[Dx4win] 3 DIGIT SSB

[Randy Farmer]

>While I am on my soapbox I may as well mention the thorn in my side in
>having to go through all the bands I don't use to get to the one I need.  7
>steps to get to 160 M.  Using the mouse to slide to it is a distraction. If
>a 2 nd digit could be recognized then it would only take 2 steps. ie 16 to
>get 160, 12 go straight to 12 etc.

Are you talking about the Band field in the main QSO window? This 
uses a standard Windows dropdown box and you can shortcut (fairly) 
easily using the keyboard. If you put the cursor in this field and 
type a "3", it will select 30 meters; if you type a "4" it will 
select 40 meters, etc. The only problem is selecting 160, 17, 12, and 
10. You'll find that if you type a "1", it will first roll you around 
the entries beginning with 1. That is, if you're currently on 20, 
typing "1" will take you to 17, 15, 12, 10, 1.25m, 13cm and then 
around to 160. Unfortunately, the dropdown box list includes all 
bands, not just those you select in the "Station" tab of the 
Preferences setup. The inability to recognize a second digit is a 
Windows thing, common to most applications that use standard Windows 
calls to build the controls (it's REALLY annoying trying to select 
from a filter dropdown in Excel). I don't find it too troublesome to 
click on the down arrow, slide the scroll bar until I can see the 
band I want, then click on it. That's just me, I guess. YMMV.

73...
Randy, W8FN
Randy, W8FN