[CQ-Contest] Repeating an idea from the 7QP soapbox...

[David Robbins K1TTT]

Make the software do the work, like its supposed to!  I don't want to have
to know what qso party or other contest anyone else is in, just give me a
free form entry field like n1mm uses for ss exchange uses and let the logger
parse out what it needs to put in the log.  If YOU want to participate in,
lets say NEQP and 7QP at the same time you tell the logger and it should
know that it needs to get a state for both, and given the state a matching
county abbreviation for either new England or w7 states.. but that it only
needs a state for any state outside those areas.  If you get the appropriate
parts, in any order, it should be able to log it and generate an appropriate
Cabrillo file at the end for each contest.  Add in ARI at the same time and
it should expect a different exchange from Italian stations vs other dx who
get logged as 'dx' in the qp's and you need a serial number for ARI... of
course its even more fun when they don't start and end at the same times.


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Milt Jensen
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 21:55
> To: mjc5 at psu.edu; kevin at rowett.org
> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Repeating an idea from the 7QP soapbox...
> 
> Mike, Kevin and any others who have even a little dog in the fight.  Or
> just
> want to bark on their own.
> 
> My thought is that the common format exchange is VERY useful for the QPs
> that are scheduled on the same weekend, have more or less the same
> clientel,
> and have the same objective.  That makes a lot of sense to me.
> 
> If a particular QP is a "lone wolf" on a weekend by itself; or does not
> overlap with another contest that a lot of people might be working
> concurrently; then it really doesn't matter what the format of the
> exchange
> is.
> 
> I don't care if there is a 599 (59) or serial number.  BUT, there should
> be
> a ~ common layout beyond the number.
> 
> IMHO the STATE or SECTION (logger accepts 2 or 3 letters) should come
> first,
> followed by the COUNTY (ies) using an agreed upon format of 3 or 4 (MARAC)
> letter abbreviations.
> 
> Milt, N5IA
> 
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