[TRLog] TR for special event

[Ronald Rossi]

When setting up TR for a special situation there is plenty of room to
experiment. You certainly want to read the manual.

A feature of the soon to be released 6.68 is that you can use
WYSIWYGDomestic as the domestic multiplier and also specify a DOM file
to use with it. What this does is allow for a mult list to be displayed
for domestic mults, but still have any character value accepted. This
could be useful for what you want. 

DOMESTIC MULTIPLIER = WYSIWYG
DOMESTIC FILENAME = the name of the file including extension

If you want to be limited to the particular set of values contained in a
DOM file you would use

DOMESTIC MULTIPLIER  = DOMESTIC FILE

There are quite a few DOM files supplied with TR which get used for
various contests without you really knowing about it. If you look in the
file FCONTEST.PAS you can see what LOGCFG.DAT parameters are set as
defaults for each contest. The DOM files starting with "S48" or "S50"
are for the 48 or 50 states and various Canadian provintial
configurations.

If you choose DX MULTIPLIER = ARRL DXCC you will see the DXCC countries
listed as multipliers. You will be able to toggle between domestic and
DX mult displays using ALT-G. Check out the manual for multiplier types.
It is pretty richly written.

Regarding the networking question you will need to set SEND QSO
IMMEDIATELY = false. This will keep the QSOs local to the logging
computer until they roll off the top of the edittable window. That way
all the computers will have the same log. You will not see QSOs from
other comptuters scroll on your screen with this set up, but it allows
you to edit locally. The other option is to leave this setting true and
put notes in the log with CTRL-N and edit the log later. All the logs
should match in either situation. The manual is pretty good explaining
this as well. 

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"Mike D." wrote:
> 
> I'm setting up TR for a special event next weekend. I used the general
> logging file and will be using it networked with one other computer.
> Presently there is no "multiplier" check off list on the screen. However, it
> would be nice if we could see what states and DX we've worked during the two
> day event. Is there a way I can add the multiplier check off list to the
> current setup?
> 
> Also, I'm uncertain how TR saves data when networked. For example -- the CW
> station works a station. Immediately after it's logged, the op discovers the
> contact needs to be edited. So, he edits the log and saves it, but the other
> computer(s) in the network still shows the incorrect information. TR saves
> the data on all the networked computers. How will I know which log file is
> correct?
> 
> Tks.
> 
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