Send WAE QTC traffic on CW

The QTC window took traffic down and read it out of the log, but nothing left
the window: on CW the operator had to send the lines by hand. It now puts them
on the air through the entry window's keyer, the way N1MM's QTC window sends
through its own entry window, so the same macros are expanded and the same
transmitter is pointed at first.

Sending a series: Send Hdr keys the header, Send1 to Send10 key one line each —
the time, the callsign and the serial number — and Close keys the TU message
when one is set. Taking one down: Hdr Agn asks for the header again, and shift
with Enter in a box asks for that one field again and clears it.

The messages and their defaults are N1MM's: AGN TIME, AGN CALL, AGN SERIAL, the
hard-coded HDR AGN with its two spaces, and a TU that sends nothing until the
operator writes one. So is the field spacing, written N1MM's way with S for a
space. All five are in Setup, where the note about the missing settings used to
be.

Nothing is sent on SSB or RTTY. N1MM plays four recordings on SSB and sends
RTTY from its digital window, and there is neither here, so on those modes the
buttons move the cursor as before. RX Ready sends nothing on any mode, because
a recording is all N1MM ever sends from it. Serial numbers go out as digits:
N1MM can send cut numbers and nothing here does, in any message.

Driven under Xvfb against a fake cwdaemon, in a WAE CW contest with four
contacts logged. Sending, it keyed QTC 1/2, 2257 DL1AAA 01, 2257 DL2BBB 01,
then QTC 2/2 with its two lines and TU DE W1ABC on close. Receiving, HDR  AGN,
AGN TIME, AGN CALL and AGN SERIAL.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RoGtneMQaz4M9w7Kk49AVD
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2026-08-30 23:03:17 +00:00
parent ff46cb00ed
commit dc1c593b4d
11 changed files with 263 additions and 26 deletions

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@@ -554,15 +554,30 @@ edited. On CW and SSB the direction is fixed by the rules; on RTTY traffic goes
both ways and the window has a switch.
Right-click the window for **Setup**: how many QTCs a series carries, whether
the RX Ready and Cfm steps are stopped at, and whether Hdr Agn and Agn clear
what they ask for again. The defaults are N1MM's — both steps skipped, the
header cleared, the line left alone.
the RX Ready and Cfm steps are stopped at, whether Hdr Agn and Agn clear what
they ask for again, and the CW messages below. The defaults are N1MM's — both
steps skipped, the header cleared, the line left alone.
Nothing in the window transmits. On CW the operator sends from the entry window,
on SSB by voice, and RTTY has no digital window yet, so Agn, Cfm and RX Ready
move the cursor rather than putting anything on the air. N1MM's QTC settings for
sending — the CW messages for Agn and TU, the field spacing, the SSB recordings
and the RTTY templates — are left out with them.
On CW the window puts the traffic on the air itself, through the same keyer a
function key sends through:
| | |
|---|---|
| Send Hdr | the header of the series, `QTC 3/10` |
| Send1 to Send10 | one line: the time, the callsign and the serial number |
| Close | the TU message, when one is set |
| Hdr Agn | `HDR AGN`, asking for the header again |
| Shift and Enter in a box | asks for that one field again — `AGN TIME`, `AGN CALL`, `AGN SERIAL` — and clears it |
The gap between the fields of a line is written N1MM's way, with `S` for a
space, so `SS` is two and anything else goes out as it stands. All five messages
are N1MM's defaults and are edited in Setup. The serial number goes out as
digits: N1MM can send cut numbers, and nothing here does, for any message.
Nothing is sent on SSB or RTTY. N1MM plays four recordings on SSB — QRV, Agn,
Cfm and TU — and sends RTTY through its digital window; this program has no
voice keyer and no digital window, so on those two modes Agn, Cfm and RX Ready
move the cursor as they did before.
The scoring was checked against six real WAE logs, and agrees with N1MM on
points and on weighted multipliers to the contact.

