[WriteLog] More QTC Improvements

[Don Cassel]

George,

Writelog already does this in the QSO Entry window as you enter a new call.
It tells you how many QTCs you can send to the current station. So you don't
need to keep the log open or count anything in your head. I would go crazy
doing this. :-)

Regarding improvements, I would like to see an ability to send repeats on
time, call or number from within the QTC window. Currently (as I understand
it) to repeat you can either repeat everything by clicking the line or using
the Alt key or using the CW keyboard (which I use) or an external key.

The other thing I run into which is really my operating fault is to exit the
QTC window after sending the QTCs and then the European station comes back
and asks for a repeat. I should wait for a confirmation before exiting but
in the heat of battle don't always wait. This means that I need to quickly
find the entry in the log, which is not all that easy, and then resend it
using the CW keyboard. The other guy is probably wondering why I'm taking so
long. Being able to bring up the previous set of QTCs would help in this
situation.

I applaud the way QTCs are handled though and you are right, that without
this fine program many of us might take a pass on WAE contests or a least
say NIL QTCs.

Don VE3XD



> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Georgek5kg at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 11:23 PM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Cc: fcg at kkn.net; CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] More QTC Improvements
>
>
>
> WriteLog is a wonderful program for use in the WAE contest.  It makes the
> handling of QTCs an interesting and fun part of the contest.  I'd
> even venture a
> guess that WL has contributed significantly to WAE participation
> because of
> the clever way it handles QTCs.
>
> Boris, T93Y, has made suggestions for improvements to WL to help
> the European
> ops better handle the process of receiving QTCs.  For those of us
> non-European ops who send QTCs, I too have a suggestion for a
> change to WL.  Here it is:
>
> During the contest, we receive frequent requests for QTCs from
> the European
> ops.  A practice I follow, and I believe is generally followed by
> the majority
> of the contestants, is to wait until we have accumulated 10 QTCs
> before we
> send them as a unit.  Here is the problem: we only know how many
> unsent QTCs we
> have by counting them in the log.  And this happens over and over
> throughout
> the contest.  It necessitates keeping the log window open to at
> least 10 entries
> long.  In my case, I keep it open to 12 entries long, as this helps me to
> judge if I have 10 unsent QTCs and, therefore, are ready to send
> another batch.
> I would like to avoid having to constantly make this count "in my head".
> Computers are made for counting, so lets have WL do the count for us!
>
> I would like to see a small window display the number of unsent
> QTCs, and I
> believe the best location for this small window is on the lower task bar
> adjacent to the CW WPM window.  Better yet, would be to color
> code the unsent QTC
> number, and turn it from red to green once the count reaches 10.
>
> I would like other non-European ops' opinions of this suggestion
> to have a
> small window continually display the number of unsent QTCs using
> the red/green
> color scheme.
>
> If this proves to be a worthwhile suggestion, I would like to see Wayne
> implement it.
>
> Thanks, George K5KG / K4KG
>
> George I. Wagner, K5KG
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