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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear WT development team,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>please accept my congratulations: Inspite of it's
enormous and ever increasing functionality WT worked extremely stable and
flawlessly - leave alone some small hick ups, which most likely are due to
either my 1GHz NB or the combination of the notebook and the
microKEYER.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I took part in the HP mixed mode class, i.e. CW and
SSB on all bands. Agreed, it does not make a lot of sense to work as many
HQ-stns as possible on as many bands as possible in as many modes as possible if
you are in for a big total score. However, for me, it is some sort of a thrill
to work a HQ-stn on all 6 Bands in both modes, i.e. log the HQ-stn 12 times.
This ambition is not really supported in WT. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>May I, therefore, suggest that WT in the HQ-window
does not just change the colour of the band the HQ-stn has been worked on but
select the colour of such marking according to the mode</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(a) worked in CW (maybe blue)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(b) worked in SSB (maybe yellow)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(c) worked in CW *and* SSB (maybe
green)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The same methodology could be applied in the
Multiplier Window, which would make it even simpler to identify, which mode is
needed on which band.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for looking into this matter.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As far as the little hick ups - mentioned above -
are concerned they are well known to you. Over the years the situation has
become much more stable and the hick ups occur less and less:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(1) The way I set up the routine messages in CW is
to send the 599 very fast and to slow down on the zone or the number or whatever
intelligent information needs to be exchanged. This works fine in 98% of all
cases. However once or twice per hour the PC (or the microKEYER??) does not slow
down for the intelligent part of the message. It just keeps on transmitting in
high speed. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(2) In SSB I love the ease of recording and playing
messages offered by WT. Works great!! 95% of all messages played of course is
the F1-message, i.e. calling CQ. In my case the auto repeat function is always
active. What happens every now and then is an enormous delay between the moment
the computer activates the repeat message and actually modulating the TRX with
the message. What happens is, that the TRX changes its status from RX to TX with
some sort of a clicking noise exactly at the moment programmed in the auto
repeat feature, but then no speech for 3 to 5 seconds. Quite odd. This never
happens at the beginning, i.e. immediately after pressing the F1 key the
computer feeds my CQ message to the TRX (IC-7800). If nobody answers, the
computer continues to repeat the message after the specified interval has
passed. However after the third or fifth or seventh repetition there is this
strange delay. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfortunately I am completely unable to detect any
pattern, if and when these hick ups occur. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This input of mine should not really disturb your
good nights rest. Yes, it's a bit annoying, but I can easily live with that.
Most likely it has to do with the stability of my 7 year old 1GHz notebook,
which has littele memory left over because of the many programs loaded. I will
buy a new notebook before long - of course I sincerely hope that WT will run
under VISTA - and I just feel that these two problems will then be
gone.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Once again thanks for a great contest logger (and
your most interesting presentation of the FY5KE - whereabouts in
Friedrichshafen. I honestly believe you should install an air conditioner in the
shack!!)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>vy 73 de Rudy, DJ3WE</FONT></DIV>
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