At 06:38 PM 12/17/2001 , TOMK5RC@aol.com wrote:
>First, entering a call in the entry window should pop up the logical QTH
>in the QTH field, like VE2 = QC. W6 = CA. When there is no logical QTH, it
>can be blank, unless you have worked the station on the other mode, then
>it should pop up the QTH or the number given in the first QSO. NA handles
>this quite well.
WriteLog could probably do better in this area - but so few US hams have
callsigns related to their call area that it's almost a waste of time. It
would be useful for the VEs however.
>Second, using the W9XT card, the Writelog.ini file requires different F
>key mapping for phone and CW, so I could use all the features on one mode
>or the other. Also, I could only use the repeat CQ feature on one mode or
>the other or have to change settings every time I changed mode.
Use the sound card and I don't think you'll have that problem. The sound
card can do everything the W9XT gizmo can and a whole lot more. I've got a
fairly generic sound card and have it set up not only to route my
microphone audio through it (allowing easy on-the-fly recording of F-key
messages) but also I have it set up to record the audio from the entire
contest. Pretty darned nifty, especially when reviewing the audio after the
contest.
>The band map was also cumbersome changing back and forth between CW and
>Phone. The band map also showed partial calls entered in the data entry
>screen. There were lots of JA1 and K2S type entries where the entire call
>was not copied before entering the QTH information.
Didn't use the bandmap, but I don't recall seeing that "problem" before -
is there a setting that forces calls on the entry window to go to the band
map *before* you log the QSO?
>The rate meter would lose the "time on - time off" when I closed the
>program. The only way I got an accurate time on-off calculation was to add
>up the information from one of the rate reports.
The time on/off info in the rate window works fine here. I just opened my
log after a day of being closed and it shows the 1:10 that I spent
tinkering in the contest. If it's not accurate on your end, make sure "Set
for Automatic Rescoring" is checked in the Contest menu -- each time you
restart the program, it recalculates the score and on/off times.
-Marty NW0L
martyt@pobox.com
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