‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ OPERATORS CALL IS SHOWN, FOR INFORMATION. THE KEYBOARD WINDOW IS THE CENTER OF MOST OF THE ACTIVITY AND IS LOCATED JUST BELOW THE SENT WINDOW. IN NORMAL OPERATION ANY TEXT PLACED IN THIS WINDOW IS SENT TO THE INTERFACE UNIT AND IN TURN TO THE TRANSMITTER IN THE FORM OF DOTS AND DASHES AT THE PROPER TIME. AS A CHARACTER IS SENT, ITS COLOR CHANGES FROM BLACK TO RED AND THE CHARACTER IS ALSO COPIED TO THE SENT WINDOW. ONCE ALL THE TEXT IN THE WINDOW IS SENT AND THERE IS A THREE SECOND PERIOD OF INACTIVITY IN WHICH NO ADDITIONAL TEXT IS ENTERED INTO THE WINDOW, THE KEYBOARD WINDOW IS CLEARED. THE KEYBOARD WINDOW IS ALSO USED FOR COMPOSING OR EDITING MESSAGES. THE AREA ABOVE THE KEYBOARD WINDOW CONTAINS A FEW REMINDERS OF CHARACTERS THAT ARE SURROGATES FOR THE PROSIGNS BT, SK, AS, AR, MEANING FOR EXAMPLE THAT WHEN THE CHARACTER IS SENT, YOU HEAR DI DI DI DAH DI DAH, SK. PRESSING THE ALT KEY CAUSES A KEYDOWN CONDITION FOR TUNING. AN INFORMATION AREA IS LOCATED BENEATH THE KEYBOARD WINDOW AND CONSISTS OF ONE ROW OF FIVE ‰ FROM PAGE 73 ‰ WB4QDX 301 NEWTON CO AG4LS 222 CAMDEN CO WD8LQT 119 WHITE CO KB4SNU 111 TOWNS CO W4VFZ 99 N FULTON CO KI4HPX 95 DEKALB CO W4TGA 70 COWETA CO KL0UD ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