[WriteLog] Lost QSO's in RTTY RU?

[Scot Herrick]

We can't tell from this since you sent AZ as your exchange, not the serial
number! I'll send you my QSO times to you separately on our three contacts;
perhaps others could do the same.

As to serial number usage, if you have two radios and have a call in each
Entry window (networked or single PC) and delete one, the serial number is
not used again once the call is erased from the window.

Radio 1    Radio 2
101          102

If you erase (Alt-W) the call from Radio 1 and put in a new call in Radio 1
with Radio 2 still showing 102, the serial number will now be 103 in Radio
1. WriteLog *reserves* the serial number - not reuses the number - which is
how it actually logs what was sent (unlike some other programs). This causes
some issues in a networked environment where there can be some duplicate
serial numbers, but you should be fine. I don't believe you lost any QSO's
since WriteLog writes all QSO's to the log or a temporary file - unless you
didn't hit Enter with the second radio...

CU...Scot, K9JY

K9JY's WriteLog User Support Site at:
http://www.k9jy.com
mailto:scot@k9jy.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of David O Hachadorian
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:30 PM
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] Lost QSO's in RTTY RU?
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> I had a lot of fun in the RTTY Roundup this weekend, but
> my log is messed up.
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> 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
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> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
> K6LL@juno.com
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