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

[tombaugh]

KG0US and I had a discussion on the phone about this last night.
Because I was on my way out the door I couldn't get too excited about it.
But I did look at my SS cabrillo and found the same results as Dave.
example:  OR was replaced by ORE in the cabrillo.
I entered the right data into the file during the contest but the cabrillo
changed it to ORE.
I sure hope Writelog isn't penalizing its customers.

Interestingly, KG0US and I had the exact same amount of duductions during
this contest last year.
Now looking back at it.. we wonder if this was the cause..
I'm not a computer guy.. don't dig into INI files.. and have been a strong
advocate for Writelog since I chose it as my 1st contesting software. I sure
hope this situation can be easily fixed. Nobody wants to be penalized for
using the best software available. Perhaps a quick version revision can be
zipped and available for customers?

Tom Baugh
AE9B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Naumann - N5NJ" <n5nj@gte.net>
To: "Donald Eriksen" <don.wsixffh@verizon.net>; "dr" <kg0us@att.net>;
"Writelog" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Potientially Big Problems for Sweepstakes With the
Cabrillo File.


> 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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