[UK-CONTEST] SDC for BERU

[Paul O'Kane]

Thanks to everyone for the feedback from SDC V11.14.  There
were some bugs and some suggestions.

The bugs first.
   When logging an HQ station for the first time, and where
   that station was not already in BERU.CTY, SDC went into
   edit mode after the QSO was logged - and required two
   Enters to return to logging. Fixed.

   Secondly, for bonus purposes, SDC counted this HQ station
   as a "home" country callsign, which reduced the number of
   bonuses it would count for that country.  Fixed.

One bug that's not fixed:
   SDC may not accurately track bonuses where you edit a
   previously logged non-HQ QSO to be an HQ QSO (not already
   in the BERU.CTY file). However, SDC will then add that
   callsign to BERU.CTY, will recognise it as an HQ station
   on other bands, and will count it correctly for bonus
   purposes.

The improvements:
   If you're taking BERU seriously, you should be prepared
   to move most stations needed as bonuses on other bands.
   V11.14 (5th March) introduced a colour-coded bonus/band
   analysis for stations already worked.

   What's handy about this is that it appears immediately
   below the callsign you've just entered. You have all
   the relevant information in one place.  There's no need
   to look at any other part of the screen or touch any
   other key.

   In V11.15 this feature has been extended to operate, in
   a similar way, for calls not already logged. For example,
   to see if, and on what bands, VE3 would be a bonus, just
   type VE3.

   The look of the display depends on whether you've logged
   the callsign already.  If so, the data is shown on a
   coloured background.  Otherwise, there is no coloured
   background.  If the callsign would be a dupe on this band,
   then the analysis appears as usual, but the current band
   turns to red.

   I believe this is a first for any contest logger. Even
   if you don't use SDC for BERU, you might like to have a
   look at it anyway - and then pester others to do the
   same.  You can download SDV V11.15 from
   www.ei5di.com/sdc.zip

It's not too late for more suggestions.

73,
Paul EI5DI