[WriteLog] OQP module problems

[John E Bastin, K8AJS]

At 16:18 -0400 08_24_2003, Pete Stafford wrote:
>Yes George, I noticed exactly the same things and I agree with your
>assessments.
>
>I would add to your list though, the fact that the summary window did
>not show the multiplier breakdown between CW and SSB.  Since mults are
>not band-related, additional columns or totals to show this would be
>nice.

This was a PITA breaking the info down manually, only because they 
asked for it broken down for the 3830 web page. Not needed for the 
contest entry, though.

I wound up running a Report of contacts listed by band, after the 
contest, to get the CW/SSB information for the 3830 report.

>And although there is no direct necessity for it, I found myself
>laboriously counting the number of counties I still needed.  Would be
>nice to have a count like that.

Didn't you check the "Show Multipliers" window?

>
>Also, when working some of the many mobiles, it was difficult to
>determine if working the station again was now a dupe.  I found myself
>entering the callsign, and then tabbing over to the county field to
>enter the county, then tabbing off that to see if I got the dupe
>message.  Not sure how to avoid that one, though.

I think this would be very difficult to do without messing up the 
dupe check entirely.

>
>And while I'm at it, since in this contest packet was allowed (to
>encourage participation), it would be nice for Out-of-State participants
>if one could filter out those spots clearly non-Ohio.  Add to that, the
>ability in the mult window to distinguish between mobiles that have
>changed county - this might encourage the spotting with format
>K8MR/ERIE.

Something I've wanted for a long time in WriteLog is the option to 
include the Comments field from the packet cluster in the packet 
display. I found myself many times opening the full Packet window to 
see the Comments field when I saw a mobile spotted, to find the 
county information which was posted in Comments. This information 
isn't needed in every contest, but for the ones like the QSO Parties 
when stations can be worked multiple times, it would be very helpful.

73,
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