I had sent a reply that went direct to Dave.   I remember that someone 
on the Friday night net was having a ptt problem (maybe WB9R),  so for 
what it's worth, here it is for the list:

Under tools/preferences drop down menu in echolink, I changed ptt to be 
the spacebar and checked the "momentary" check box.   This lets the 
spacebar act like the ptt button on a microphone:  hold it down and you 
are in TX, release it for RX.

There may be other ways to solve Dave's and Harold's problems, but  this 
is my 2 cents.

73, Steve KW3A


On 5/11/2015 7:51 AM, Dave Allen wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I'm wanting to use Echolink more effectively as a single user. I can tell
> most prefer to use it in sysop mode, and I realise that has some benefits,
> especially if you want to hook a radio up to it. At some point, I may, but
> for now, it's in individual mode that I want to gain better behaviour than
> I'm seeing. Keyboard acommands are helpful, granted, but those only simplify
> some navigational functions.
>
> Now if you've followed me this far, here's what I want ideas on achiving. I
> know what my hot key is for transmit. But what feedback do I get when I
> press it? None at all. I don't believe that is the sighted experience.
> Surely they'd never allow that under normal circumstances.
>
> To be fair, I eventually know that the transmition went out, because when I
> release the PTT key, I hear a satisfying beep, but it seems a bit unfair if
> not unreasonable that the only feedback I get is after the fact. Is there
> some kind of transmit light showing sonmewhere that I can find, and then
> draw a frame around it in order to give me more of the feedback that would
> be useful?
>
> I've hunted around pretty extensively, and can't find anything, although
> maybe that is happening because I don't exactly know what I should be
> looking for. If this was a good old valve job, I'd hear relays to at least
> fool me into thinking things were working. But the silent experience just
> ain't inducing much confidence. So where am I going wrong?
>
> Thanks for listening. I just think there should be more to it than I'm aware
> of so far, so if someone will give me a hint or tell me I'm just asking for
> too much from it, maybe that's just what I have to live with.
>
> 73,
> Dave
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