Hi Jim,
I too am curious to try V11.31 with a prefill to see what that may do. I
was just getting ready to download the update when I found your email.
You can find instructions on how to incorporate a prefill file for use in WL
during a contest at the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mckz6zbuklff0up/WriteLog%20Prefill%20Exchange%20file%20loading%20instructions.pdf?dl=0
I have posted your inquiry to the entire reflector in case there may be
other WL users out there looking to use a prefill file for their contests.
Good luck in SS and hope we cross paths.
73,
Gary AL9A
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Reisert AD1C
Sent: November 20, 2015 8:27 AM
To: Gary AL9A
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] ARRL SS SSB prefill file
Hi Gary,
I have never used this before, but I'm curious to try WriteLog 11.31
with its new spot highlighting.
How do I load a prefill file? A one-liner in the E-mail announcement
might help others who have never used one before.
Thanks for doing the work!
Thanks & 73 - Jim AD1C
On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Gary AL9A <al9a@mtaonline.net> wrote:
Now that the CW Sweepstakes is history for this year it's time to look
ahead
to the SSB Sweeps coming up soon. I have updated the history prefill file
for the ARRL SS SSB contest to include results from 2014. The file now
contains 5,341 call signs spanning the years 2009 - 2014. The file may be
downloaded at the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdonpf21vkcfops/ARRL%20SSB%20History%202009%20-%202014.adi?dl=0.
As always, be cautious when using a prefill file to be certain that the
information is accurate for this year's contest. The Sweepstakes contests
are always very fluid and calls may be operating with a different
Precedence
or Section than in prior years. In some cases the Check may change too.
How
can that be? Well, if a call was reissued to a new holder he will
probably
have a different Check year than the previous holder. Remember this is a
history file, not a prediction file.
You must be sure to copy the exchange information correctly and overwrite
the prefill information if necessary. For just this reason I recommend
you
edit the Contest/Exchange Format Setup... window and change some of the
exchange fields from the default Insert mode to Overstrike. This greatly
facilitates updating a prefill file field that is not correct for this
years
contest.
73,
Gary AL9A
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