[NA-User] Multi tests in 1 wkend

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

At 02:34 PM 4/30/2006, Dale Putnam wrote:

>I want to work both New England qp and 7 qp.
>I have one primary machine.
>Would like to use one test program.
>Don't want to use paper for one test.
>Would like to keep the two seperate. Different scores, different 
>bands, different radios.
>Now to complicate it further. I have CT, NA, Winlog, N1mm, XM log, 
>and even an older DOS program, all are not built out for 7qp, but I 
>have tried the later suggestions. Altho that seems to make it only 
>one qp to play in. If someone can do SO2R, why can't I do SO2QP?

It's theoretically possible, but not easy.  Here's what I suggest 
(this assumes that you are outside of both W1 and W7):

Use CT in NEQP mode.  I can make a multiplier file that has both the 
NEQP and 7QP multipliers in it (and ONLY those mults).

Just work the contests, logging what's sent, and ignore the obvious 
scoring problems.

When the contests are over, write the Cabrillo file.

Now you need to separate the Cabrillo file into two logs - one which 
has the NEQP QSOs, and one which has the 7QP QSOs.  If you're 
familiar with Unix tools like "grep" this should be easy.  Actually, 
it would not be hard for me to write a program to do this for you.

Now if you are inside W1 or inside W7, it's a little trickier.  The 
multipliers are different, and the sorting becomes 
problematic.  However, it *can* be done.

Give me a couple of days to get this done for CT:

   Step 1 will be to make the combined multiplier file(s).

   Step 2 will be to write the program that splits the Cabrillo file.

I'll try it out and post the files to the K1EA web site when I'm done.

Note that the contest sponsors (log checkers) could throw out the 
QSOs automatically that don't qualify.  I don't know if they will be 
equipped to do so.

73 - Jim AD1C


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