Every reflector's strength is also it's weakness. What I have observed over
the last year and a half on the reflector is fewer 'new person' questions
and a lot more 'advanced' questions, answers and discussions.
I attribute the fewer 'new person' questions to three of developments:
first, the www.writelog.com site has had a bunch of upgrades to it in the
support area. I went and looked the other day and was really pleased to see
a bunch of new good stuff there.
Second, somewhat selfishly, I think that my web site at www.k9jy.com has
helped a bunch of people get off to a really good start with the software.
While I still have a bunch to do on the site, the emails I get have been
very, very positive. As a result, there is a lot less setup questions on the
reflector instead now going to something more challenging on the reflector.
Hopefully there are fewer support emails as well going to the developers
which was one of my objectives - have them work the program.
Third, WriteLog, in my humble opinion, is becoming a standard for single-op
contesting. There are a lot more people in our local clubs here in the US
who have the program and that we can ask locally our questions or can come
over and help us set it up. But right now there are only two hams in New
Zealand who have the program - and I've emailed with them both!
The reason you see so much stuff on RTTY on the reflector (and before this
with SO2R contesting), is that there are many, many variables to set it up.
Sound card vs TNC. Or use both because it works better. AFSK or FSK. Or both
depending on PSK/mode. Two radio contesting with TNC's and soundcard. Which
sound card is the best (it really depends), which board to get more serial
ports (it really depends). And each radio in each of these setups have
differences. So the really good thing about the reflector is that you can
find someone who mirrors what you are trying to do. But to 'standardize' the
support for these types of setup is really difficult (I know because I've
thought a lot about trying to do it).
RTTY scores on the reflector should be posted to the 3830 site. The reason
they are posted here is that the RTTY reflector was sponsored by WF1B and
also supported RTTY as a mode. It's a carry over that some people don't
expect to see scores for RTTY on 3830.
It's a pretty good reflector. It could be much, much worse.
CU...Scot, K9JY
See the complete WriteLog user guide at http://www.k9jy.com
mailto:scot@k9jy.com
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 22:38:47 -0500, Dave & Judi Jaksa wrote:
>
> Allen,
>
> I am also relatively new WriteLog user, having very recently converted
over
> from many years of using CT. With that said, here are my observations on
> what you may, or may not, have missed.
>
> I have been disappointed in the almost exclusively RTTY content of this
> group I was hoping to get additional information that would help me
learn
> the subtle nuances of WriteLog. I have looked for other WriteLog
reflectors
> but this seems to be it. So, I think the answer is to put up with the
heavy
> RTTY content and RTTY contest score posts or write off WriteLog and go to
> something different. After a few weeks of this I have to seriously
wonder
> if anybody uses WriteLog for DX, SS, WPX, etc. contesting or if it is
just
> an RTTY tool.
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