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@@ -39,17 +39,16 @@ and passed over. Acting on them means holding N1MM's section lists and its
rules about which sections are retired, and getting that wrong throws away good
data. The file is read without them.
**The QTC window does not transmit.** Ctrl+Z opens it and traffic goes into the
log, but N1MM sends the QTC text itself: the lines on CW and RTTY, and recorded
voice messages for QRV, Agn, Cfm and TU on SSB. Here the Agn, Cfm and RX Ready
buttons only move the cursor. What is missing under it is the message templates
for QTC traffic, a voice keyer, and the digital window.
**The QTC window transmits on CW only.** The header, the lines, the TU and the
four again messages go out through the keyer, with N1MM's messages and N1MM's
defaults. Nothing goes out on SSB or RTTY: N1MM plays four recordings on SSB —
QRV, Agn, Cfm and TU — and sends RTTY from its digital window, and this program
has neither a voice keyer nor a digital window. RX Ready therefore sends nothing
on any mode here, because N1MM only ever sends a recording from it.
**The QTC setup covers the window, not the sending.** Right-click ▸ Setup has
the four settings that change how the window behaves, with N1MM's defaults.
What is not there is everything about putting QTCs on the air: N1MM's CW
messages for Agn and TU, its SQTC field spacing, its four SSB recordings, and
its RTTY message templates. Those wait on a transmit path.
**Cut numbers are not sent.** N1MM can key a serial number as letters — `N` for
9, `T` for 0 — and offers several styles. Nothing here does, in a QTC line or in
any other message.
**Two WAE numbers do not agree with N1MM, both from 2020 and 2021 logs.** The
disagreements are the country file of the day, not the rules: 4U1A counted as

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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text.Json;
using Nonemm.Core;
using Nonemm.Session;
namespace Nonemm.App.Configuration;
@@ -155,6 +156,19 @@ public sealed record Settings
public bool QtcAgainClearsLine { get; init; }
/// The CW messages the QTC window sends, with N1MM's defaults. The spacing
/// is written N1MM's way, with `S` for a space. An empty TU message sends
/// nothing, which is N1MM's "Not Set".
public string QtcCwFieldSpacing { get; init; } = QtcMessages.DefaultFieldSpacing;
public string QtcCwTimeAgain { get; init; } = QtcMessages.DefaultTimeAgain;
public string QtcCwCallAgain { get; init; } = QtcMessages.DefaultCallAgain;
public string QtcCwNumberAgain { get; init; } = QtcMessages.DefaultNumberAgain;
public string QtcCwTu { get; init; } = "";
/// Sub-band boundaries the operator has changed. Empty means the defaults
/// in `BandPlan.Default`; an entry replaces one band's boundaries.
public IReadOnlyList<StoredSubBand> SubBands { get; init; } = [];

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@@ -18,8 +18,23 @@
FontSize="11" Opacity="0.7" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="24,-6,0,0" />
<CheckBox Name="HeaderAgainClearsBox" Content="Hdr Agn clears the header" />
<CheckBox Name="AgainClearsBox" Content="Agn clears the line" />
<TextBlock Text="CW messages" FontWeight="Bold" Margin="0,10,0,0" />
<Grid ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*" RowDefinitions="Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto" >
<TextBlock Text="Field spacing" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,2,8,2" />
<TextBox Grid.Column="1" Name="SpacingBox" Margin="0,2" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Text="Time again" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,2,8,2" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Name="TimeAgainBox" Margin="0,2" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Text="Call again" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,2,8,2" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" Name="CallAgainBox" Margin="0,2" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Text="Serial again" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,2,8,2" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" Name="NumberAgainBox" Margin="0,2" />
<TextBlock Grid.Row="4" Text="TU" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,2,8,2" />
<TextBox Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="1" Name="TuBox" Margin="0,2" />
</Grid>
<TextBlock Text="The spacing goes between the fields of a QTC line, written N1MM's way with S for a space. The three again messages go out on shift and Enter in that box while taking traffic down. TU goes out when the window closes after reading a series out; empty sends nothing."
FontSize="11" Opacity="0.7" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="0,-2,0,0" />
<TextBlock Name="MissingText" FontSize="11" Opacity="0.7" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="0,6,0,0"
Text="N1MM's other QTC settings are for sending: the CW messages for Agn and TU, the field spacing, the SSB recordings and the RTTY message templates. Nothing here transmits, so they are left out rather than shown as settings that do nothing." />
Text="N1MM's SSB recordings and RTTY message templates are left out: sending those needs a voice keyer and a digital window, and this program has neither." />
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Spacing="6" Margin="0,8,0,0">
<Button Content="Cancel" Click="OnCancel" />
<Button Content="Save" Click="OnSave" IsDefault="True" />

