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

[Steve London]

If there is an N1MM+ bug, please explain why it has not been reported on 
the N1MM+ yahoo reflector, nor has an N1MM+ bug report been opened ?

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 09/14/2016 10:04 PM, Helmut Mueller wrote:
> 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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