[Trlog] Re: CW spots in SSB bandmap & vice versa

[Mike Heideman]

I noticed and reported on this occurring with version 6.72 in 
http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/TRLog/2003-04/msg00004.html

This is really a nuisance when using the NEXTBANDMAP key mapping in a single 
mode contest because if you land on one of these spots you get stuck in the 
wrong mode and can't jump to the spots for the correct mode.  I think it may 
also have been necessary to manually return the rig to the correct mode.

Here are some other mode-related Bandmap quirks that I've observed:

Using an ICOM IC761 for spotting in a CW contest with the XCVR mode set to 
USB.  All of the spots were offset in frequency by about 1 kHz.  The 
operators all assumed that the stations had moved since none of the spots 
were accurate.  An hour or two after I started spotting someone realized 
they were all offset and let me know.  Switching the XCVR mode to CW fixed 
this one.

We often see duplicate spots on 40 meters in phone DX contests which I 
assume is mode-related.  It appears that spots from the network or packet 
are assumed to be CW spots, while spots made on the local computer are 
assumed to be SSB, even though they are covering the same frequency range.  
This also makes it look like there are a bunch of unworked mults since the 
wrong-mode spots show up with smiley-faces.  This might be related to BAND 
MAP CUTOFF FREQUENCY, which we leave at the default value, but why would 
local spots behave differently from network or packet spots?

73,
-Mike, N7MH

>Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 00:17:03 +0000
>From: VR2BrettGraham <vr2bg at harts.org.hk>
>To: trlog at contesting.com
>Subject: [Trlog] CW spots in SSB bandmap & vice versa
>
>Anybody else notice this?  I'm using 6.74 & some packet port spots received 
>for
>CW are showing when the program knows it's doing SSB & vice versa.
>
>Calls put into the bandmap whilst S&Ping are fine.
>
>73, VR2BrettGraham

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