- 121. [TRLog] Frequency hiccups? Addition (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:15:48 -0500
- Just did a little experimenting, away from "the heat of battle." It appears that the program always commands the radio to change bands properly, but that the software sometimes switches itself back t
- /archives//html/TRLog/2001-01/msg00046.html (7,566 bytes)
- 122. [TRLog] all654 file (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 03:37:37 -0500
- Does anyone have a copy of the all654 zip file they could send me? In a fit of orderliness I deleted all the distribution files I'd kept except for 655 and 656, and now I'd like to reload 654 to see
- /archives//html/TRLog/2001-01/msg00047.html (6,756 bytes)
- 123. [TRLog] Isent N4ZR his all654 zip file (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 07:32:18 -0500
- Excellent idea, Jim - I only got 5 before you turned off the floodgates - of course, it's early yet. Thanks to everybody who replied. 73, Pete N4ZR Contesting is! The World Contest Station Database i
- /archives//html/TRLog/2001-01/msg00050.html (6,997 bytes)
- 124. [TRLog] Hiccups cured (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:21:37 -0500
- Aw, bleep. Apologies to Tree and the multitude, for sending a red herring into your midst. Here's the story. Because I wasn't terribly serious about the NAQP, I didn't bother to go through my usual d
- /archives//html/TRLog/2001-01/msg00060.html (7,278 bytes)
- 125. [TRLog] Ten Minute Rule (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 02:01:00 -0500
- Getting semi-serious again for a minute, I find the 5 QSOs in the editable window to be a very useful tool for tracking my instantaneous rate, more so than the rate counter with its lag. When the tim
- /archives//html/TRLog/2001-01/msg00075.html (7,982 bytes)
- 126. [TRLog] Booting to DOS (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:11:07 -0500
- If you must, then I prefer a 4th option. Pressing F8 repeatedly while booting up will drop you into safe mode. Select the command prompt option and you have your DOS shell. Your options B and C are r
- /archives//html/TRLog/2001-01/msg00079.html (8,240 bytes)
- 127. [TRLog] Booting to DOS (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:17:14 -0500
- No reason not to use Ctl+Alt+Del to open the task manager, and shut down everything in background except for Explorer and Systray. That way there's no background stuff to get in your CW's way. I also
- /archives//html/TRLog/2001-01/msg00081.html (7,753 bytes)
- 128. [TRLog] How Widespread is it? (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 19:08:17 -0500
- Online price is still $32. 73, Pete N4ZR Contesting is! The World Contest Station Database is waiting for your input at http://www.qsl.net/n4zr -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/trlog Subm
- /archives//html/TRLog/2001-01/msg00089.html (8,434 bytes)
- 129. [TRLog] Nasty POST failure mode (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 08:35:55 -0500
- I just found a real nasty. Run POST/L/D. When it asks you whether you want to save the list of dupes, say Y and specify PRN. Duping process runs, tries to print the dupe list to the printer, and bomb
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00006.html (7,238 bytes)
- 130. [TRLog] TRMASTER.DTA Files (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 13:51:39 -0500
- create that Yes, try www.k1ea.com for a master.dta file. Do the renaming, and then you can use POST to add data from your contest logs, including checks, sections etc. Once modified, the TRMASTER.DTA
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00008.html (7,411 bytes)
- 131. [TRLog] minimum need (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 15:59:13 -0500
- For a really evil combination, try write-behind caching and Doublespace/Drivespace, which makes the entire drive into, essentially, one big file. Then add a power failure... 73, Pete N4ZR Contesting
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00037.html (8,004 bytes)
- 132. [TRLog] Programming SVDVP messages (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 11:53:34 -0500
- The procedure described is slightly more complicated than it needs to be. The Alt-W and Alt-R commands on the message programming pages work fine, but they don't show the little whirligigs that the o
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00089.html (8,347 bytes)
- 133. [TRLog] KH6? (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 05:45:44 -0500
- Same experience here - WH7K was the call. Nicely enough, once I edited the QSO, "Hi" in the mult list was properly dimmed to indicate it had been worked. I believe this is just a deficiency in the ct
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00108.html (7,567 bytes)
- 134. [TRLog] Programming SVDVP messages (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:07:23 -0500
- basic mic is Assuming you have a microphone connected to the mic input on your SBDVP and that DOS indicated it initialized successfully, try this: Alt-P/O/CQExchng (there will be a typo on the progra
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00119.html (8,879 bytes)
- 135. [TRLog] SVDVP message / sound card connections (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:11:10 -0500
- Apparently, in most cases the third wire is to provide DC to bias an electret microphone. Doesn't ICOM do this too? I determined which connection was involved on my SB-16 card, and made up a micropho
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00121.html (7,489 bytes)
- 136. [TRLog] What happened? (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:04:34 -0500
- But I *do* sympathize, since I tend to do the same thing with the [Tab] key, and wind up shifting from CQ to S&P Mode. I'd much prefer to require double keystrokes for mode changes, or at least to ha
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00130.html (9,973 bytes)
- 137. [TRLog] What happened? (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 08:19:27 -0500
- Is it possible, then, that it reflects a failure by the program, running on a given machine, to receive a decipherable value for the band FROM WHATEVER SOURCE at the point when it needs it in order t
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00143.html (9,684 bytes)
- 138. [TRLog] What happened? (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 04:43:24 -0500
- Am I the only Kenwood user who also has the NONCW problem? 73, Pete N4ZR Contesting is ... Extreme Radio The World Contest Station Database is back up and running at http://www.qsl.net/n4zr -- FAQ on
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00153.html (8,650 bytes)
- 139. [TRLog] What the....? (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 04:52:19 -0500
- Dick, all that this does is to demonstrate the program mechanism that causes the problem -- improper setting of a transient variable -- and a partial work-around. But I know that in my case, it was N
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00154.html (8,543 bytes)
- 140. [TRLog] What happened? (score: 1)
- Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 07:53:06 -0500
- My personal theory is that this is a 3-stage (at least) problem -- 1. Something (RFI, a radio comm problem, or whatever) corrupts the value for the current band that is kept in a transient variable.
- /archives//html/TRLog/2000-12/msg00157.html (9,100 bytes)
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