[Elecraft] Fwd: [FlexEdge] Field Day, Focus and Contest, Skins?

[Larry Phipps]

Hi Steve. Go to the PowerSDR/IF>Setup>General tab and select the Options 
tab on the second row. In the "Keyboard" section, uncheck  "Quick QSY" 
and then uncheck "Enable Shortcuts".

Larry N8LP



Steve Ellington wrote:
> The below is correct except for the number 5. I set all my keyboard 
> shortcuts to 'none' but if I hit 5 the K3 jumps to 6 meters!
>
> "If you set all of the keyboard shortcuts in the PowerSDR/IF
> Setup>Keyboard tab to "none", then typing while you're in the focus of
> the panadapter will not get you in trouble. "
> Steve
> N4LQ
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Phipps" <n8lp at telepostinc.com>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: [FlexEdge] Field Day, Focus and Contest, 
> Skins?
>
>
>> If you set all of the keyboard shortcuts in the PowerSDR/IF
>> Setup>Keyboard tab to "none", then typing while you're in the focus of
>> the panadapter will not get you in trouble. You could still use
>> shortcuts if you are careful to avoid any key that your logger uses as a
>> shortcut, or any letter or number key which might be used to enter a
>> callsign. In my case, I run N1MM in contests, and I can enter data, tab
>> through the entries, etc. even while my mouse is hovering over the pan
>> display. I use a mouse utility called WizMouse to allow the focus to
>> follow the mouse without clicking. After saving the contact, I can click
>> on another signal and the N1MM entry boxes are cleared and ready to
>> accept new data.
>>
>> I find that it also helps to run PowerSDR in "collapsed" mode to
>> eliminate clutter. This mode is not available in the Flex releases of
>> PowerSDR.
>>
>> It may not be a 100% solution, but it's pretty good and you won't risk
>> having the rig jumping around in frequency if you type while in the
>> focus of the panadapter. And as I said, with N1MM the text even shows up
>> in the call sign entry box as you would want.
>>
>> 73,
>> Larry N8LP
>>
>>
>>
>>> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:54:03 -0700
>>> From: Brett Howard <brett at livecomputers.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: [FlexEdge] Field Day, Focus and Contest
>>> Skins?
>>> To: Lyle Johnson <kk7p at wavecable.com>
>>> Cc: Elecraft Group <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Message-ID:
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>>> I actually had a similar experience however our guys were using the K3
>>> an LP-PAN and PowerSDR I/F.  They'd go to enter the callsign and the
>>> number of the call would send you off to that frequency.  Not to
>>> mention that we were in a white automotive tent which made it quite
>>> bright inside there and it was tough to see the mouse cursor for some
>>> of the ops.
>>>
>>> ~Brett (N7MG)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Lyle Johnson <kk7p at wavecable.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> > ?I think you'll find this interesting.
>>>> >
>>>> > Lyle
>>
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