i am thinking of the m/s case where more than one computer is sharing the number
sequence, unless contest sponsors all accept the possibility of duplicate
numbers being sent it is necessary to reserve a number across the network. and
since the ct network is only a broadcast network the reservation must be a
broadcast. and since the qso may not be logged until some time after the
exchange gets sent there must be some way to tell the other machines before the
qso gets logged that you have used the number.
there are of course problems with any scheme for keeping numbers in order across
bands and computers in any network scheme i have considered... and it gets even
more confusing if you allow operators to send the serial number by hand or voice
before they tell the computer they are doing it. in those cases it is very
possible that you send one number and end up logging a different one.
Bill Fisher W4AN wrote:
>
> > reserving a number when you start typing is not a good idea. consider the
> > common case in a m/s of having a run station and another station just
> > listening
> > on another band finding multipliers before switching bands... if the second
> > station types in a call with no intention of working him that should not
> > reserve
> > the serial number. it used to be in ct that when you hit insert to send the
> > report it would broadcast to the network that the number was used, i don't
> > know
> > if that still works or not since i haven't done operations like that for a
> > while. even in that case you could get out of sync if you ended up not
> > finishing the qso, the number would be reserved by the second station until
> > he
> > actually worked someone.
>
> You didn't read my note carefully. You are not reserving a serial number
> that nobody else can use. That also requires the broadcast nonsense that
> we have now. The local machine at the point of typing uses the serial
> number it finds next. There is no reserve for the network. There is no
> need.
>
> 73
>
> Bill
>
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