Frequency Scheduler suggestions/requests
Hi Irad and group,
I´ve two questions/suggestions concerning the frequency scheduler. Q1:
Is it expected behaviour that the freqency scheduler only changes "in realtime" at the time which is stated in the scheduler? To make my question more clear:
e.g. my scheduler says 0900 14.105.000 and 2000 7.105.000
I start up my VarAC at 1200
I click FREQ SCHEDULE ON
now nothing happens. My expectation was that the scheduler recognizes the actual time and compares it with "his" entries and reacts according to the entries in the scheduler and changes to 20m after activating.
In my example the scheduler in 13.0.1 changes the QRG the next day at 0900. In my opinion he would change it immediate after clicking FREQ SCHEDULE ON
Q2:
Set beacon-activation for each entry in the frequency scheduler?
I usually have "Start Beacon at startup" switched to "OFF".
When using the frequency scheduler I thought it would be good if I could tell VarAC, that when the scheduler is active he´s able to turn beaconing on. Maybe a checkbox could be in the scheduler beneath each line which says "Bcn?". This setting overrides the "standard-setting" for beaconing, set in "Start Beacon at startup".
What do you think about that?
73 de Lenz,
DL8RDL
Hi Irad,
thanks for your answer.
What you describe is rather easy to answer. When no time is defined, nothing happens. You give the example 12:00-13:00 20m. Out of the given times simply nothing happens if I activate the scheduler e.g. at 15:00. If I startup my rig at 12:34 and I activate the scheduler, the rig switches to 20m. That´s the only thing I meant. By the way: I do not request the ability to enter time-ranges like "from 15:00" "to 17:00". It is good as it is.
See my example:
I´ve set my rig
0900 20m
2000 40m
e.g. I run on 15m, doing QSOs at a time of 14:45. Then I decide to switch on the scheduler at 14:50. In this moment, the scheduler recognizes the time and switches over to 20m. That is what I meant. Think about, it is not a major subject of course.
73 de Lenz!