[Elecraft] Subject: Re: Calling CQ on PSK-31

[Phil Hystad]

On May 11, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Jon Perelstein wrote:

> Just because I can see it on the waterfall doesn't mean that I have any idea if it's a CQ or not.  And if it's a short CQ, by the time I click over to it, it's gone.

Which is a good reason to buy an Apple Mac and help to increase my AAPL stock value even more...

The CocoaModem digital interface application that runs only on the Mac has a very nifty feature.  Even if a waterfall trace of a message is over, as long as it is in the displayed buffer you can click on it and see the text of that stream for the amount of the buffer contents that is retained.

This feature allows me to click on any obvious current or previous stream (previous of course is dependent on the buffer history) to interpret the contents.  Often I have caught a CQ call this way and can step right in and respond.

Of course, I  have not used too many other digital interface applications so I am not sure if this particular feature is available elsewhere.