[ct-user] How to get CT.CFG used at startup?

[Ken Brown]

Hi John,

Thanks for the suggestions. Upon further examination I have determined 
that the CT.CFG file IS being used to load the canned CW messages. Yet 
it always comes up in CQWW contest mode, on 20 meters if there is not 
already an ARRL06.BIN file. (ARRL06 is the file name I am using for this 
weekend's contest). I have the line in the CT.CFG file which says 
"Contest:   A160". At one point I have mistakenly put it as "Contest 
type: A160" since that is the way the popup menu labels it. However 
after looking at the sample CFG files, I see it should just be 
"Contest:  A160". I also see that in my CT users manual SO (single 
operator) is NOT checked as an applicable category for this contest. Of 
course it should be, and that is the category I am entering in. I'll 
experiment with some variations there.

Ken N6KB

John Bednar wrote:
> Ken,
>
> No startup switch required. Make sure you are saving the ct.cfg file
> as a text file with ASCII characters and not some other type of
> file. 
>
> I know this works with the latest version of CT.
>
> John
> k3ct at verizon.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ct-user-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:ct-user-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ken Brown
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:58 PM
> To: ct-user
> Subject: [ct-user] How to get CT.CFG used at startup?
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to get ready for ARRL 160 test. I'm using CT 9.84. I'm
> am 
> trying to get the system to start up with all the appropriate 
> selections; contest type, section, cw messages, etc. using the
> ct.cfg 
> file. I'm pretty sure I've done this before, but I can't seem to
> make it 
> work. If I have a .BIN file of the right name with all that stuff 
> entered it works fine. I was under the impression I could write a
> CT.CFG 
> file to load all that stuff, and with no .BIN file CT would start
> using 
> all the stuff in the CT.cfg file if it is in the same directory that
>
> ct.exe is in.
>
> Is there a command line switch such as -cfg that needs to be in my
> batch 
> file to make this work? I cannot find any reference to -cfg s a
> command 
> line switch.
>
> What I am trying to do is get my system ready with a .bat file so I
> can 
> type "GOARRL" at the c:\> command prompt, and the directory will
> change, 
> the comtsrs will load and ct will start using the ct.cfg file. I
> want to 
> try everything, and then when it all works delete the ARRL06.BIN
> (that 
> is what I am calling it) file, so that all my bogus test QSO
> dissappear. 
> When I do this, even though I have a CT.CFG file that says contest
> type= 
> AR160, it starts up in some other multiband contest mode on 20
> meters.
>
> I must be forgetting something, and I haven't found it in the
> documentation.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken N6KB
> ..
>
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