[Dx4win] Incomming spots changing QSO window

[John Shaw]

I have asked this before but no answers other than one other who agreed
he didn't like the way this works either.

Is there a way to stop incoming packet spots from changing the band and
mode in the QSO window.

This is a real pain, I don't have rig control so I don't know it may
work better with that but reading Dennis's post maybe not.

DX4WIN didn't used to do this ver 5.07 but when I upgraded to 7.01 it
now does. I don't know exactly when the change happened.

The problem is that you can be working away say 40m CW and end up
logging the qso as 20m PSK31 or something unless you remain for ever
vigilant.  I want the log to follow what I am doing not someone on the
other side of the world.

The only work around I have found so far other than turning the spots
off and clearing all spots from the spot window is to type something
quickly into the callsign box then hitting home so that when you start
typing a real call you can delete the bogus character ahead of the
curser.  Sometimes the spot beats you, sometimes I forget to do this.
Its not a very good solution and although I don't think I have been
caught out it is very likely to cause errors in the log.

I have been using DX4WIN for over 5 years now and think it is a fine
program and continue to support it.  I like the implementation of
support for LoTW and MTTY in the new version but in my opinion the above
problem is a serious blunder in the operation of DX4WIN.

I have entered it as a bug in the bug reports but never got an
acknowledgement so I don't know if it has been taken on board or not.

73 John ZL1BYZ.