[WriteLog] Problems from RTTY contest
Gil Baron
gbaron@home.com
Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:17:44 -0500
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At 00:48 10/1/2001, Barry wrote:
>Here are the WL problems that happened to me during the contest:
>
>1. Lots of callsigns weren't auto-highlighted, even if preceeded by a
>DE. So, I had to click on them, rather than just hitting INS. Related
>to this, if a partial-call is in the master.dta file, it keeps the whole
>call from highlighting. For example, if SN2E is in the database, but
>a call such as SN2EEO appeared, couldn't click on the complete
>call.
This also happened to me. Glad to see I was not imagining it or doing
something wrong, not glad it happens :-)
>2. MMTTY crashed every hour or two with a text message "Lost
>Sound." Fortunately, all that was necessary was close the RTTY
>window, then reopen it. BTW, MMTTY did a great job of copying
>that fluttery stuff (seems like everything was fluttery this weekend!)
>by selecting Multipath. Also, I didn't think of using it till near the
>end, but the AFC worked great, rather than twiddling the RIT.
I never had the crash but doing some set up things I did get teh message a
couple of times and close and reopen did fix it.
>It was fun, and tiring! Tnx for all the QSOs.
>73,
>Barry
>--
>Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
>Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
>
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"Baila como nadie te ve"
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At 00:48 10/1/2001, Barry wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Here are the WL problems that
happened to me during the contest:<br><br>
1. Lots of callsigns weren't auto-highlighted, even if preceeded by a
<br>
DE. So, I had to click on them, rather than just hitting INS. Related
<br>
to this, if a partial-call is in the master.dta file, it keeps the whole
<br>
call from highlighting. For example, if SN2E is in the database, but
<br>
a call such as SN2EEO appeared, couldn't click on the complete <br>
call.</blockquote><br><br>
This also happened to me. Glad to see I was not imagining it or doing
something wrong, not glad it happens :-)<br><br>
<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>2. MMTTY crashed every hour or two
with a text message "Lost <br>
Sound." Fortunately, all that was necessary was close the RTTY
<br>
window, then reopen it. BTW, MMTTY did a great job of copying <br>
that fluttery stuff (seems like everything was fluttery this weekend!)
<br>
by selecting Multipath. Also, I didn't think of using it till near the
<br>
end, but the AFC worked great, rather than twiddling the RIT.<br>
</blockquote><br>
I never had the crash but doing some set up things I did get teh message
a couple of times and close and reopen did fix it.<br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>It was fun, and tiring! Tnx for all
the QSOs.<br>
73,<br>
Barry<br>
--<br>
Barry Kutner,
W2UP
Internet: w2up@mindspring.com<br>
Newtown,
PA
Frankford Radio Club<br>
<br>
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