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Improvement to CWX under SmartSDR
It would be great to be able to have a CQ repeat automatically with a programmed delay. You could use the escape key or a press of the code key to cancel it. This would be very useful for contesting.
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This function is built into most contesting software. N1MM drives the Flex radios wonderfully and can do exactly what you ask.
Mike va3mw
While we're at it, we may as well add this feature I wished PowerSDR had: If the # key is seen and then CWX postion 12 would be used as "our" contest exchange. If there was a second number, it would increment the first by that amount (usually one, but conventionally present to indicate there should be an increment)
A flex control about 4 or 5 buttons for programmable call time would be ideal.
Similar to using Icon or Yaesu with FH-2 and programmable internal memories.
The other part is that their product management team has to take into account what other feature would have to be deferred to make this happen and how much of the install base would benefit?
I'm speaking as someone who manages part of a software development company, so I guess I know more about how software is developed behind the scenes than most.
73 all, de va3mw
Correct me if I'm wrong, you are saying Andrew's idea is not important enough for Flex to spend time on at the expense of maybe some of your ideas? I'm sorry. I do try to get along with this group but the few that talk for Flex marketing, Flex development, Flex Engineering, Flex sales and Flex support and are not associated with any of these teams does nothing but discourage open conversation about ideas.
If Flex is going to say that they are 100% behind contestors (there is or was a contest czar to represent contestors) and contestors are the driving force behind Flex's decisions then a simple repeat function on CWX doesn't seem to be out of the realm of consideration. In fact, I think it is pretty freaking odd that it was not included as a basic function.
My 2 cents... I would rather openly discuss ideas and their technical or operational merit and let Flex take care of the business issues. I'm speaking as someone who may know less about how software is developed behind the scenes than most and doesn't really care. That's Flex's business.
Apologies to the community in advance. Hot button pressed. I'll fade away for a little while now.
73,
Kevin K4VD
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73, Jay - NO5J
Some of our Alpha team members like Michael are also software development professionals and have an intimate understanding of carefully balancing development resources to achieve the greatest ROI, so comments like working on things that positively affect the greatest number of users rather than working on other features that have a more limited audience is not belittling your feature request or idea, it is just how smart business is conducted. If we had unlimited development resources, we could do all these great ideas that people put forward in short order. Unfortunately, we do not so we have to prioritize and some ideas will become reality later than others.
Also smartsdr should have a Voice memory function.
Just any other radio on the marked have theese functions already.
I love my flex6600 dont misunderstand that, but beeing forced to use 3rd party software for something that should be in radiosoftware make the smartsdr not so smart in contesting and cw in generel.
oz1hdf
FRLogger has a CW panel. Even if you didn't like the Logger or the rest of the program the CW panel offers many things including looping of CW macros, insertion of variables, speed changes, timed delays etc.
It is possible in FRLogger to write a macro that:
sends: CQ CQ CQ DE WS7M
delays 5 seconds
then loops to repeat until the esc key is hit.