[CQ-Contest] QTC group number problem in N1MM+?

[Helmut Mueller]

Hi there!

Yes it is a N1MM bug and you can not upload the log as the QTC number reads  /10
  instead of  23/10    for example. 

I told the guys to fill all missing QTC numbers with 999/10 to get the log
through upload, but you will have one point "loss" due to the wrong QTC number.
I.e. still getting 9 points instead of 10 if the rest is correct.

Even that it IS a bug, i still find exchanging QSO data via email is not a good
idea. 

73

Helmut DF7ZS 
WAEDC Manager  

> Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> hat am 15. September 2016 um 04:34
> geschrieben:
> 
> 
> Hi Doug, 
> 
>  
> 
> Yes, I received one from a western EU'n on Monday.
> 
> I told him that in good faith I just could not supply him with those #'s.  I
> know I probably just lost 10 QTC's and maybe
> 
> the original QSO with him, but that's the game.  I am not about to send
> someone data after the fact in any contest.
> 
> After the race is run, it's run, whether your computer dies, the program
> glitches, or whatever.
> 
> At 0000z, you're done.-right?  
> 
>  
> 
> I did point him towards the very excellent N1MM Yahoo users group telling
> him that
> 
> presumably, if his adif file (not his Cabrillo) was still intact, someone
> there would likely be able to restore
> 
> his log.  I also have had one or two small quirks with the WAE upload in the
> past, so perhaps
> 
> it's not totally his log at fault - who knows.
> 
>  
> 
> His story was *exactly* as you describe, however I have seen ZERO messages
> on that FB N1MM+ users
> 
> group from anyone asking for help.
> 
>  
> 
> I feel his pain, 'cuz last year I left dozens of QTC's unsent..not because I
> didn't/couldn't find a QTC
> 
> partner, but it was something in the way I was logging (my own fault) which
> incorrectly counted the QTC's
> 
> and in some cases I could not send the "balance" of QTC's to previous
> partners.
> 
> It was a tough pill for me to swallow.
> 
>  
> 
> I am not sure what to make of it, but would the person(s) not reach out to
> the N1MM users group first, 
> 
> rather than asking by email for "fills"????....It makes me wonder.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Mike VE9AA
> 
>  
> 
> I have received several emails in the past two days from European
> 
> stations asking for the number of the QTC groups I sent them. All are
> 
> claiming it is a bug in N1MM+ generating a Cabrillo file missing the
> 
> QTC group number.
> 
>  
> 
> I am not sure if this is a real bug, or if the stations just did not
> 
> copy my QTC group number and are asking for a post-contest fill as if
> 
> they had not copied my serial number or something.
> 
>  
> 
> I generally refuse to supply missing exchange information until after
> 
> the log deadline. However, if this is a program bug, I am willing to
> 
> help these guys.
> 
>  
> 
> Is anyone else getting these same requests?
> 
>  
> 
> Any N1MM+ European users having this problem? I am not an N1MM user
> 
> and do not subscribe to their reflectors.
> 
>  
> 
> 73,
> 
>  
> 
> Doug K1DG
> 
>  
> 
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
> 
> Keswick Ridge, NB
> 
>  
> 
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