[WriteLog] Lost QSO's in RTTY RU?

David O Hachadorian k6ll@juno.com
Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:30:10 +0000


I had a lot of fun in the RTTY Roundup this weekend, but
my log is messed up.

There are about 114 of my serial numbers missing, scattered
throughout the log. I was working on QSO number 1423 at the
end of the contest, with only 4 dupes, but the
scoring summary window shows only 1305 QSO's. I'm hoping that
somehow just the serial
numbers got messed up, which is no big deal. BUT, horror of
horrors, I am afraid that perhaps 114 actual QSO's may have
been deleted! I have a nagging suspicion that I may have
failed to press the ENTER key on some second-radio qso's,
leaving them in the darkened 2nd-radio QSO Entry Window, and
overwriting them the next time I clicked on a green callsign
in the second radio Rttyrite Window! Please tell me it isn't so!
I did have some stations tell me "QSO B4" when I called them.

Here's how you can help me figure out what happened.
If you worked K6LL the RTTY Roundup, please go
into your log, open the CHECK CALL Window, put K6LL in the
QSO Entry Window, and then check those qso's to see what serial
number I sent you. If it's one of the numbers in the list below,
please advise me directly by e-mail. Don't send me all the qso
information, just the time and band, so I can try tofigure out why
this happened. If these are real qso's, I'll write a note to the
ARRL, so nobody should get penalized for not being in my log.
I also promise not to shoot myself! If anyone has another
explanation of how serial numbers can disappear on a single
computer setup, I'd appreciate that too. 

Thanks in advance for your efforts. I'm hoping it's just a serial
number problem, not a qso deletion problem!

LIST OF MISSING K6LL RTTY ROUNDUP QSO NUMBERS
116
134
151
166
171
189
224
227
237
244
257
259
274
275
282
284
288
300
310
316
324
326
328
330
339
349
351
363
368
447
476
486
518
526
560
585
598
617
622
630
645
652
657
664
667
683
691
704
707
716
724
731
733
749
757
769
777
784
788
792
802
809
829
834
837
841
847
850
862
867
876
883
888
891
894
897
915
926
962
964
1097
1100
1103
1139
1145
1151
1155
1160
1163
1168
1171
1177
1183
1187
1198
1203
1241
1246
1253
1270
1277
1284
1291
1296
1298
1341
1378
1394
1399
1400
1403
1406
1411
1416


Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
K6LL@juno.com