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Subject: [WriteLog] Multi-single band change timer
From: k5na@texas.net (Richard L. King)
Date: Wed Mar 12 13:39:31 2003
The band change timer didn't work right for us either at K5NA where we did 
a M/S in the ARRL DX Phone. It looked like a "rolling hour" to us also. We 
were using 10.36 and it is possible that this is fixed in a later version.

73, Richard

At 08:53 3/12/03 -0500, Jim Idelson wrote:
>How does this feature work?
>
>Our setup for CQ WW DX involves as many as four different stations, each 
>with a
>networked WriteLog computer. At any particular time, any one of those 
>stations
>might be the "Run" station, while the others are the "Mult" stations. When we
>use the timer, it doesn't look like its giving us the info we need. It looks
>like the individual stations don't know who is Run and who is Mult.
>
>In ARRL DX, we use a similar setup. In this case, usually only two 
>stations. It
>looks like the band change timer/counter is looking at a "rolling hour" 
>rather
>than a "clock hour" as defined in the rules. I could be wrong; we do try to
>spend our time operating rather than debugging while the contest is under way!
>
>Has anybody worked through this completely? I'd be interested in 
>understanding
>all the details and requirements so we can take advantage of this important
>feature.
>
>73,
>
>Jim Idelson K1IR
>email    k1ir@designet.com
>web    http://www.designet.com/k1ir
>
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