[WriteLog] 10M Contest - Opportunities for Improvement

[John E Bastin, K8AJS]

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>There were a number of opportunities I noticed for improvement in WriteLog's 10M template.
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>First, entering a call in the entry window should pop up the logical QTH in the QTH field, like VE2 = QC. W6 = CA. When there is no logical QTH, it can be blank, unless you have worked the station on the other mode, then it should pop up the QTH or the number given in the first QSO. NA handles this quite well.

This would be a royal PITA, in my opinion. I'm afraid if WriteLog did this, it would encourage the operator to not make a real effort to copy the state, hurting the score. I worked MANY, MANY stateside stations in the contest who were not located in the 'logical' QTH.

I don't have any problem, though, with WriteLog using a state derived from already working the station on the other mode.

That's my opinion. YMMV.

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