[Elecraft] N1MM Contest Logger VFO B issue, USB-Serial, & Serial CW Keying

[Jack Brindle]

I think there is another way to look at this. N1MM Logger is the  
center point of what you do in the contest. You should make changes  
in N1MM Logger, and have it change the radio instead of doing the  
same thing on the radio. That way Logger is always under control. The  
exception to this is changing frequency within a band, where Logger  
simply cannot do the QSY fast enough (for my taste). N1MM _can_ do  
the QSY properly, but I find it to be a bit slow.

I don't remember if just clicking in the VFO B window will cause the  
radio to select the B VFO, but there is a command to do so which also  
changes focus to that window and changes the VFO selection  
simultaneously.

More and more, the computer is where the contest is, not the radio!

On Oct 30, 2006, at 7:03 AM, Randy Moore wrote:

> I replied to the original post on this, and I believe I came to the  
> wrong
> conclusion. My excuse is that I'm new with N1MM !
>
> When I tested this, I activated VFO B by just switching the VFOs on  
> the K2.
> That activated the VFO B bandmap, and I concluded that VFO B was the
> "active" (my term) N1MM VFO.  But after reading Ken's post below, and
> playing with the Logger some more, I realize that even though the  
> VFO B
> bandmap is activated by switching to that VFO on the K2, the VFO A  
> data
> entry window still has the focus and consequently the log entry  
> reflects VFO
> A.  Apparently one must click on the VFO B data entry window to  
> make VFO B
> "active", no matter which VFO is selected on the K2.  This is a little
> confusing because the K2 will be transmitting on whatever VFO it  
> has active,
> but maybe this is the desired behaviour for some reason???  My  
> appologies
> for any confusion I may have created.
>
> 73,
> Randy, KS4L
>
>>
>> Hi Mark:
>>
>> I'm no expert on N1MM logger but I have used it with the K2.
>> I just tried it using v6.10.10, but I know this has worked
>> before with earlier versions. When you use both VFO A and VFO
>> B, you need to have 2 data entry windows open, one for A and
>> one for B. There are key shortcuts to switch back and forth
>> between A and B but if you simply click in the bandmap for
>> VFO B, the focus for everything switches to the VFO B entry
>> window and anything entered there will be entered correctly
>> into the log. If you then click on the bandmap for VFO A,
>> everything shifts back to the entry window for VFO A and the
>> data will be logged correctly with VFO A data. If you have
>> ONLY the entry window for VFO A open and use that for data
>> entry while using VFO B, then only VFO A data will be entered
>> into the log. This has worked for me using both "real" serial
>> ports as well as the "USB-to-serial" connections.
>>
>> I haven't read the help manual/file lately (I must before
>> next weekend), but it used to be explained fairly well in there.
>>
>> The only problem I have had with N1MM and using both VFOs is
>> with operating split and getting the software to send on A
>> while listening on B and vice versa.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> 73,
>> Ken K3IU
>
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- Jack Brindle, W6FB
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