[ct-user] Fixing bad serial numbers

[Doug Brandon]

I'm trying to fix the broken serial numbers in my SS CW log.  If I scroll 
thru the log from within CT, there are some duplicate and some out of order 
serial numbers.  Is there anyway to fix them in the .BIN file?

I tried running B2R9, but it simply generates a raw sequential QSO number 
instead of pulling out the actual QSO/SentSerialNumber from the .BIN 
file.  I would then have to reverse correlate the whole log instead of just 
fixing the bad ones.  It doesn't look like the exchange data is in the .RES 
file either, so I'm not sure if I can even do it using the .RES file.

It looks like manually editing the .LOG file is maybe the only 
option.  That's kind of a shame because if next year I want to look at last 
years log, I'll surely forget the mishaps, and do WRITELOG and wipeout the 
corrected log.  :)

I realize that anytime there are serial numbers and more than one computer 
networked, there is quite a potential for problems.  However, there are 
some of us SO2R guys who are more comfortable using two computers instead 
of one.  It would seem like a simple "fix" to update the "I'm going to send 
this number" internal value when a new QSO is received over the 
network.  This would at least solve the problem for SO2R2C guys, and would 
make the problem window smaller for true M/S guys.

    73 de Doug, N6RT


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