I was SOLP so did not use all the functions as did Bob. I do concur
with the Check Country / Prefix: situation. I experienced the same
thing. It would show the country for the last time it was toggled
between PREFIX/CHECK COUNTRY. If left on PREFIX it would correctly
show what other bands you had worked the station you had typed in and
hit TAB to check for dupes. However, if left in CHECK COUNTRY it
would show the country worked at the last time it was switched between
PREFIX and CHECK COUNTRY, no matter how many Q's you had logged in
between. I found myself switching back and forth between the two to
be able to use the CHECK COUNTRY function or to just leave it in
PREFIX as to leave it in CHECK COUNTRY gave confusing information.
I did not take advantage of the other functions mentioned by Bob so am
unable to comment on them.
Only other small quirk that I experienced was it did not know what
country TO3M was in, which is to be expected when a new prefix is
thrown in. After the contest ended I confirmed my suspicion that TO3
was FM was told CT TO3=FM. No biggie at all!
Very happy with the performance and results of CT. Thank you for a
great program and keep up the good work.
Bob Naumann - N5NJ wrote:
>
> We used CT988 at AA5NT this weekend. We were multi-2 and used NETTSR
> networking with a Com port connected TNC. FT1000D, and an FT1000MP both
> controlled properly. ( I did not try split operation myself so I have no
> comment on that.)
>
> Generally, it worked well, and unfortunately we had a computer mother board
> fail during the contest - not related to CT of course.
>
> Fucntionally, there were a couple of quirks.
>
> Repeat:
> Work a station, press F1, calls CQ, does not repeat. Press F1 again, calls
> CQ, and then will repeat. So, after pressing F1 twice, repeat works. It
> seems that this unusual behavior only occurs after logging a station. In
> other words if it's chugging along repeating, and you interrupt it by
> hitting Esc, then press F1 again, it will work. Log a station, and it needs
> the double F1.
>
> CQ Counter:
> Totally cool, except it only counts F1 presses, and I think it should count
> CQ's sent by repeat as well. It also increments while repeating every time
> you press F1 but that gives you a count that does not match the actual CQ
> number.
>
> Check Country / Prefix:
> Appeared to work right, but after logging a QSO, it would return to some
> other country / prefix it appeared that it was doing a Check Prefix at
> first, then after logging a station, it would do a Check Country ?
>
> Packet: Perfect! Handled the AR Cluster spots perfectly - thanks Ken!
>
> Radio 1 / Radio 2 Display:
> If you only have one radio, this information is redundant and does not need
> to be displayed.
>
> I don't think there was anything else that was unusual.
>
> 73,
> Bob N5NJ
>
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