http://download.win-test.com/utils/wtRemote-1.1.zip">http://download.win-test.com/utils/wtRemote-1.1.zip</A>,
but much customization and additonal programming is required, which is explained
(though not completely) in the Readme file inside the Zip.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">2) Will it provide a lockout for both
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<DIV>Software lockout between two computers is not supported by Win-Test.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">3) Does it support automatic
alternating cqing for 2 radios with two computers on 2 different
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<DIV>It does not. There's a canned "Alternating CQ" scenario built-in to
Win-Test for use on a single computer, but most people don't like the way it
works since it constantly swaps the Primary and Secondary Radio windows.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">4) Does it have the ability to access
an external DVK and its functions through the keyboard? (F1 for
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<DIV>Yes, if your computer has a 25-pin LPT port, and your external DVK is
configured to be driven by pins on the LPT port, as documented here:</DIV>
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<DIV>But most folks either the sound card in the PC for voice keying, or trigger
the radio's voice memories using LUA scripts (doesn't work with Icom radios due
to missing commands). The newest radios with USB connectors look like
external USB sound cards to Win-Test, and Win-Test can use those instead of the
sound card in your PC. But, since Win-Test only supports a single sound
card for voice keying, this will not work for SO2R Alternating CQs on two
radios.</DIV>
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<DIV>In sum, most folks use other methods, such as an external SO2R box
controlled by Win-Test (e.g. microHAM micro2R, microHAM MK2R+, YCCC SO2R box) on
a single computer, or they run two copies of Win-Test on two computers and use a
custom hardware lockout box to ensure that only one transmits at a time.
The latter does not work well in the WPX contest because there is no serial
number reservation system between computers; the same serial number can be sent
on both, then when you log the QSO, a different serial number can be logged than
the one you sent (send n on both, log n on one and n + 1 on the other).
This is also a problem when using a single computer in SO2R mode.</DIV>
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<DIV>73,<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Bob,
N6TV</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>