this is awesome! I wish I had paid more attention before field day as I could shave logged as well as operated. I will have to go get a copy and see how it likes my windows xp virtual machine on my mac. if it goes well i will be able to help log. and the bluetooth keyboard will be handy cause i can put the laptop on top of the rig or next to it  since i won't need a display 
On Jul 10, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Doug Payne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> HI Dave,
> 
> I frequently use N1MM with JAWS. I have a very modest station, though, so
> the settings I use may not be useful to you if you are a "big gun". Still:
> 
> -- At the start of the contest, I toggle Alt+F11. This prevents N1mm from
> automatically switching to S&P mode when the frequency is changed. I
> sometimes have to adjust my frequency slightly while in run mode, because I
> get blown about by more powerful stations.
> -- on the Function keys  tab in the configuration dialog, i uncheck "ESM
> sends your call once in S&P, then ready to copy exchange". Stations often
> don't hear me on the first call.
> -- You have already discovered the joys of enter sends message "ESM". To
> check whether a call is a dupe in S&P mode, I entger the callsign, then
> press enter. If it is not a dupe, NN1mm will call the station, otherwise it
> will do nothing. Also, after entering the callsign, you can route the JAWS
> cursor to the PC cursor, then read that line with the JAWS cursor. You will
> hear "Dupe!" (after the other info is read) if the station is a dupe. It may
> be possible to set up a JAWS frame around this, so this is announced
> automatically whenever a duplicate is encountered, but I have not tried
> this.
> 
> --Doug, AC7T
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of David Simpson
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:01 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Tips on N1MM logger?
> 
> Hi.
> 
>                I'm going to be on a three-op, dual radio team for this
> weekend's WRTC run-up under the call AA3K. The other two guys on the team
> use N1MM logger, which I've installed and configured pretty well with JAWS
> 14 on a Windows 7-64bit  machine. Now that I know how easily one person can
> use one keyboard to send CW and log, it really opens my world to contesting.
> If you haven't used it, and this sounds tempting, definitely download and
> try it; it's free. I only got to connect it to one of the radios for about
> 10 minutes, last weekend, but I saw how, as you type in the call sign of a
> station who is calling you, you just press enter to make a transmission that
> includes his call sign and your information. Then, the program automatically
> populates his RST field (with a 599, of course) and guesses at his IARU
> zone, based on his call sign. If what he/she sends agrees with what has
> automatically been entered, you just hit Enter and the program sends "tu"
> and your call, and you're ready for the next contact. I see how easily one
> can use the JAWS utility "Custom Label Assign" to give the fields more
> meaningful labels-both in speech and Braille.
> 
>                I'm looking for any other tips or suggestions from blind
> hams who have used N1MM for awhile, especially those who use it with JAWS or
> NVDA. Maybe I'm the only one who didn't realize what all the hype for N1MM
> was all about. Now that I do, I'm really excited about working contests,
> even when I'm sole op at the home station. It finally feels like I can keep
> up.
> 
> 
> 
>                By the way, check out the Morse Runner software (also free)
> for a phenomenally realistic contest practice experience. It's like Flight
> Simulator for the blind ham. You can choose to have it give you pile-ups,
> and you can choose conditions like QRM, QRN, flutter, QSB, lids, etc. The up
> and down arrow keys adjust your RIT; pdup and pgdn control key speed;
> function keys have preprogrammed messages, and the logging functions and the
> function key functions seem to be modeled on N1MM Logger. I can rack up and
> log about 120 Qs and hour, so far. It's even pretty useable with a Braille
> display. The only warning . it's definitely addictive.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> 
> 
> Dave  W I 3 Y
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