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@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ public sealed partial class QtcSetupDialog : Window
SkipConfirmBox.IsChecked = settings.QtcSkipConfirm;
HeaderAgainClearsBox.IsChecked = settings.QtcHeaderAgainClears;
AgainClearsBox.IsChecked = settings.QtcAgainClearsLine;
SpacingBox.Text = settings.QtcCwFieldSpacing;
TimeAgainBox.Text = settings.QtcCwTimeAgain;
CallAgainBox.Text = settings.QtcCwCallAgain;
NumberAgainBox.Text = settings.QtcCwNumberAgain;
TuBox.Text = settings.QtcCwTu;
}
private void OnSave(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e) => Close(settings with
@@ -30,6 +35,11 @@ public sealed partial class QtcSetupDialog : Window
QtcSkipConfirm = SkipConfirmBox.IsChecked == true,
QtcHeaderAgainClears = HeaderAgainClearsBox.IsChecked == true,
QtcAgainClearsLine = AgainClearsBox.IsChecked == true,
QtcCwFieldSpacing = SpacingBox.Text ?? "",
QtcCwTimeAgain = TimeAgainBox.Text ?? "",
QtcCwCallAgain = CallAgainBox.Text ?? "",
QtcCwNumberAgain = NumberAgainBox.Text ?? "",
QtcCwTu = TuBox.Text ?? "",
});
private void OnCancel(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e) => Close(null);

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@@ -86,6 +86,35 @@ public sealed partial class EntryWindow
await SendThenAsync(session.Keyer, text, plan.After);
}
/// Sends a message that did not come from a function key. The QTC window
/// hands its traffic over this way, as N1MM's does through its own entry
/// window, so it goes out through the same keyer with the same macros
/// expanded.
private async Task SendTextAsync(string template)
{
if (Logging is null || template.Trim().Length == 0)
{
return;
}
MessagePlan plan = MessagePlan.Read(template, Logging, session.Other(Logging));
foreach (MessageAction action in plan.Before)
{
Run(action);
}
if (plan.Text.Length == 0)
{
return;
}
if (session.Keyer is null)
{
Status("no keyer — Config ▸ Keyer");
return;
}
await session.PointTransmitAtAsync(radioNumber);
Status($"sending {plan.Text}");
await SendThenAsync(session.Keyer, plan.Text, plan.After);
}
/// Hands the text to the keyer, and leaves what follows `{END}` to run on
/// its own once the keyer says the message has gone out.
private async Task SendThenAsync(MessageSender keyer, string text, IReadOnlyList<MessageAction> after)

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@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ public sealed partial class EntryWindow : Window
Status("nothing left to report to " + station.Text);
return;
}
QtcWindow window = new(session, Logging, station, direction);
QtcWindow window = new(session, Logging, station, direction, SendTextAsync);
bool saved = await window.ShowDialog<bool>(this);
Logging.Wipe();
SyncBoxes();

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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
<TextBlock Text="QTC Header :" FontSize="11" Opacity="0.7" />
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="4">
<TextBox Name="HeaderBox" Width="170" />
<Button Name="HeaderSendButton" Content="Send Hdr" Click="OnHeaderSend" />
<Button Name="ReadyButton" Content="RX Ready" Click="OnReady" />
<Button Name="HeaderAgainButton" Content="Hdr Agn" Click="OnHeaderAgain" />
<Button Name="HeaderCfmButton" Content="Cfm" Click="OnHeaderConfirm" />

