I wouldn't use the spacebar myself. I usually use ctrl (right ctrl if you can choose, and I think you can). But also set to momentary.
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> On May 11, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Steve Forst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> 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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