[Lowfer] Software For A QRSS Beacon

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/13/2010 5:21:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dexter.mc at gmail.com writes:

ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com wrote:
> Does  anyone else make a software program
> for QRSS
Todd,

I still use  KØLR's DOS keyer with a junk 386  PC.

http://www.nutstreet.net/k0lr/pc-keyer/pc-keyer.htm

Just never  had a need to try anything else.

Dex


Hi Dex,
Thanks for  your note and suggestion on using KØLR's DOS keyer
program software for a  QRSS beacon keyer.

I think it will be easier for me to use the newer  ON7YD program now 
that I know how to work around the way the program rounds  off the repeat
function to the next even minute. One can add text or simply  type in the
call several times so it will fill up a time block just short of an even  
minute. Then
the repeat delay can be only a few seconds for a faster beacon speed like  
QRSS3.

I wrote to Rik ON7YD asking him why his program does rounds  off the repeat 
to the next even minute and he said 
he included that feature so if the  sender's computer was synchronized to 
GPS or NIST time then the message would  always start at the top of the 
minute which might be useful for weak signal  work. 

He said he has noted my request and will try to implement it in  the next 
version of his QRS software so if someone is running a faster  beacon like 
QRSS3 or even QRSS1 it will repeat a simple call immediately like a  normal 
beacon. If anyone hasn't tried it yet his program does
have a lot of  useful features and the time delay is of no consequence if 
anyone is running a  very slow beacon like QRSS30 or QRSS60. In fact someone 
might want to extend the  time delay for the beacon repeat to preserve the 
continuity at very slow speeds.  Rik's program allows you to set the delay up 
to several minutes or longer if  wanted.

73 Thanks - Todd WD4NGG