[CQ-Contest] question for SS pre-fill users

[Michael Dinkelman]

well I've had three people tell me what their prefill indicates and it's all the 
correct 

info so maybe the problem is on my end - maybe I need to add some more  
space between the check and the rest of the exchange info or even slow 
down that part of the exchange.

appreciate the help guys - always trying to improve my operation
thanks to all who took the time
cheers
dink, n7wa
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From: John Kuklewicz N7ZN <kukl at wildblue.net>
To: Michael Dinkelman <mwdink at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 8:00:24 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] question for SS pre-fill users

My prefill file has your check         as <72>
This prefill file is derived from past year's logs at my         station. No 
external information is used.

I am not aware of any public domain data prefill file (similar         to the 
call supercheckpartial files).

When I send my check, I have Writelog set up to add a couple         extra dot 
spaces (^) between the digits and also before sending         the section.
i.e.:  <tu> %^ A N7ZN 9^^8^^ I^D

For some reason I get quite a few fill requests for my check.         (And also 
section, but that is likely ops wanting to make sure         that they actually 
have that ID mult.)

vy 73 

John N7ZN

On 11/11/2010 7:23 AM, Michael Dinkelman wrote: 
Nope, this isn't a debate about whether you should use pre-fills
>in your logging programs. (I did myself many years ago
>but find it more challenging and fun to copy the stuff on the
>fly now.)
>
>Instead, this is a question about what do you get for my CHECK  
>if you are using a pre-fill. This year, I received more requests to
>confirm my CHECK than I can ever remember. Way more than
>everything else combined including the serial number (where I 
>expect fillrequests).
>
>I can only surmise that the pre-fill value is coming up to something
>different than from what I have always sent. The good news
>is that people aren't relying on the pre-fill value and question it. 
>The bad news is that this is having an impact on my rate as this 
>happened hundreds oftimes this past weekend.
>
>If you used pre-fill and could go back into your logger and let me
>know what the pre-fill gives you for my check, I would be interested
>to know. (You can send it to me off list at <n7wa at arrl dot net>)
>
>If it's wrong, I'll have to see about how to get that corrected. If
>it's right, I'll have to see about modifying my exchange message 
>to make it more clear when initially sent.
>
>cheer
>dink, n7wa
>
>
>
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