Reply to: Re: [Dx4win] Wandering band and mode problem.

Mon, 4 Mar 2002 09:44:37

I am running the CI-V link at 9600bps and here again is the chain of events during the contest this past weekend.

1. Spot comes in on packet. Double click on spot, radio changes freq and mode immediately. 
2. DX4Win places the spot in the callsign window.
3. DX4Win cannot make up it's mind for a mode. Sometimes it picks RTTY but most of the time it picks SAT.
4. SAT is not checked in any of the parameters.
5. The mode and band are GRAY rather than BLACK.

Thanks, W3PT

ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS:

At 06:40 PM 3/3/02 -0700, Charley Scarborough wrote:
>I seem to have similar problems with version 5.03.  My conclusion so far is
>that until a QSO is completed, band and frequency information continue to
>change as radio adjustments are made. ...

>> Now I see this happening on other bands. I can click on the spot and the
>> radio changes frequencies immediately but the logging program band and
>mode
>> just does not seem to be trustworthy. If you do not look at the band and
>> mode when you hit the enter key to log a contact you end up with weird
>bands
>> like SAT and RTTY, etc.

I think you're talking about two different things.  Charley's situation
seems to me inescapable as long as the radio is sending data to the logging
program.  The cure is either to stay with the QSO till it's done -- why
would you do anything else -- or else log it early in the QSO and then
return via PAGE UP to edit it with additional QSO info.

Bob's issue with random wandering mode and band sounds more like RFI
affecting the data.  Does it happen even when you don't transmit?

73, Pete N4ZR

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