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

[gbaron]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Donald Eriksen
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:23 PM
> To: dr; Writelog
> 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

Nevertheless there is no excuse for not having this in the distribution and
updating as needed as other contest loggers do, sheesh so simple and would
prevent all of this! After all, making it easy and sure for the user is what
lagging programs are all about. These abbreviations especially have not
changed in a long time. Just because the checking program MAY accept some
incorrect abbreviations is not an excuse not to correct them.



> 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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