[ct-user] CTWIN 9.77 BUG.

[Joseph Agius]

Although the score in CT may be wrong, it does not
matter if you submit a Cabrillo file.
The ARRL will rescore your contacts and come up with
the correct score.

Joe
W1TW
--- "Jose M. Valdes R. YV5LIX" <yv5lix at cantv.net>
wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> While testing CTWin 9.77 for this weekend's test I
> found what seems to
> be a bug.
> 
> The program is being tested as DX SIDE station since
> I'm in Venezuela.
> 
> The problem is this, if I enter a station in any
> state, lets say PA and
> later I enter another PA station, both are counted
> as multiplier, even
> if it is a DUPE, and the states are counted as a new
> multipliers every
> time they are entered, if inter PA 4 times PA is
> considered a new
> multiplier 4 times; for example:
> 
> if my log shows the following entries
> 
> 1 20 1229 W3LPL  59  PA  PA
> 2 20 1235 W3RYT  59  PA  PA
> 3 20 1236 W3LPL  59  PA -DUPE-
> 4 20 1245 K3DE   59  PA  PA
> 
> The summary windows looks as follows:
> 
> Summary
> 
> 160	Q	S	D
> 80	0	0	0
> 40	0	0	0
> 20	2	3	1
> 15	0	0	0
> 10	0	0	0
> all	3	4	1
>      ARRL SCORE 36
>   QSO's per Mult: 0.8	
> 
> While it should show 3 QSOSs 1 multiplier 1 dupe and
> a score of 9
> 
> And the CT windows should show the following:
> 
> 1 20 1229 W3LPL  59  PA 
> 2 20 1235 W3RYT  59  PA 
> 3 20 1236 W3LPL  59  PA -DUPE-
> 4 20 1245 K3DE   59  PA 
> 
> The summary windows looks as follows:
> 
> Summary
> 
> 160	Q	S	D
> 80	0	0	0
> 40	0	0	0
> 20	2	1	1
> 15	0	0	0
> 10	0	0	0
> all	3	1	1
>      ARRL SCORE 9
>   QSO's per Mult: 3.0	
> 
> 
> Has any one noticed this bug?
> 
> As it is CTWin 9.77 can't be used during a contest
> since the log and the
> score will be all wrong. I try different
> XP/processors combination with
> the same results.
> 
> Does the latest versions corrected this problem?
> 
> 73/DX Joe, YV5LIX.
> 
> 
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