Jerry,
Check the lower right hand corner of the WL module you have open and you
will see the module name. The title you have given this log will be in the
upper blue header line of the window.
Don't worry about LOTW, it never sees the 'D' in uploaded records. It will
LOAD everything just fine, which is exactly what you want so you can get a
match on those W1AW/2 QSOs whether they originated in NY or NJ.
Good luck and have fun!
73,
Gary AL9A
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Pixton
Sent: January 14, 2014 4:16 PM
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Duplicate qso in log
Gary,
I mixed apples and oranges this morning. I was seeing the D in my
general qso log (which may well be the DXped module) and I was recalling
the situation as I was preparing my RU log last week.
As I have been using this same module for many years to log qsos each
month, I no longer know what module it is. I just make a new copy each
month, clear out last months contracts and log this months. The Cabrillo
option is grayed out in the log I am using for general qsos each month.
I understand the D ok and can live with it, I just didn't know what the
LOTW export was going to do with them since I would want LOTW to see them.
This was I do the same thing each day with the radios and software as I
do during a contest. I make enough pilot errors as it is.
Thanks for the info
Jerry, W6IHG
On 1/14/2014 8:35 PM, Gary AL9A wrote:
Jerry,
You don't mention which WL module you are using to log your W1AW/n QSOs,
but I suspect it isn't the DXpedition mode module. That module has the
Cabrillo export option grayed out, as it isn't really intended to be
"contest" module, but more of a general logger. As a consequence there is
no ability to create a Cabrillo. Since you have created a Cabrillo you
must be using some other module, although I'm perplexed as to why your
Cabrillo export excluded the 'D' or dupe entries. Duplicates do appear in
the Cabrillo log, minus the 'D' indicator, so that the scoring robot can
get all the records and then it will decide which ones are dupes or not.
You may not have seen the 'D' flag on your dupes in the Cabrillo, but I
bet if you go back and look carefully at the file you will find that those
records are indeed there.
Keep in mind that WL is a contest logger and flagging dupes is in its DNA.
That's one of the main things it does. I am using the DXpedition mode
module to log my CW contacts with various stations working the ARRL
Centennial for points. I'm doing that because I am used to using it in
the CW mode and it is a much better logger for this purpose than my
general logger or even CW Type. (I've found CW Type to problematic. When
hand typing in a call, if I only get a partial and send that partial back
to get the fill on the missing character(s), CW Type jumps the cursor out
of the Call entry box to the main text window for me to send more
characters by hand typing. I don't want it to do that, just leave the
cursor in the Call box until I can get the rest of the call filled info
from the fill , but haven't found a way to control that yet.) Other
reasons for using the DXpedition mode module is Rttyrite is a much better
CW decoder than CW Get and it lets you log the WARC bands which are
normally not allowed in regular contests. If you log a non-contest band
in some other WL module you will get a big red 'B' after the call telling
you that you are "Out of Band".
So, my suggestion is to use the DXpedition module for logging the W1W/n
stations. There will be lots of them on over the course of the next year
from various states using the same call, so just get used to the 'D'
indicator and ignore it. It doesn't matter! After I've logged several
calls for a given date I export them to an adi file and then import them
into my general logger. Then I upload that adi to TQSL for LOTW and keep
track of my QSLs, etc. in the general logger. Then the next time I go
back into the DXpedition module I just highlight and delete all the log
entries from my last use and start over with a new clean log. Since I
have the previous QSOs in my general logger there is no need to keep them
in the WL log any longer.
73,
Gary AL9A
-----Original Message----- From: Jerry Pixton
Sent: January 14, 2014 4:49 AM
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] Duplicate qso in log
I am starting to work the w1aw/x stations.
I have qsos with w1aw/4 in NC and now when I logged a qso with w1aw/4 in
SC, Writelog marks the contact with a big D.
I noticed after the RU, when I got almost two hundred big Ds because of
my network mistake, that those contacts got dropped out of the Cabrillo
logs. Which is good but it bothers me as almost every contest I end up
with one or two qso where I log the station twice during the exchange
and usually the line with the D has the correct info.
So my question is: How do I get rid of the D? And when I export to the
LOTW format is that D qso going to disappear like it seems to for
Cabrillo export????? We are going to have lots of these stations with
the same calls but in different states this year.
Jerry, W6IHG
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