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[WriteLog] Packet Problem

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Subject: [WriteLog] Packet Problem
From: ric@kv1w.com (Ric Plummer)
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:11:42 -0000
Hi John,
Did you grab the spot or just see it come over ? This might hint as to the
prevention.
To fix, edit the mode of the Q ( Double click on freq then edit ) then under
Contest,
recalculte score. Then all should be OK.
Ric KV1W

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lindmeier" <lindmeie@bellatlantic.net>
To: <Writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 13:39
Subject: [WriteLog] Packet Problem


>
> Hello All,
>
> I hope everyone had a great contest this past weekend.
>
> I ran Writelog for the first time in a major DX contest this past weekend.
> It ran fine except for one problem.
>
> Several times I logged CW contacts as phone contacts.  The contact would
be
> logged with a red "B" next to the QSO number and the signal report would
be
> 59 instead of 599.  The QSO would be listed as zero points.  After I
> realized what was happening, I watched the entry window and every so
often,
> the signal report would change to 59 for a second and change back to 599.
> This seemed to happen whenever a phone spot came in over packet.
>
> My setup is a TS570D on COM2, TNC on COM1, CW keying on LPT1.  Computer is
a
> Pentium II 166Mhz with 32MB memory running Win98SE.  The version of
Writelog
> is 10.18.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1 - How do I fix these contacts in the log ??
>
> 2 - How can I prevent this from happening again ??
>
> 73's - John - WA3KPP
>
>
>
>
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