[UK-CONTEST] IOTA Multi-Op Logging Software

[Alan Hydes]

Hi Daniel,

EJ2MT will be using Writelog in a Multi-op effort from Bere Island - EU121 -
in the IOTA contest.  The Bristol (G6YB) and East Cork (EI7M) groups will be
joining forces.

No doubt our numbers will not be serial in the log, but they should
correspond to what we give out, which is the main thing.

If I remember rightly from last year, you can also get Writelog to eat up
serial numbers if you keep entering and wiping callsigns from one station
while a callsign is in the entry line on the other.

Good luck in the contest.

Alan G3XSV


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Cussen" <dan at post.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: <mail at kyleoconnell.com>; "Alan GI6IXD" <ALAN at AMSTEWART.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 6:32 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] IOTA Multi-Op Logging Software


> Hi,
>
> I have also been lookinginto Multi-op logging software for IOTA and found
no logging software suitable.
>
> Chris said:
> >Writelog had what we thought at the time was an odd system. As soon as
you
> >enter a callsign, it allocates a number and doesn't update it or alter
it.
>
> We have found this NOT to be the case with Writelog. I am going to test it
again though to be 100% certain. Recently we tested it and the serial number
shown does not increment properly if the mulitplier also logs a station. So
you have to enter the contact fully before you have a fixed serial number.
>
> Chris can you double check your setup and results? We found that if the
multiplier starts to log a station while you are entering a contact on the
run station then the multiplier gets the SAME number as the run station.
>
> So our test was:
>
> 1) Main station starts to enter contact E.g. G...
> 2) Serial number is displayed for main as 100
> 3) Main station gives out serial number 100 and continues filling in
callsign details
> 4) Mulitplier starts to enter a callsign before main is finished and
multiplier is also shown 100
> 5) Multiplier gives out serial number 100 and the fun starts..
>
> Chris can you confirm you do not have this problem?
>
> Last year we gave up on using 2 computers for logging IOTA as all the ones
we tried do not reserve the number properly as you are entering details.
>
> Operators got confused giving out the wrong number or delayed giving out a
number until the contact was fully typed in.
>
> Ray wrote his own software
> >The only solution we have found at G5XV is to write our logging software
own to
> >cope with the serial number problem.
>
> Ray can you email me a copy of your software and state what OS is needed
etc.?
> I don't expect any further support etc as I'm sure you have better things
to do.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Daniel Cussen EI9FBH/MIOFHB South Dublin Radio Club secretary
> PS We will be at Inis Oirr off the west coast of EI probably using EJ5E as
the callsign.
>
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