Hi Denny,
to clear all fields in Entry window you should press
Alt+W . CTRL+W clears the current field. But... you
are right anyway. It seems to be an error in the
CQ WW RTTY contest module. Without clearing the Zone
field Zone data stays as it is for different call signs. Anyone ?
Rgds,
de Riho, ES7AAZ
-----Original Message-----
From: "WB8K" <wb8k@core.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 13:16:36 -0400
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Subject: [WriteLog] Contest notes
> Finally had enough time to put in a genuine effort in a RTTY contest (CQWW
> RTTY). All in all the station performed very well and Murphy stayed away.
> The only station problem was with the operator, I just could not stay awake
> all night like I used to. Guess age has taken its toll.
>
> I used WriteLog along with RITTY on the front end. The combination worked
> flawlessly. Now if only UR6F could have heard my 100 watts on 80!
>
> Now to the point.
>
> I did find one problem with WriteLog (maybe operator error) and perhaps it
> has been discussed here before but I have not had time to do any in depth
> searching for the answer. I noticed that if I clicked on a call sign in the
> RTTY window to put it into the entry window and then did a 'Ctl W' to clear
> it, followed by clicking on another call sign, only the original call sign
> was cleared from the entry window. Zone info was not cleared. This did
> leave the log with a few stateside contacts showing zone 14, 15 etc. I was
> able to go back and correct these errors but would like to know if this is a
> known problem and is there a patch? If overlooked this could really affect
> the final score.
>
> Overall it was fun and noticeably lacked all the hassles and arguing of the
> CQWW SSB contest. Many thanks to all for the contacts.
>
> 73
>
> Denny WB8K -----
>
>
>
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