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From: Milt Jensen <miltj@aepnet.com> (Milt Jensen)
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 18:12:50 -0700
James.E.Brown@LRD03.usace.army.mil wrote:

JIM, JUST HIT ENTER AND IT WILL GO TO THE # COLUMN.  BUT I MUST SAY THAT
I ALSO WONDER WHY. ???
 
> After participating in the Sweepstakes this weekend with v.25, I have
> the following question:
> 
> The logging field is layed out:
> 
> Serial #       Precedence     Call       Check          Section
> 
> However, the exchange invariably gets sent in the following order:
> 
> Call      Serial#    Precedence     Check    Section
> 
> That is, if you are cqing, then you will hear and enter the calling
> station's callsign first thing.  Then you send your info starting with the
> serial #.  Then copy the calling station's info, which always starts with
> the serial #.
> 
> If you are S&Ping, then you will receive the info as in the above
> paragraph, having already filled in the cqing station's callsign in the
> first field.  Then you send your info, with the cqing station having
> already filled in your call in the callsign field.
> 
> Am I missing an obvious difference why the field is layed out in a
> different order than it is sent and copied?  On every qso that I logged,
> I wished the field was layed out in the order that I was receiving it
> from the contact station.  As it was, I had to tab 3 times after copying
> the call to get to the next item received (serial #).
> 
> Thanks                      Jim              W4LC
> 
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