[WriteLog] Wish & Bug List

[Richard Zalewski]

See #2 & #4  Below


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marty Tippin" <martyt@pobox.com>
To: "Richard Zalewski" <w7zr@citlink.net>; "Writelog"
<writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Wish & Bug List


> At 06:50 PM 12/15/2002, Richard Zalewski wrote:
> >1.  It would be nice to have the F12 key clear the call entry window.
> >Situation- your running, you click on a spot to try to pick up a mult or
> >station, the call of that station is put in the entry log, but now you
don't
> >work him and you want to return to your run freq.  Not a biggie but it
would
> >be nice if the F12 would clear the log entry window.
>
> Alt-W is pretty easy to use and works fine for me. But I don't bounce
> around between frequencies that much. (In fact, I found it a bit
refreshing
> to work the entire 10m contest without using packet spots at all!)
>
> >2.  I am still having problems with my freq display showing NO RIG for an
> >instant after I transmit.  It does return to the correct freq but for
just
> >an instant I get the annoying display.
>
> 95% chance that you're getting RF into the rig control serial line. Reduce
> power and/or transmit into a dummy load and see if the problem goes away.
> If so, tackle it like any other RFI problem.


*****It is not an rf problem.  Does it with 1w into a dl.


>
> >4.  Need to improve the logic on spots showing in the packet spots
window.
> >For example- I worked KH6GMP/KH3 but when KH3/KH6GMP showed up as a spot
it
> >showed that I needed it.  This also goes for the /QRP and /P and /M.
>
> It would certainly be nice if WriteLog knew that a portable station logged
> KH3/whatever was the same as whatever/KH3. I'd even take it so far as to
> ask for WriteLog to use the "root" callsign in supercheck partial -- that
> way if I all I get the first time is "KHsomethingMP/KH3" there's a good
> chance it'll match KH6GMP and I can go back to the caller with the correct
> callsign.
>
> There's no need to log /qrp /p or /m - Those aren't valid prefixes and do
> nothing for your score except confuse the log checking computer. I don't
> know why stations insist on telling that they're mobile or portable or qrp
> - it's irrelevant information.

*****I agree that /qrp does not belong in the log but when you log nw0l and
then some one spots him as nw0l/qrp it shows as a needed station.



>
> -Marty NW0L
>
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