[CQ-Contest] Do serial numbers in contests hinder participation?

[Ted Bryant]

Pete wrote.."The problem?  It lists all QSO parties simply as "QSO Party",
so if you want to multi-task among them, you get confused."

Here is an N1MM Logger work-around that I've used successfully.  If there
are multiple QSO parties or contests that I want to work during the same
weekend, I create a database for each QSO party or contest. And here's the
key - name the database with the QSO party name, ie. CQP.mdb, PAQP.mdb,
TnQP.mdb, etc. Then I build only the contest I want to work in the
appropriate database. By doing this, when you open the menu that Pete
mentioned (alt+F), it will list the last 9 contests including the current
one.  Included in the listing is the name of the database that contains the
contest log.  Simply choose the listing with the database named for the
contest you want to switch to and the proper log will be loaded.  Only takes
a few seconds to do this.

73, Ted W4NZ


-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Pete Smith
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:35 AM
To: Tim Gardner; Jim Reisert AD1C; cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Do serial numbers in contests hinder
participation?


At 05:52 PM 3/23/2009, Tim Gardner wrote:
>Same here.  Zero VA qsos while I searched for OK and ND (even though the
>VA stations were mostly loud all weekend).
>
>While I don't especially like serial number exchanges (particularly when
>the "county name" is a sufficient exchange), that alone won't normally
>stop my participation if I am interested.  This weekend, I avoided VA due
>to the added hassle.
>
>We still need a generalized contest logger that will handle multiple
>simultaneous contests.
>
>
>Tim - N9LF

N1mm Logger handles this, with one problem.  What it does is list the last
10 contest logs you opened, in the order they were opened, on its Files
menu.  It only takes about 2 seconds max to switch among contests.  If
you're switching between RTTY and non-RTTY contests, you'll have to
manually open and close the digital interface window, which adds a few more
seconds.

The problem?  It lists all QSO parties simply as "QSO Party", so if you
want to multi-task among them, you get confused.  I asked one time, and was
told that this would not be easy to fix, because of the architecture of the
file listing, but maybe it would be possible at least to signal which QSO
party is currently loaded, in another window.  I'll ask.

73, Pete N4ZR