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@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ namespace Nonemm.App.Windows;
///
/// Receiving, the lines are typed as they arrive. Sending, they are filled from
/// the log and cannot be edited — what is being reported is what was worked.
/// Nothing here transmits: on CW the operator sends from the entry window, on
/// SSB by voice, on RTTY from the digital window there is not yet.
///
/// On CW it puts the traffic on the air through the entry window's keyer, the
/// way N1MM's QTC window sends through its own entry window. On SSB and RTTY
/// nothing is sent: one needs a voice keyer and the other a digital window.
public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
{
private static IBrush Saved => Themes.Brush(Themes.Current.GoodBackground);
@@ -31,19 +33,24 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
private readonly OperatingPosition position;
private readonly QtcTraffic traffic;
private readonly Callsign station;
private readonly Func<string, Task> send;
private bool isSending;
private readonly List<Row> rows = [];
private readonly List<WaeQtc> ready = [];
/// `send` puts a message on the air through the entry window this was
/// opened from, so QTC traffic goes out the same way a function key does.
public QtcWindow(
AppSession session,
OperatingPosition position,
Callsign station,
QtcDirection direction)
QtcDirection direction,
Func<string, Task> send)
{
this.session = session;
this.position = position;
this.station = station;
this.send = send;
isSending = direction == QtcDirection.Send;
traffic = new QtcTraffic(position);
InitializeComponent();
@@ -65,6 +72,10 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
: session.Settings.QtcSkipReady ? HeaderBox
: ReadyButton;
/// Traffic goes out on CW alone. The contest says which mode it is, not
/// what the radio happens to be on, which is how N1MM decides too.
private bool IsCw => position.Contest.Modes is [ModeCategory.Cw];
private void SetDirection(bool sending)
{
if (sending == isSending)
@@ -86,6 +97,7 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
ReadyButton.IsVisible = !isSending;
HeaderAgainButton.IsVisible = !isSending;
HeaderCfmButton.IsVisible = !isSending;
HeaderSendButton.IsVisible = isSending && IsCw;
HeaderBox.IsReadOnly = isSending;
BuildRows();
Fill();
@@ -108,7 +120,11 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
TextBox time = Box(at, 0);
TextBox call = Box(at, 1);
TextBox number = Box(at, 2);
Button again = new() { Content = $"Agn{at + 1}", Margin = new Avalonia.Thickness(2, 1, 2, 1) };
Button again = new()
{
Content = isSending && IsCw ? $"Send{at + 1}" : $"Agn{at + 1}",
Margin = new Avalonia.Thickness(2, 1, 2, 1),
};
Button confirm = new() { Content = $"Cfm{at + 1}", Margin = new Avalonia.Thickness(2, 1, 2, 1) };
int line = at;
again.Click += (_, _) => OnLineAgain(line);
@@ -222,6 +238,14 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
e.Handled = true;
Close(false);
break;
case Key.Enter when e.Source is TextBox box
&& !isSending
&& IsCw
&& e.KeyModifiers.HasFlag(KeyModifiers.Shift)
&& box != HeaderBox:
e.Handled = true;
SendFieldAgain(box);
break;
case Key.Enter when e.Source is TextBox:
e.Handled = true;
MoveOn();
@@ -262,12 +286,24 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
CloseButton.Focus();
}
/// N1MM's RX Ready tells the other station to go ahead; with no transmit
/// path here it only puts the cursor where the first line will land.
/// N1MM's RX Ready tells the other station to go ahead, and does it with a
/// recording. There is no voice keyer here, so it only puts the cursor
/// where the first line will land.
private void OnReady(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e) => rows[0].Time.Focus();
/// The header of the series we are about to read out: `QTC 3/10`.
private void OnHeaderSend(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
_ = send(HeaderBox.Text ?? "");
rows[0].Again.Focus();
}
private void OnHeaderAgain(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (IsCw)
{
_ = send(QtcMessages.HeaderAgain);
}
if (session.Settings.QtcHeaderAgainClears)
{
HeaderBox.Text = "";
@@ -283,6 +319,11 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
{
if (isSending)
{
if (IsCw)
{
SendLine(at);
return;
}
rows[at].Time.Focus();
return;
}
@@ -294,6 +335,45 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
Paint();
}
/// Reads one line out and moves to the next: the time, the callsign and the
/// serial number, with the operator's spacing between them. When the last
/// line has gone the cursor lands on Close, which sends the TU message.
private void SendLine(int at)
{
_ = send(QtcMessages.Line(
rows[at].Time.Text ?? "",
rows[at].Call.Text ?? "",
rows[at].Number.Text ?? "",
session.Settings.QtcCwFieldSpacing));
for (int next = at + 1; next < rows.Count; next++)
{
if (rows[next].Again.IsEffectivelyEnabled)
{
rows[next].Again.Focus();
return;
}
}
CloseButton.Focus();
}
/// N1MM's Shift+Enter: ask for one field of the line being taken down
/// again, and clear it. One message per column, all three in the settings.
private void SendFieldAgain(TextBox box)
{
int column = rows.Select(r => r.Time).Contains(box) ? 0
: rows.Select(r => r.Call).Contains(box) ? 1
: 2;
_ = send(column switch
{
0 => session.Settings.QtcCwTimeAgain,
1 => session.Settings.QtcCwCallAgain,
_ => session.Settings.QtcCwNumberAgain,
});
box.Text = "";
box.Focus();
Paint();
}
private void OnLineConfirm(int at)
{
Control next = at + 1 < rows.Count ? rows[at + 1].Time : CloseButton;
@@ -328,6 +408,10 @@ public sealed partial class QtcWindow : Window
}
}
Save(lines);
if (isSending && IsCw && session.Settings.QtcCwTu.Trim().Length > 0)
{
_ = send(session.Settings.QtcCwTu);
}
Close(true);
}

