I guess it depends on what you think is "better". It has been my opinion, and remains my opinion, that designating a "server" to allocate serial numbers will cause more problems than it will solve b
I confirm this is a problem. (and it has been a problem ever since WL supported Cabrillo--a bit surprising it has gone unnoticed this long). The problem is a table internal to WL that says the botto
Oops. No, you're not doing anything wrong. Someone else did. There is a fix on the downloads page: http://www.contesting.com/writelog/downloads.htm Wayne -- WWW: http://www.contesting.com/writelog Su
The best I can tell, the "WRONG" power setting is simply whatever was in that field before you selected the packet spot. Please correct me if I'm wrong, because that's all I've found to fix. Along th
Nobody's asked for this, but here's a developer's kit for creating your own DLL for making WriteLog properly support the contest of your choice. The catch is that you have to be a C++ developer. The
After a more careful look, I now see that version 10.14 removed support for transmitting WAV files that were recorded in stereo. But I didn't bother to tell anyone. I suspect that explains the severa
In the Start menu group for WriteLog V10 you should find an entry named "Setup VHF Transverter Offsets". Run that, and it presents a selection of comm ports that you might have a rig on. Select the o
I have several reports of WL working unreliably for transmitting audio--all on SSB. The common symptom appears to be that WL makes the rig PTT go down for the proper length of time for the message, b
As of 10.15 it IS in the list. See the WL download page. -- WWW: http://www.contesting.com/writelog Submissions: writelog@contesting.com Administrative requests: writelog-REQUEST@contesting.com Probl
The new features in this update are described at http://www.contesting.com/writelog/rev_history.htm about -- WWW: http://www.contesting.com/writelog Submissions: writelog@contesting.com Administrativ
Yes, the WL installer comes in two flavors: upgrade and full. The upgrade flavor requires a full installation to still be on the disk when it starts. An uninstalled full install doesn't qualify. But
Thanks to RV3APM I have learned that at least one Icom rig, the IC-746, is capable of having its PTT commanded over its PC control port along with exchanging frequency and mode information. If you ha
Bug reported by KV1W: If you set up a new contest, record a few Fx messages, all is fine. What has been recorded plays back upon pressing Fx. Then you push an Fx key that is not presently programmed.
If you have WL sound out a call sign that happens to have the letter "F" in it followed by a digit, then WL will use "Fn.WAV" to sound out the call instead of "F.WAV" followed by "n.WAV". I am especi
My 133MHz notebook will do single channel CW decode (using the RTTY screen) find. But it will not keep up with multi-channel decoding. If you don't have enough CPU, the problem is not subtle. You can
The WL docs describe how to use the Windows Volume Control to setup your sound board levels and mixers, etc. However, its a real pain to use them to do so. Here's a little utility that puts everythin
There is a small program called GSPEC available for free download at this address: http://www.mrx.com.au/ I used version 1.2, although there is a V2.0 beta on that site as well. Install and run it an
You will find that your own call does not get highlighted if the copy of the software you are running is registered to you. Wayne -- WWW: http://www.contesting.com/writelog Submissions: writelog@cont
I need a succinct description of the packet problem referenced here: http://www.contesting.com/_writelog/200002/msg00243.html Please send me either a complete description of the symptoms, (Hint: "It
The problem with sound board keying failing forever after a reference to a non-existent WAV file was reported before. It is fixed in 10.15, which is now in beta test. Workarounds are discussed here: