[WriteLog] Potientially Big Problems for Sweepstakes With the Cabrillo File.
gbaron
gbaron@charter.net
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:36:51 -0600
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of tombaugh
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 7:08 AM
> To: Bob Naumann - N5NJ; Donald Eriksen; dr; Writelog
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Potientially Big Problems for Sweepstakes With
> the Cabrillo File.
>
>
> 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
I have been through it with them about the way it does not display the Alt K
window correctly on many systems, including mine, and they admit to a defect
but no fix. I would not hold my breath for this one. Unfortunately it is not
only the best contest software out there but the only decent one for windows
so they have the ability to be arrogant about fixes. you paid for the right
to get the things that are released when they are released and nothing else.
That is a direct paraphrase of what I was handed.
I know I am going to get flamed here by many patronizing users but it does
not change the facts. I don't intend this as a flame, rather as a wailing of
how sad this is and how easily it could be fixed. I don't think this should
be a mutual admiration society! A reflector should lead to help. It DOES
lead to HELP IF and ONLY if the program can already do what is being
requested and the requestor is just no doing it correctly because he did not
read or did no understand the help. Any fixes or requests for enhancements
are basically ignored until and unless they decide in their own good time to
make a change, timeliness is a word that does not exist. Instead one gets
criticized for daring to point out defects. Defects are a fact of lie in
programs , all should recognize that. They should be criticized when not
recognized and corrected and the coder should be happy that they have been
found, not critcize and attack the integrity of the bearer of the bad news.
> ----- 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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