[SD-User] 7QP issue

Arne Gegerfelt arne.gegerfelt at home.se
Mon May 5 05:11:04 EDT 2014


Thanks Paul, and the last comment saves us!

In the "heat" of the contest it's sometimes hard to know how everything 
works inside SD, what is saved and so on.
Now I know at least.

73
Arne
SM7CIL&SM5CIL



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul O'Kane" <pokane at ei5di.com>
To: <sd-user at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: [SD-User] 7QP issue


> On 04/05/2014 20:45, Arne Gegerfelt wrote:
>
>> OK, found the following in the latest (17.35) SD.PDF
>> QSOPARTY: When Y, callsigns ending in /M or /R are not dupe-checked.
>> This covers the Dupe warning, also handles the different county correct.
>
> Yes, that's the way SD is intended to work.
>
>
>> So it's just the case with W1AW/7 that is not covered, but the AUD-file 
>> contains the following which then should give the complete picture for 
>> editing the log file.
>>
>> W1AW/7 599 599 NVWAS 5 002 Before
>> W1AW/7 599 599 NVCAR 5 002 After
>>
>> W1AW/7 599 599 NVCAR 5 003 Before
>> W1AW/7 599 599 NVSTO 5 003 After
>
> When the same callsign is logged with a different county,
> and the callsign does not end in /M or /R (with QSOPARTY
> set to Y), SD assumes you know what you are doing and
> that the most recent exchange is the correct one for all
> QSOs with that individual station.
>
> That's why it changed the earlier QSOs - SD enforces
> exchange consistency when dupe checking is enabled.
>
> The workaround option is to add /M or /R while logging.
> That lets you log different counties for the one station.
> These suffixes can be removed from the Cabrillo log.
>
> In the meantime, all the information needed to update
> the Cabrillo log is recorded in the audit file.
>
> This issue may not arise again for another 100 years
> - ARRL's next centenary year :-)
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
>
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