And, the most important point in serial numbers, WriteLog actually records the
serial number sent in the log. So when the log checkers go to the other log to
see the exchange, your serial number sent will be there.
Contrast this with other contest programs that simply log the next number
available regardless of what was sent. You can lose a lot of QSO's in that
environment.
(end of soap box).
CU...Scot, K9JY
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 21:25:38 -0500 Marty Tippin <martyt@pobox.com> wrote:
At 07:30 PM 8/19/2002, Don Hill AA5AU wrote:
>Now a word about serial numbers when using two computers networked.
>Problems can arise in certain situations. The most common problem is when
>you have a callsign in the entry window of both PC's. WriteLog will assign
>the same serial number to both.
Easiest thing to do is to stop worrying about duplicate serial numbers.
I don't know of any contest where they *really* care that a number has been
skipped or duplicated (despite what the rules may say). WriteLog has a bug
(or at least an undesirable feature) and there will *always* be the
potential of a duplicate serial number, no matter how hard you try to avoid
it by keeping the callsign field clear, etc. You can run into it in
networked operations (multi and single op) and SO2R on a single computer.
It's not worth your effort to try and fight the software. Just send
whatever serial number WriteLog comes up with, log the QSO, and go on with
the contest. You'll get fewer grey hairs (or the grey hairs you have will
fall out slower) and have less heartburn.
-Marty NW0L
martyt@pobox.com
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