One Transmitter

The 1T1R and 1T2R operating modes use Radio 1. Your WinKeyer must have its KEY 1 output connected to that radio. The two QSO entry boxes in the Log window are labeled  Run  and  Pounce .

Use  Log  ▶  Toggle QSO Entry Focus, Log  ▶  Focus Run QSO Entry,  or  Log  ▶  Focus Pounce QSO Entry  to choose which of the Run and Pounce entry boxes reacts to keyboard input. The box with keyboard focus has an entry field with a thicker border called the focus ring. 

Use  Log  ▶  Toggle Transmit Focus, Log  ▶  Toggle Transmit Run,  or  Log  ▶  Toggle Transmit Pounce  to choose which of the entry boxes tracks changes in radio frequency and mode. The box with transmit focus is identified by a red gumdrop at the top right corner. If you change transmit focus change while a message is playing, the message is aborted.

If you prefer to always have keyboard and transmit focus on the same box, choose the  Transmit focus follows keyboard focus  option in OpMode preferences. When you do this, you give up the ability to enter QSO information in one box while sending a message using the frequency and mode of the other box.

Some  messages  depend on which of Run or Pounce has transmit focus.

Grabbing activities targets the Pounce entry box.

Two Receivers (1T2R)

This operating mode has independent preferences from the 1T1R operating mode but otherwise has all the features described above. In addition, when Run has transmit focus then Pounce tracks the sub-receiver frequency, and when Pounce has transmit focus then the sub-receiver listens to the Run frequency. Also, the  Pounce receive frequency change …  options in  Activities  preferences apply when Run has transmit focus.

A typical 1T2R scenario when using DXCluster to populate activity tables is:

• Enable the  Fills QSO entry from nearby activity  option

• CQ with keyboard focus and transmit focus in the Run pane

• Tune the sub-receiver, stopping when a needed QSO is automatically entered in the Pounce pane

• Listen to the needed QSO when not CQing to determine when to call

• Toggle keyboard focus and transmit focus to Pounce to work the needed QSO while monitoring your run frequency

A typical 1T2R scenario when not using DXCluster might be:

• Enable the  Creates activity from QSO entry and clears entry  option

• CQ with keyboard focus and transmit focus in the Run pane

• Tune the sub-receiver, stopping when you hear a possibly-needed call

• Change keyboard focus to Pounce and type the call

• Tune the sub-receiver away to to add the call to the activity table and clear the Pounce entry pane; grab from the table to work later

• Or, change transmit focus to Pounce to work the call

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