V10.19 27 June 2004
Keyer and Rig Control Ports:
COM1 to COM8 now supported, to accommodate USB
to Serial converters. If you previously used
LPT1 or LPT2 for CW, you must use the PORTS
command to select 9 (for LPT1) and 10 (for
LPT2).
Sidetone:
CW sidetone has been restored to the Windows
programs - SD, SDI, SDV and SDX. It's handy
for checking memory playback when not connected
to a radio.
A CW port must be, or have been, enabled before
sidetone can be heard. The SIDETONE command
toggles audio o/p and the keying o/p - it's one
or the other, but not both, at any one time.
SDI - IOTA Contest:
Error in CW F2 memory playback (the exchange)
fixed.
Fixed SDICHECK - post contest log and analysis.
Got broken somewhere in the conversion to
Windows.
SDR - Rescore Cabrillo and SD Logs.
SDR accepts a Cabrillo .LOG file or an SD .ALL
file as input. This version, 10.19, is robust.
Earlier versions should be deleted.
SDR rescores each QSO and identifies dupes and
multipliers, and is intended only for contests
with multipliers and/or with variable points per
QSO.
Although SDR is a general-purpose utility, and
will rescore most contests supported by SD,
Cabrillo logs must conform to the appropriate
QSO template at
www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/qso-template.html,
or, for RSGB contests with district codes, to
the second template at
www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/formats/templates.shtml
SDR creates NAME.NEW using SD's record format,
where NAME is the name of your .LOG or .ALL
input file, and gives an immediate analysis of
QSO, points and multiplier totals by band.
File handling/renaming then occurs as follows.
1. Cabrillo .LOG input file - NAME.LOG
If NAME.ALL does not exist, NAME.NEW is
renamed as NAME.ALL - which can then be
loaded or analysed further with SD and
SDCHECK.
If NAME.ALL exists:
Copy NAME.ALL to NAME.OLD
Delete NAME.ALL
Rename NAME.NEW as NAME.ALL
2. SD .ALL input file.
Copy NAME.ALL to NAME.OLD
Delete NAME.ALL
Rename NAME.NEW as NAME.ALL
Errors or exceptions, if any, are appended to
the corresponding records in the newly-created
.ALL file, and can be inspected with a text
editor. They do not affect the ability of SD
or SDCHECK to load this .ALL file.
When using a text editor to examine a .ALL file,
please take care not to change the length of
any record. If you do, you may not be able to
load the file with SD or SDCHECK. If you get
into trouble, you will still have your original
.LOG file or .OLD file as backup.
SDV - VHF Contests.
Post-contest logging option, with the OFFLINE
command, was broken in V10.18. Fixed.
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The programs may be downloaded from ei5di.com
They are all freeware. Please encourage other contesters
to use them and to sign-up to the sd-user mailing list.
The more feedback and suggestions I get, the more incentive
I'll have to improve the programs.
IMPORTANT: Keep a copy of whatever version(s) you're
using now - as insurance!
73,
Paul EI5DI
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