[WriteLog] Potientially Big Problems for Sweepstakes With the Cabrillo File.

[Bob Naumann - N5NJ]

I know that I did this and corrected all of the anomalies in the
namedmul.ini file after I got dinged for submitting last year with XXXX as a
section for W3PP in Delaware.  It was because I logged his section as DEL
and the namedmul.ini file did not accept that for Delaware, and instead put
XXXX in the Cabrillo file.

Since I was not competitive anyway, I didn't really care.

This year I was not competitive either, but have found that my Cabrillo file
has all of the non-standard abbreviations in it again:  ORE, MR etc.

I recalled that I upgraded to 10.36G and I suspect that the namedmul.ini
file overwrote my corrected version.

Obviously, the distribution file needs to be corrected.

73,
N5NJ



----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Eriksen" <don.wsixffh@verizon.net>
To: "dr" <kg0us@att.net>; "Writelog" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Potientially Big Problems for Sweepstakes With the
Cabrillo File.


> Maybe I spoke with "foot in mouth" in my last post. I got to thinking,
> (finally), the abbreviations in the Multipliers Menu can be changed by
going
> to the WriteLog folder and editing the "namedmul.ini" file. You have to
> search through the various contests to find the one you want. I went to
the
> "ss" list and found ORE=7 and changed it to OR=7 and when I called up a
> Sweeps test, the Mult Menu said OR under the 7 call column. Just to be
sure,
> I entered an exchange with a 7 call and entered OR for the section, and WL
> entered it as OR and gave me a mult. I assume you could do that with the
> other inconsistencies you mentioned.
> I assume Wayne did it that way just to cover the ever changing world of
mult
> abbreviations!
>
> 73, Don W6FFH
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dr" <kg0us@att.net>
> To: "Writelog" <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 5:11 PM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Potientially Big Problems for Sweepstakes With the
> Cabrillo File.
>
>
> > Please read the following and let me know if I am doing something
> > incorrectly:  How to I get the Cabrillo file to show multipliers in
using
> > the presently accepted abbreviations?  How do I get Writelog to show the
> > multiplier in their present form when displaying them using the Contest
> Show
> > Multipliers menu while doing the Sweepstakes contest?
> >
> > I am using Writelog V10.36G.
> > I was reviewing the Sweepstakes Cabrillo file before submission.
> > Interestingly enough, I found that it had changed all the section names
> back
> > to the old format.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > OR Oregon is written as ORE in the Cabrillo file.
> >
> > MAR is MR
> >
> > QC is PQ
> >
> > and so on.
> >
> > Have you ever noticed that you can not enter NWT for Northwest
Territories
> > in Writelog without getting a question mark in the multiplier list.
> > Speaking of multipliers,  Have you ever gone under the Contest menu and
> > selected show multipliers while running the Sweepstakes contest?  Some
of
> > the multipliers are listed the old way!
> >
> >
> >
> > After seeing this I emailed Dan Henderson and asked the following
> question:
> >
> > Will the SS log checking program deduct points in I used old section
names
> > along with the new names?
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > ORE    OR
> >
> > QC      PQ
> >
> > MAR     MR
> >
> > I guess I am asking if I need to go back and correct these?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave KG0US
> >
> > He sent the following e-mail back to me tonight:
> >
> > Dave:
> >
> > You need to use the current section abbreviations or the QSOs will not
> > count.
> >
> > Thanks and Happy Holidays.
> >
> > 73
> >
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