[CQ-Contest] serial numbers

[David Robbins]

Brian McGinness wrote:
> 
> Hey guys and gals, please remember that adding a serial number to
> the exchange will pose many difficulties for the multi-multi stations!
> 
> CT for example, does not do well in a multi/multi environment with
> serial numbers.  This is not the place for a debate about which software
> is better or worse, but the facts are that some (most?) of the popular
> programs will not handle serial numbers correctly in the multi/multi
> environment.  It is somewhat of a programming nightmare  - reserving
> serial numbers across the network then re-allocating them if they
> are not used!

ct does great in m/m where serial numbers are unique to the band.
where it has trouble is when you do m/s or s/2 with networked computers 
and you have to have one set of serial numbers across all the 
stations... and even that is ok if you do real single transmitter,
when you push the rules and jump back and forth between stations
to make qso's you have to be very careful of the sequence of events
to make it work.

-- 
David Robbins K1TTT (ex KY1H)
k1ttt at berkshire.net   or   robbins at berkshire.net
http://www.berkshire.net/~robbins/k1ttt.html


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