Upon further testing, the Russian DX Contest module does not work well on RTTY.
You can click on a callsign and it will populate the Call field in the Entry
Window. However, when you click on a serial number, it also populates the Call
field of the Entry Window instead of the RCVD field. If it's a Russian callsign
in the Call field, it prefills the Oblast in the RCVD field and this is very
nice, but for non-Russian stations you would have to manually type in the
serial number in the RCVD field. This is not good.
The Russian RTTY WW module does not work well either because it prefills the
RCVD field with the CQ zone of non-Russian calls in the CALL field. When you
click on a serial number, it replaces the callsign in the CALL field with the
serial number and that's no good. Having said that. This contest is new and I
doubt there will be much activity. It may be beneficial to have this module
prefill the Oblast and just manually type in the serial number for non-Russian
stations.
There is another option which appears to work. In my list of modules, I have a
Russian PSK WW Contest module which came from the SM6SRW module package. It
seems to work OK. You can click on a callsign and it populates the CALL field.
You can then click on a report (either a Russian Oblast abbreviation like MA or
a serial number) and it populates the RCVD field. However, if you click on 599,
it replace the callsign in the CALL field (so don't click on 599 or better yet,
get rid of the RST field - email me if you don't know how). Also, it has no
Cabrillo output so you would have to output to ADIF, open a new log in WriteLog
using the Russian DX Contest module, import the ADIF from the Russian PSK WW
log, save the log then Export this to Cabrillo. For non-Russian stations, the
Cabrillo output looks fine and puts transmit serial numbers in for you. For
Russian stations it may be better to use ADIF2CABR to make your Cabrillo file
from the PSK contest module log ADIF output.
So far I haven't found any hidden bombs to blow this one up although there may
be one in there.
SM6SRW module package located here:
http://writelog.com/downloads/third-party
Instructions on using the Legacy Installer to install the SM6SRW module package
here:
http://www.rttycontesting.com/tutorials/writelog2/legacy-installer-helper/
SP7DQR program ADIF2CABR here:
http://sp7dqr.pl/en/converters.php
73, Don AA5AU
From: Don AA5AU <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
To: JE Brown <w4lc@fuse.net>; "writelog@contesting.com"
<writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Russian WW Digital Contest
There is no module for this contest. Try using the Russian DX Contest module
instead of the Russian RTTY WW module because the RTTY WW module prefills the
zone for non-Russian calls in the Entry Window.
On the other hand, the Russian DX Contest module prefills Russian oblasts for
Russian calls in the Entry window and the RCVD entry is empty on non-Russian
calls. Also, the RTTY module does not allow export to Cabrillo (the Cabrillo
option is grayed out) while the Cabrillo file option is available in the
Russian DX Contest module. After the contest, you can export to Cabrillo then
edit the file to put the proper contest name (which is CONTEST: RUS-WW-DIGI).
There is a sample of the Cabrillo header they are looking for on the rules page
here:
http://www.rdrclub.ru/rdrc-news/russian-ww-digital-contest/51-rus-ww-digi-rules,
(Yes, there is a comma at the end of the URL). If this link doesn't work for
you, there is one on the home page of rttycontesting.com.
I have no idea how this module will work on RTTY but it's worth a try. You may
want to play with it as much as you can. I don't plan on participating but I
will set this up to see if it works. It probably doesn't score the contest
correctly but you could Google the Russian DX Contest rules to see what the
differences are.
73, Don AA5AU
From: JE Brown <w4lc@fuse.net>
To: writelog@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 5:37 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] Russian WW Digital Contest
Any RTTY module for this?
Tried the Russian RTTY WW module, but the points dont seem correct.
Jim W4LC
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