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Subject: [WriteLog] Newbie Questions
From: flgrossman@earthlink.net (Frank Grossman (WB2BXO))
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 00:42:11 -0400
Thanks John,  I'll check that out. -- 73, Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: WA9ALS - John <wa9als@starband.net>
To: Frank Grossman (WB2BXO) <flgrossman@earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Newbie Questions


> http://www.writelog.com/Downloads/WriteLog1022.pdf
> Contains a PDF file version of the Writelog help files for V10.22.  329
> pages.  If you want a manual, this is it! Converted from the help files.
>
> This makes a pretty good printed resource.  73
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Grossman (WB2BXO)" <flgrossman@earthlink.net>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 10:23 PM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Newbie Questions
>
>
> >
> > I just installed Writelog and started experimenting with it.  So far, I
> have
> > two questions.
> >
> > 1)  Is there a manual for the program or only the help files and Web
> sites?
> > The "Manual" files in the menu seem to be help files meant for on-line
> > search and display.  Most of the time, of course, this is fine.
> >
> > 2)  The first time I tried to use the program Friday evening on the ham
> > shack machine at my parents' apartment, I had difficulty getting it to
> > accept a full WPX exchange.  It acted as if there wasn't enough room in
> the
> > "numb" field to enter a three digit number.  I tested the program on the
> > machine at my own apartment later that evening, and the program accepted
> an
> > exchange with no problem.  Might I have set up the contest incorrectly
> when
> > I was puttering around on the ham shack machine? Has someone seen this
> > problem before?
> >
> > One unusual aspect of my setup, BTW, is that I've set the logbook and
> entry
> > window fonts to 12 points, bold, on a 15 inch screen because of poor
> > eyesight.  I used the same settings when I tested the program on my home
> > machine with a 17 inch monitor and noticed no problems.  Packet and rig
> > control work fine on the ham shack machine, incidentally.
> >
> > Hope everyone did well in WPX.  :-)
> >
> > 73,
> > Frank
> > wb2bxo@arrl.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Problems:                 owner-writelog@contesting.com
> >
>


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