I had to check this myself but what he is doing is OK by the rules. For
SS there is no band change restriction. There is also no reason why both
transcievers couldn't be on the same band as long as they don't transmit
at the same time. This does seem like a very agressive setup and
probably isn't what anybody had in mind when they made up the category
"Multi-Single" but it seems OK.
Now, why can't Writelog handle this? It's networked and certainly knows
that there was another Q with the number it's using. It certainly should
be possible to handle this although it might not be easy.
BTW, I have no intention of every operating this way.
Bob Naumann wrote:
Hi Chad,
Regardless, multi-single contest rules do not allow for that to happen - except for CQWW which does not use serial #'s.
In a multi-single you should not be operating on two bands at once under any circumstances.
Multi-single rules are the most restrictive (10 minute rule or # of band changes) in order to prevent this sort of practice, where you're really multi-2 or multi-multi.
73,
N5NJ
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From: Kurszewski Chad-WCK005 <chad@motorola.com>
Date: 2004/11/29 Mon PM 02:49:10 CST
To: n5nj@gte.net, writelog@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Re: Serial Numbers in Multi Operations
He said he "started to enter a Q". He didn't say anything about
working (trasmitting) two stations at once. WL assigns a number
as soon as you start typing in a call. You will also see
this behavior as SO2R in WL and you enter a call in each call
entry area, you will get numbers assigned, and if you wipe the
first one, that number is skipped and never reassigned.
I've given up on totally sequential numbers, and as others
have said, it doesn't matter as long as you log what was sent.
I proved this to myself last year during SS CW where I submitted
a M/S log with funky numbers and ARRL had zero problems with
that.
Chad WE9V
-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob Naumann
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 2:38 PM
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Re: Serial Numbers in Multi Operations
Al,
You are not supposed to work two stations at once as a multi-single.
This is a rule violation.
There is no reason for WL to allow you to do this.
73,
Bob N5NJ
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From: Aldewey@aol.com
Date: 2004/11/29 Mon PM 12:07:13 CST
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] Re: Serial Numbers in Multi Operations
In a message dated 11/25/2004 10:31:04 PM Central Standard
Time, Aldewey
writes:
I know this has probably been discussed before but I just
wanted to see if
there is a simple answer.
In our Multi-Single SS Operation, we were running two
networked stations.
If we started to enter a Q in the entry window on Station
#1, a Serial Number
was automatically assigned. If the op on Station #2 starts
to enter a Q at
the same time, the same serial number is assigned. Once
these numbers are
assigned, there doesn't seem to be a way to change it. If
the Qs are both
completed, they both go in the log with the same QSO
Number. Does anyone know a
simple way around this dielemma?
TR seems to handle this a little better. In the scenario
described above,
the same Serial Number is initially assigned (just like
WL). However, once
someone enters the first Q, the serial number of the second
radio is
incremented automatically. It does take some coordination
between the two ops to make
sure who has which number, but TR does make sure that
duplicate serial
numbers do not go into the log.
Any suggestions on how to accomplish this with WL?
73,
Al, K0AD
Before reverting back to TR for Multi-Op contests with Serial
Numbers (i.e
SS, WPX, etc), I just wondered if anyone could point me to a
solution to this
problem when using Writelog. I didn't get any response to
my original post.
73,
Al, K0AD
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