‰ NOW 40 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JULY 2007 QST PAGES 37, 38 AND 73 ‰ MEANS FOR ENTERING THE CALL OF THE STATION BEING WORKED. WHEN CLICKED, A WINDOW POPS UP FOR ENTRY OF THE CALL. FINALLY, THE CONTROLS FOR SETTING KEYER TIMING PARAMETERS ARE LOCATED AT THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER. USING THE SCROLLING CONTROLS, SPEED, WEIGHT, WORD ‰ FROM PAGE 73 ‰ N5DHG 388 GARLAND W5BJ 215 SMITH CO N9JN 200 IRVING KA1CWM 142 OKLAHOMA 161 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 ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ TOR CONFIGURATIONS DEFINED FOR HIMSELF SUCH AS, ONE FOR WORKING DX, ONE FOR CONTESTING, ONE FOR RAGCHEWING AND ONE FOR FIELD DAY. THE EDIT MENU ALLOWS YOU TO EDIT KEYER FEATURES AND MESSAGES. THE 12 MESSAGE BUTTONS ARE JUST BENEATH THE PULLDOWN MENUS. THESE BUTTONS HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS PRESSING THE CORRESPONDING FUNCTION KEYS. WHEN CLICKED OR IF THE CORRESPONDING FUNCTION KEY IS PRESSED, THE CONTENTS OF THE PARTICULAR MESSAGE ARE COPIED TO THE KEYBOARD WINDOW. EACH OF THE MESSAGE BUTTONS IS LABELED WITH A SHORT TITLE, SELECTED BY THE OPERATOR, TO REMIND HIM OF THE CONTENTS OF THE MESSAGE. YOU WILL APPRECIATE THESE IF YOU HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED BY PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE NOTHING REGARDING THE CONTENTS OF THE MESSAGE, FORCING YOU TO MAKE A LIST TO KEEP NEARBY. ONE CAN VIEW THE ACTUAL CONTENTS OF A PARTICULAR MESSAGE BY PLACING THE CURSOR OVER A MESSAGE BUTTON. THE MESSAGE CAN ALSO BE VIEWED BY CLICKING EDIT / MESSAGES / MESSAGE BUTTON. THE SENT WINDOW IS LOCATED JUST BELOW THE MESSAGE BUTTONS AND SHOWS TEXT THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO THE TRANSMITTER. THIS WINDOW IS FOR VIEWING ONLY AND CANNOT BE EDITED. JUST ABOVE AND TO THE LEFT OF THIS WINDOW, THE CURRENT ‰ FROM PAGE 73 ‰ 108 BARBOUR CO K8RWW 107 COLORADO 144 DISTRICT 25 KI0KY 144 ALABAMA 625 TUSCALOOSA KG4AMK 200 MONTGOMERY CO WB5NMZ 102 MORGAN CO W9KOP 95 MOBILE CO KD4DLJ 88 BUTLER CO WA9LXJ 88 FT DEPOSIT WQ4V 52 GEORGIA 1139 GWINNETT CO ‰ END OF 40 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