MSG BAR is one of the TOP BAR modes. When MSG BAR is selected, you will see
SOLAR DATA ------- MSG NOTES ------- SPECTOR TIP
visible on TOP BAR, for example:
SOLAR DATA is a summary of the most important space weather values at the time of the playback. See CONDX for more details.
MSG NOTES is reserved for the user defined messages and alerts. If there's no user defined input, the system shows the following data: REC QTH, Antenna used (with antenna change info, if any), MW10 and MW9 JIX values. This default information can be replaced by a frequency-based personal note or time-based alert (= message to user at the user-specified HH'MM time).
SPECTOR TIP shows the potential "best match" among the listed offsets vs. the currently highest carrier peak. Artificial intelligence is enabled and it tries to "automatically identify" the stations shown by the SPECTOR peak offset. You can limit the geographical coverage area with RADAR by defining an antenna beam for the areas of interest. Be aware that this is only a tip; in reality, the station you see/hear most likely is not the one listed in SPECTOR TIP.
MSG BAR can be activated by moving the mouse over SLIDER > TOP BAR and clicking/scrolling (with the mouse wheel of the left/right arrow keys) until "MSG BAR" is shown.
JAGUAR will fetch SOLAR DATA and SPECTOR TIP, but MSG NOTES is optional and user-specified.
MSG NOTES uses the text from the "MSG.TXT" file. It's a standard text file which can be edited with any text editor (e.g. Notepad). You can also find MSG NOTES via TOOLBAR > TEXTPADS > MSG NOTES.
You can enter "frequency notes" and "time-based alerts" into MSG.TXT, both will be shown in the MSG NOTES area.
The syntax for frequency notes is:
FREQ1 freetext
FREQ2 freetext
....
and the alert syntax is:
HH:MM freetext
HH:MM freetext
...
These rows can be mixed, they need not be in any specific order; only one space after FREQ or HH:MM is required.
The frequency notes are shown when you tune in to that specific frequency, and time-based alerts will start blinking one minute before the defined HH:MM. Blinking stops after one minute of the defined HH:MM. You can press ESC to get rid of the alert. Alerts are checked both against the playback HH:MM (if you are in the ARCHIVE mode) and real-time HH:MM time. The "real-time alerts" are blinking as red, "archive alerts" as orange.
This text can contain reminders, "most wanted" info, etc. and those alerts do not have to be related to DXing: how many hours do you sit on your DX shack daily, listening to the archive files without noticing your other daily duties?
There is also a very simple way of using MSG NOTES: you do not have to use Notepad (or JAGUAR TEXTPAD) for editing the messages. Just click the MSG NOTES area, and you see an edit box. You can edit the existing text or get an empty box: if you add some text there (and SAVE), that text becomes automatically a "frequency note" for the current frequency. If you add HH:MM to the beginning of the empty line, followed by a space (and the text itself), you will get a time-based alert for that HH:MM.
