[ct-user] Caution about CT in VHF contest

[Ed Parish K1EP]

I just wanted to let people know about a potential problem that there might be in CT (all versions after 9.27) with the VHF or VHFS contest.  The problem will only occur if you invoke CT using the log filename called out with the .bin extension.  That is, if you start up CT like:

C\:  ct -now mylog.bin 

or 

C\:  ct mylog.bin

or something similar, you may encounter a problem.  The easiest way to avoid this is to *always* refer to the filename without the .bin extension.  That is, start CT like this:

C\: ct -now mylog

or 

C\: ct mylog

CT will still use the actual file called mylog.bin for your log whether you invoke CT with mylog or mylog.bin, but there seems to be a problem when doing a WRITELOG after invoking CT with the filename specified as mylog.bin.   This will only happen on VHF or VHFS contests (all that I know about right now) and only if you do a WRITELOG.  A WRITEARRL does not seem to cause a problem.   I hope that I have made this clear.  If you have any questions, send me email.

tnx es gl
Ed K1EP


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