N1MM in the mmtty decode window has a user configurable color for
dupes, not worked and new multi's.
Makes it real easy to tune and see if you worked without having to
take your hand off VFO.
On 8/27/07, Charles Morrison <cfmorris@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ed Muns [mailto:w0yk@msn.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 9:42 AM
> > To: cfmorris@bellsouth.net; rtty@contesting.com; cq-
> > contest@contesting.com
> > Cc: k9mi@sbcglobal.net; w7why@verizon.net
> > Subject: RE: [RTTY] dupes
> >
> > 2. In S&P mode, I want my transmission blocked because I am seldom
> > looking
> > at my logging screen at the moment I get the call sign typed in and hit
> > <Enter>, so I want to be stopped at that point from calling a station
> > that I
> > already have logged previously. That does save us both time. For me,
> > it is
> > quicker to type in the call sign and let the program immediately do one
> > of
> > two things:
> > a. Dump my call sign in if not a dupe, or
> > b. Inhibit transmission if it is a dupe, in which case I keep
> > tuning.
>
> This absolutely makes sense. Being a Writelog user, I don't have the luxury
> of a fully functioning Enter Sends QRZ/Exchange with automatic changeover
> from S&P and Run. :( I'm used to entering the callsign and spacebarring it
> each time to dupe check and enter into the bandmap. Of course, totally
> different for RTTY which displays on the screen and is dupechecked
> immediately.
>
> >
> > With rare exception, all contests in all modes now take Cabrillo logs
> > and
> > ignore dupes, with the log checking software calculating the score
> > after
> > removing dupes and bad QSOs (busted call signs and exchanges) and
> > assessing
> > any penalties (reducing QSO count).
> >
>
> Can someone take out a full page add in QST and NCJ? :)
>
>
> > > This goes back to the
> > > question, what counts for less, working a dupe or having a
> > > NIL? I agree, if I work you again, its because you're not in
> > > my log, which means either you work a dupe, or get a NIL.
> >
> > Not necessarily true, Charlie. The station could be in your log and
> > you
> > still call again by mistake. This could be because you don't notice it
> > is a
> > dupe, or your software is not configured to tell you it is a dupe, you
> > are
> > tired and make a mistake, or any number of reasons. The reason does
> > not
> > matter. Your conclusion, though, is still the same ... the QSO should
> > simply be completed at that point rather than either one of you wasting
> > time
> > trying to stop it or sort it out.
> >
>
> Sorry Ed, what I meant was that when I call a station, you're not in my log.
> This has happened to me more then once. I'll change from a run once the
> rate drops, but obviously somewhere in the run time, someone THOUGHT they
> worked me, but didn't. I'll catch them on a Run, call them and they send ME
> a B4. I'll send, you're not in my log, some will work, some wont. Those
> that work me get the qso, those that don't wont. I give all stations 1 shot
> at working me now, after that, you lose the qso. A qso with a 20 different
> callsign XE in CQWW last year was great learning experience. Needless to
> say, he got a NIL for our 20M qso.
>
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