[Trlog] TR Log. Changing from .fff to NNNN serial number

[Ed Muns]

Agree.  In fact, you don't have to use your original log file for editing at
all.  The very first step is to copy your original log file to one or more
other safe places before doing anything.  If you mess up your working copy,
then simply copy (not move) the original back into your working directory.

73,
Ed - W0YK

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 14:02
> To: trlog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Trlog] TR Log. Changing from .fff to NNNN serial number
> 
> > It's easier than that.
> > 
> > I've been logging with frequency for years.
> > 
> > In POST, in the LOG sub-menu,
> 
> > *** after ***
> 
> It's impossible to over emphasize this warning. After all, 
> the log in any form is still sequential, so you can *always* 
> figure out a way to format the log with serial numbers (which 
> are, after all, just another sequence--a 1 to 1 list of 
> numbers/QSOs in sequntial order).
> 
> However, if you ever overwrite your log which contains the 
> frequency data, you are done with that information forever. 
> There is no way to retrieve it no matter how you order your 
> log. I can't say I know this from having the sad experience 
> of it--it was just obvious to me the very first time I 
> hesitated before hitting the "replace" button. 
> Maybe it's obvious to everyone else, too, and this message is 
> redundant. But if it saves one person the anguish...
> 
> > you first rename the original LOG.DAT to something like LOGFREQ.DAT 
> > (what I always use).
> > 
> > Use this new LOG.DAT when generating Cabrillo, and you're all set.
> --
> 73, Rod
> K4QG
> 
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