[WriteLog] Field Day Problem with GOTA station dupe problem when on network.

[W. Wright, W5XD]

I am unable to duplicate this reported problem.
Can you be more specific as to call sign, band and mode?
Can you do this by creating a log with just the two QSOs in it?
Wayne

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> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 05:53
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> Subject: [WriteLog] Field Day Problem with GOTA station dupe problem
> when on network.
> 
> 
> During Field Day a Novice station is allowed to work the same 
> stations on all the bands as all the other stations at a 
> given location.  This is because the Novice station uses a 
> different callsign. The Writelog help file states that when 
> networking the stations together, you need to designate the 
> Novice station with the letter "N" when you register it to 
> accept network connections.  Last Year, I noticed that this 
> function no longer worked and reported on the reflector.  
> 
> Wayne made a much appreciated last ditch fix that appeared to 
> bring the old "N" designator back to life to be used with the 
> new GOTA station.
> 
> Unfortunately, the fix appears to be only a half fix.
> 
> What I have found is that with two stations networked 
> together, one being the GOTA station designator "N" and a 
> regular station designator "B" that there still exists a dupe problem.
> 
> What I found is that if the GOTA "N" station works a station 
> first on a given band, that if the regular station "B" works 
> that station on the same band later on it does not show as a 
> dupe.  Wonderful!
> 
> However, if the regular station "B" works a station on a 
> given band first, then if the GOTA station "N" works that 
> station later on the same band it will incorrectly show as a 
> dupe.  Not Good!
> 
> The GOTA station uses a different callsign from the other 
> stations at a given location.
> 
> Wayne, is this hard to fix?  Can you once again do some magic 
> to the fieldday.dll file?  Please...
> 
> The majority of you guys must not run a GOTA station 
> networked to your other stations.
> 
> Thank You and Good Luck,
> 
> 
> 
> Dave Rich
> KG0US
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