The unintended consequences of neutering Ping is that Connect/SNRR/DISC is the new Ping.

I find this change to make VarAC less useful; especially when trying to ascertain the viability of contact with weak stations. The Ping now times out before completing on good contacts like -04. This is a functional hobbling of VarAC IMO.

TL;DR If you use VarAC on 60M, you risk DHS busting down your door at 3 AM and shooting your dog. ;)

Oh my

I only like to use ham radio when I can have the very best signal, too. Weak signals are too stressful ;) 59 all the way!

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doh! ;) I have had so many people start chatting when I am AWAY, I forgot that they "should" be seeing a pop-up. I just rarely see it and others seem to not see it or ignore it. Maybe it is losing focus on some systems?

What happened? Were you able to ultimately make your contact?

I just wish people would pick up their relays. I think ops miss the notifications that they have mail waiting. I delete the relays and old outbox messages after about a month.

Copy the VarAC.exe from the Zip file into your VarAC folder, click it and have fun!

I read a lot of messages on this forum and on Facebook. Seems a lot of complaints at both ends of the spectrum - too much traffic vs not enough traffic. Pfft I'm glad my lane is down the center line with blinders. ;) I use ALL the features availed to me in VarAC and find no shortage of fulfillment.

When in doubt, go wide open. QRO ;) It may not improve the situation but will end the suspense.

Maybe have the AWAY message trigger a large size canned banner in the data stream or pop-up that says the op is away and to try leaving a Vmail. The AWAY could just be the trigger. The single word "AWAY" gets lost in the data stream. Too many people are connecting to me and then still thinking someone is there to chat and/or QSY. AWAY just doesn't seem to be noticeable enough.

This is my case - usually I hear others better than they hear me. I can hear stations that never seem to receive my call. I'm using 90W with 600 Hz filter.

Running Win 11 Pro Insider Preview and never had an issue with VarAC or VARA

Forcing a QSY would seem to be the remote operation of another's (unattended?) station. I'm not sure the legality of such and probably varies by country. Would that make you a remote operator, possibly of a station in another country? All the hand wringing about the QRG seems a bit much at times.

I run Win11 and have since I started using VarAC. I was running a Signalink on a Icom 756 Pro III and now the built-in digital on a Flex 6400M. Thankfully, never had an issue.

If you are going to click a Home button, why not just click where you want the cursor to be?

Maybe as an auto-disable option. You can Beacon on any frequency, not just the CF

I'm always aware. Caring can be another matter ;)