[UK-CONTEST] Software Tests

[Paul O'Kane]

Here are a few basic software tests if you're planning to operate
in CQWW.

Type F in an empty callsign field.
1.  Does the software instantly identify the call as France
    and display the bearing?  YES/NO
 
2.  Does the software instantly flag whether France would be
    a country mult on this band?  YES/NO
 
3.  Does the software instantly flag whether Zone 14 would be
    a zone mult on this band?  YES/NO

4.  Does the software instantly display a multiplier analysis,
    for both France and Zone 14, by band?  YES/NO 
 
5.  Does the software instantly pre-fill the Zone field, on
    the logging line, with the zone?  YES/NO
 
Add G to the callsign field.
6.  Does the software instantly identify the call as Guadeloupe
    and display the bearing?  YES/NO
 
7.  Does the software repeat 2, 3, 4, and 5 above for Guadeloupe
    and Zone 8?  YES/NO
 
You log the QSO with Guadeloupe.
8.  Does the software instantly show the mult status, on this
    band, for all South American countries?  YES/NO
 
You want to check what countries are in (or you need) in a
particular zone.  Type 1 in an empty callsign field.
9.  Does the software instantly indicate if you need Alaska,
    the only Zone 1 country, on this band?  YES/NO
 
Add 4 to the callsign field.
10. Does the software instantly show worked/wanted status, on
    this band, for all Zone 14 countries?  YES/NO

With ESM enabled.
11.  Does the software indicate, at all times, what the next
     "Enter" message (if any) will be - in both Run and S&P modes?
     (Not just the message number)  YES/NO

Data Entry.
12.  If you delete a single field by mistake, can you retrieve it?
     without re-typing?  YES/NO

13.  If your answer to 12 is YES, can you do it with a single
     keystroke?  YES/NO 
  
14.  Does the software let you select, or toggle between, Insert
     and Overwrite data entry modes at any time?  YES/NO
  
Data Entry - Callsign field.
15.  Can you select a data entry mode whereby you're in overwrite
     mode at all times (convenient for changing characters without
     the need to delete) except when the cursor is at the start of
     the field, when the mode changes to insert for as long as you
     stay at the start of the field?.  YES/NO
     Superfluous?  No, efficient.
      
Rig Control - moving stations.
16.  You're running on 14027, when you work a station that would
     be a multiplier on 15m.  You agree to a QSO on 21056, and
     you complete it.  Can you return to 14027 without touching
     the rig or using more than two keystrokes?  YES/NO
  
Editing previously logged QSOs.
17.  You have a second (or subsequent) QSO with UA6QAM, and you
     realise you logged the wrong zone earlier.  It should have
     been 16, not 17.  When you edit the zone, does the software
     correct the zone on all QSOs with UA6QAM?  YES/NO

18.  If the answer to 17 is YES (unlikely), does the software
     look for other QSOs, on all bands you logged UA6QAM, and
     instantly flag or unflag other zone 16 and 17 QSOs as mults
     where necessary to maintain a consistent log and a correct
     score?  YES/NO
  
Marks out of 18 please for your favourite logger.
  
SD is handy for single-op unassisted entries.

73,
Paul EI5DI