[VHFcontesting] RoverLog Now Supports Distance-Based Scoring and 10 GHz Contests

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I too think it is great that Tom has taken it on his own to implement this along with other changes to Roverlog. I would like to remind everyone in the radio community that Roverlog is FREE. If you use it and like it, you can DONATE to Tom's efforts via his website. Not wanting to open yet another can 'o worms here but software development is VERY time consuming and if we want this type of service, it is nice to show appreciation. 



Just a thought....... 



Terry 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Clifford" <k4gun.r at gmail.com> 
To: "Tom Mayo" <n1mu-vhf at rochester.rr.com> 
Cc: "(Radio) VHF Contesting" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com> 
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:48:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] RoverLog Now Supports Distance-Based Scoring and 10 GHz Contests 

That is excellent news.  Whether or not distance based scoring becomes a 
reality, its nice to know Roverlog can be used. 

I have another question.  I've been using Roverlog and am very happy with 
it.  If the rules are changed as they have been proposed, will you consider 
putting in a feature to warn rovers if they are about to exceed the 30 QSO 
or 50% rover rules?  If so, how quickly could that change be made available? 

Thanks for the great program. 

Steve 
K4GUN/R 

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Tom Mayo <n1mu-vhf at rochester.rr.com>wrote: 

> Folks, 
> 
> With the recent discussions on this list concerning distance-based 
> scoring, I got motivated to add such a feature to RoverLog.  So 
> RoverLog now supports distance-based scoring (with 6-digit grids) in 
> tandem with existing scoring mechanisms.  The score report looks like 
> this (sorry about the non-fixed-width font): 
> 
> RoverLog QSOs by Activated Grid: 
> Grid    QSOs    Grid    QSOs    Grid    QSOs 
> FN12MM  1       FN12FX  2 
> 
> RoverLog Score Summary, Using dist rover rules: 
> Band    QSOs    Value   QSOPts  Mults 
> 10G     3       100     300     1 
> 
> Grids activated:                2 
> 
> Totals: 3               300     3 
> 
> Claimed Score: 900 
> 
> 6-Digit Distance-Based Contest Scoring: 
> 10G: 300 QSO Pts + 1028 km = 1328 
> Total 6-Digit Distance-Based Score: 1328 
> 
> As you can see just above, you get a score following the 10 GHz 
> contest distance rules, plus you get the normal-style score further 
> above as well. 
> 
> The byproduct of this is that RoverLog now supports 10 GHz contests! 
> 
> I also went through and updated all other aspects of RoverLog so 
> they're switchable for 10 GHz contests. 
> 
> This is brand new to RoverLog, so all you 10 GHz contesters out there, 
> please give feedback if these changes don't do it all for you. 
> 
> Others, please play around with distance-based scoring for non-10 GHz 
> contests to see if you have other feedback. 
> 
> To activate this feature for 10 GHz, simply specify the 10g.ini 
> contest file within the Ini Editor, or make your own contest.ini file 
> for your own rules setting.  Current contest.ini files will display 
> distance-based scoring, but all other aspects of RoverLog retain 
> previous 4-digit behavior where appropriate. 
> 
> Current users: thanks for your continued support of RoverLog.  Future 
> users: maybe it's time to try it out! 
> 
> http://roverlog.2ub.org/ 
> 
> 73 de Tom, N1MU. 
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