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@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
namespace Nonemm.Session;
/// What a station sends on CW while exchanging QTC traffic, and N1MM's
/// defaults for the parts an operator can change.
///
/// CW only. N1MM sends recorded voice messages on SSB and its digital window's
/// templates on RTTY, and this program has neither.
public static class QtcMessages
{
/// The gap between the fields of a QTC line, written the way N1MM writes
/// it: `S` stands for a space, so `SS` is two of them and anything else
/// goes out as it is.
public const string DefaultFieldSpacing = "S";
public const string DefaultTimeAgain = "AGN TIME";
public const string DefaultCallAgain = "AGN CALL";
public const string DefaultNumberAgain = "AGN SERIAL";
/// Asking for the header again. N1MM writes this one into the program
/// rather than into its settings, two spaces and all.
public const string HeaderAgain = "HDR AGN";
public static string Spacing(string setting) =>
setting.Replace("S", " ", StringComparison.Ordinal);
/// One line of traffic: the time, the callsign and the serial number. The
/// fields go out as they stand in the window, because what the window shows
/// is what the other station has to write down.
public static string Line(string time, string call, string number, string spacing)
{
string gap = Spacing(spacing);
return $"{time.Trim()}{gap}{call.Trim()}{gap}{number.Trim()}";
}
}

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@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
namespace Nonemm.Session.Tests;
public class QtcMessagesTests
{
[Fact]
public void ALineIsTheTimeTheCallAndTheSerialNumber()
{
Assert.Equal(
"1234 DL1ABC 123",
QtcMessages.Line("1234", "DL1ABC", "123", QtcMessages.DefaultFieldSpacing));
}
/// N1MM writes the spacing with `S` for a space, so an operator who wants
/// two writes `SS`.
[Fact]
public void TheSpacingIsWrittenWithSForASpace()
{
Assert.Equal("1234 DL1ABC 123", QtcMessages.Line("1234", "DL1ABC", "123", "SS"));
}
[Fact]
public void AnythingElseInTheSpacingGoesOutAsItIs()
{
Assert.Equal("1234/DL1ABC/123", QtcMessages.Line("1234", "DL1ABC", "123", "/"));
}
[Fact]
public void WhatIsInTheBoxesIsTrimmed()
{
Assert.Equal(
"1234 DL1ABC 123",
QtcMessages.Line(" 1234 ", " DL1ABC ", " 123 ", QtcMessages.DefaultFieldSpacing));
}
}