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Subject: [WriteLog] Problems in ARRL CW
From: W1RM@home.com (Peter Chamalian W1RM)
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:31:32 -0500
I agree with W2UP's comments regarding item 6. I did a lot of search and
pounce this weekend and like Barry, found it a "pain" to have to copy the
power over and over.  Yes, PLEASE Please fix that!

I didn't have WL set up to use the insert key (wishing all the while that it
did) but will make the changes in the .ini to implement that.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-writelog@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-writelog@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Barry Kutner
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 8:12 PM
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Cc: w5xd@alum.mit.edu; Ron Stailey
> Subject: [WriteLog] Problems in ARRL CW
>
>
>
> Hi gang:
>
> Here's a note with some problems I had in ARRL CW (not including
> the ice storm that made my 80 and 160m antennas useless!)
> Maybe some were cockpit errors. If so, please point them out. If
> not, that's why Wayne and Ron get copies of this...
>
> 1. Each time I jumped on a packet spot, then came back to my
> Run freq using F12, the RIT, initially ON, was then OFF.
>
> 2. When hitting INS after entering a call, if it was a dupe, it would
> send the call but no exchange. I'd rather just rework dupes, so how
> can I make it send the exchange too?
>
> 3. As I entered calls in the log window, sometimes incomplete,
> then hit INS, and kept typing the calls, most of the time it worked
> very well. Sometimes, there was about a one second pause
> between the call and the exchange. Ideas?
>
> 4. When in the Packet Window, I could still hit the F-keys to send
> the buffers, EXCEPT for F1 (naturally, it's the CQ buffer!) Instead, I
> get a "can't find logpkt32" window error box.
>
> 5. The speedup and slowdown of parts of CW buffers using the >
> and < characters sometimes worked, and sometimes didn't.
>
> 6. Major annoyance of the contest: When a station was reworked
> on a second or third band, the Power was not copied from earlier
> QSO. I thought this was a considerable handicap, requiring
> additional typing of 3 characters times 3000+ QSOs, not to
> mention the extra listening time on the air, when I could have been
> tuning the second radio. ***Wayne, please fix this!***
>
> 7. Something was screwy with my log. When I turned the computer
> back on, after a break, 2 QSOs showed up as 80m, and I hadn't
> yet been on 80 (remember the ice?), so I deleted them not knowing
> where they belonged. Then when I tried to save the log, it wouldn't
> let me. I don't remeber the exact error message. Also, there is a 1
> QSO discrepancy between my 2 networked computers. I thought
> the network was supposed to merge the logs and keep everything
> equal. Comments?
>
> Tnx,
> Barry
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> Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
> Newtown, PA         FRC         alternate: barry@w2up.wells.com
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