[ct-user] Cabrillo fro IARU
Fabio I4UFH
i4ufh@aev.net
Sun, 12 Aug 2001 17:48:22 +0200
Download CT9.65, but no Cabrillo format for IARU Contest ...
Has been added ??
73 de Fabio
I4UFH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Wolff" <kwolff@ultranet.com>
To: "CT-User" <ct-user@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 8:25 PM
Subject: [ct-user] CT for IARU and IOTA
>
> I have placed CT9.64 beta in the vault and would like to release it soon.
>
> Thanks to Zoli HA1AG, Tom K1KI and others who helped me tune up IARU and
> IOTA tests.
>
> If there is anything else to fix for these tests, please let me know soon.
I
> won't be able to work on CT from July 4th through July 10th.
>
> 73, Ken
>
>
>
> Some discussion with Tom.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Frenaye [mailto:frenaye@pcnet.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 4:45 PM
> To: Ken Wolff
> Subject: Re: [ct-user] CT9.61
>
> At 03:06 PM 6/4/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >The next focus is VHF and IARU tests. If you know of any bugs, let me
know
> >so I can tune up these contests.
>
> More room in the mult listings for HQ mults so the complete list can be
> seen by band.
>
> -- Tom
> QSL. It's on the list.
>
> - Ken
>
> Tom,
>
> How many do you figure is enough? Right now, it displays 15 high by 4 wide
> for a total of 60 HQ stations. Can you put up with multiple pages and
> PgUp/PgDn?
>
> For now, I'm just showing the call of the HQ stations, not the HQ
> abbreviation, that would take more space.
>
> - Ken
>
>
> Ken,
>
> Maybe you've already fixed it. Two years ago I think it cut off at 20 or
> so, and we worked 30+ different HQ stations. Multiple pages is fine.
> Actually, I've always wanted an option to display only the mults actually
> worked on any band, or a way to edit out the 100 or more mults that are
> almost always not in a contest...
>
> -- Tom
>
> Just tested this under ct957 and ct962. Entered a dozen t_e_s_t
callsigns and
> hq mults and zones. The lists of zones and HQ stations show up but they
> aren't filled in - no info by band is shown - both in alt-z and alt-m.
> Also, alt-z out to toggle the window like alt-m does.
>
> -- Tom
>
>
> OK in the alt-M window, but in the alt-Z window those worked show as
blanks
> instead of "*"
>
> alt-Z doesn't toggle yet.
>
> When I log M1A RSGB on 10m and M2A RSGB on 15m it shows only as M2A in the
> alt-M window. Confusing. Not sure if it's better any other way. Might
be
> better to show both. I don't think many (perhaps multis) work more than
30
> HQ mults on a band, so you could probably go with:
>
> W1AW ARRL --*-*-*
> M1A RSGB -----*
> M2A RSGB ----*-
>
> You could fit 45 on the page that way I think.
>
> I remember last year two countries used the same HQ designation. This
year
> there will be multiple Canadian HQ stations all using RAC I presume.
>
> When the alt-M window is open and you scroll back to previous QSOs the log
> overwrites the mult window. (using default screen settings, not VGA)
>
> -- Tom
>
> Oh man, two HQ stations using the same HQ designator...
>
> I fixed the zone display problem and made the window a toggle, but can't
> handle the duplicate HQ designators yet. Not sure if I should even do it
for
> this years contest.
>
> - Ken
>
> At 05:45 PM 6/14/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >Oh man, two HQ stations using the same HQ designator...
> >
> >I fixed the zone display problem and made the window a toggle, but can't
> >handle the duplicate HQ designators yet.
>
> FB - seems to work all OK.
>
> >Not sure if I should even do it for this years contest.
>
> Probably not important
>
> Some other notes.
>
> 1) Wish you could display multipliers in WPX.
> 2) Wish you could display multipliers in AA
> 3) Wish you could log non-Asians in AA (with zero points)
> 4) Wish you could display the number of QSOs by point value in WPX
> 5) Canada Winter Contest but not the Sprint?
>
> 73 Tom
>
>
> Here is some of the discussion I had with Zoli.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zoltan.Pitman@libertel.nl [mailto:Zoltan.Pitman@libertel.nl]
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 4:58 AM
> To: kwolff@ultranet.com
> Subject: RE: >k1ea - iota contest w/ CT?
>
> << File: N1.BIN >> << File: HA1AG.LOG >> << File: ha1ag2.log >> Hi Ken,
>
> Yesterday I missed your inserted comments in my original mail. I included
> some examples for those faults you could not reproduce.
>
> 73, Zoli
>
> >> MAJOR FAULTS
> >> ============
> >>
> >> 1, CT doesn't recognize /QRP - it will accept as a new
> >> station and gives
> >> points even when it's a dupe. The dupe /QRP station will be shown as a
> >> no-dupe in the partial check window also.
> >
> > I tested both IARU and IOTA. K1EA/QRP is dupe of K1EA and
> > counts no points.
>
> Please find the attached N1.BIN. This seems to be broken.
>
>
> You are correct. I tested using K1EA followed by K1EA/QRP. K1EA/QRP
followed
> by K1EA/QRP did not work.
>
> This is fixed.
>
> > K1EA/QRP did not show up as a dupe in the check partial
> > window. I have fixed this.
>
> > 5, The callsign.LOG file is corrupt because the Sent Report
> > field contains
> > the Zone set during the setup and not the serial number.
> >
> > In which contest? The output looks OK to me in both IARU and IOTA.
>
> See HA1AG.LOG attached IOTA contest created of N1.BIN
>
> If I change the zone in the setup field to 28, it will change. See
> HA1AG2.LOG
>
> OIC. This is ARRL output. I have fixed this, although I don't know who
uses
> this output.
>
>
> >> 6, IARU: All Turks are taken as Asians and gives DX points
> >> (5) for them.
> >
> > I cannot fix this. CT knows about one country with multiple zones, but
> > cannot deal with one country in multiple continents.
> >
> > If I try to fix this, much code will change and many things
> > will break...
>
> OK. It's not a very frequent problem at all. BTW. Turkey has been selected
> in our t_e_s_t case just for the reason being a DXCC entity composed of
two.
>
>
> >> 7, ALT-T command doesn't reach remote TNC in the network. The network
> >> connection is working. This is a very difficult fault to track or
> >> reproduce. It doesn't appear all the time.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> MINOR FAULTS:
> >> ============
> >>
> >> 1, IOTA: Score remains zero until the first mult is worked.
> >> (mult variable initialized with 0 instead of 1?)
> >>
> > Is the score not QSO points times mults?
> >
> > If you have no mults you have a zero score.
>
> Correct. We had a discussion about it.
>
>
>
> >> 3, IARU: After completing setup it asks for Section. In IARU
> >> HF Champs, no Section info is required.
> >>
> > Cabrillo format requires section or DX
>
> Understood. Tnx.
>
>
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