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Two arrangements of controls are provided for generating and selecting
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Tx messages. Controls familiar to users of program _WSJT_
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appear on *Tab 1*, providing six fields for message entry.
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Pre-formatted messages for the standard minimal QSO are generated when
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you click *Generate Std Msgs* or double-click on an appropriate line
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in one of the decoded text windows.
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//.Traditional Message Menu
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image::traditional-msg-box.png[align="center",alt="Traditional Message Menu"]
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* Select the next message to be transmitted (at the start of your next
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Tx sequence) by clicking on the circle under *Next*.
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* To change to a specified Tx message immediately during a
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transmission, click on a rectangular button under the *Now* label.
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Changing a Tx message in mid-stream will slightly reduce the chance of
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a correct decode, but it is usually OK if done in the first 10-20% of
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a transmission.
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* All six Tx message fields are editable. You can modify an
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automatically generated message or enter a desired message, keeping in
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mind the limits on message content. See <<PROTOCOLS,Protocol
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Specifications>> for details.
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* Click on the pull-down arrow for message #5 to select one of the
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pre-stored messages entered on the *Settings | Tx Macros* tab.
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Pressing *Enter* on a modified message #5 automatically adds that
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message to the stored macros.
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* In some circumstances it may be desirable to make your QSOs as
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shiort as possible. To configure the program to start contacts with
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message #2, disable message #1 by double-clicking on its round
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radio-button or rectangular *Tx 1* button. Similarly, to send RR73
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rather than RRR for message #4, double-click on one of its buttons.
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The second arrangement of controls for generating and selecting
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Tx messages appears on *Tab 2* of the Message Control Panel:
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//.New Message Menu
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image::new-msg-box.png[align="center",alt="New Message Menu"]
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With this setup you normally follow a top-to-bottom sequence of
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transmissions from the left column if you are calling CQ, or the right
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column if answering a CQ.
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* Clicking a button puts the appropriate message in the *Gen Msg* box.
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If you are already transmitting, the Tx message is changed
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immediately.
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* You can enter and transmit anything (up to 13 characters, including
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spaces) in the *Free Msg* box.
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* Click on the pull-down arrow in the *Free Msg* box to select a
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pre-stored macro. Pressing *Enter* on a modified message here
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automatically adds that message to the table of stored macros.
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TIP: During a transmission the actual message being sent always
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appears in the first box of the status bar (bottom left of the main
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screen).
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