[WriteLog] CQP..WL anomalies

[Jim Preston]

Clive,

Go this page for a list of county abreviations:

http://www.cqp.org/pdf/county_abbreviations.pdf

73,

Jim N6VH


Clive Whelan wrote:

> I had two problems, one of which might not be a WL issue, the other
> certainly is.
> 
> 
> 1. Several stations sent county codes greater than 4 letters, which then
> spilled over from cty1 to cty2. An example was PLACER. I have no idea what
> this represents, since I have no access to accepted county codes. Someone
> else sent PLAC, which I assume is correct, and is one and the same thing? I
> assume that the rules do state a four letter code to be sent, and WL
> reflects this?
> 
> 
> 2. More seriously, and in need of a fix I think, was that when a 4 digit
> serial number was sent, the cursor jumped automatically to the county field,
> by which time my reflex action had already "spaced" to that field, then
> ending up in cty2 field, which required manual editing which was tedious. I
> did get the hang of this, but don't think the cursor should really jump like
> that ( Wayne?).
> 
> Nice opening on 21Mhz around 17z +/-. Signals varied from S9+ to barely
> readable. Are there really W6s running 100w watts and G5RVs!!
> 
> 
> 73
> 
> 
> Clive
> 
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