[WriteLog] RTTY Highlighting after DE

[David Hachadorian]

I would like for there to be an option to disable 
highlighting callsigns after DE.

In the NAQP RTTY this past weekend, DE highlighting was more 
a detriment than a benefit. Here were the problems I 
noticed:

1. Highlighting after DE is not reliable. Sometimes the 
string just does not highlight. When this happens, even a 
database callsign will not highlight. Example: DE 
FDR8EK7WM6CVDF.  If DE highlighting fails, even the valid 
database callsign K7WM will not highlight.

2. Using the same example, if DE highlighting does work, the 
entire string will be highlighted, and K7WM will still be 
obscured. This happens frequently in a pileup, where the 
first person to respond sends DE, and then the pileup 
creates a jumbled string.

3. DE frequently highlights false callsigns. I have learned 
to distrust any callsign following DE, and to look instead 
at the second time the callsign is sent. Example DE K7WO 
K7WM.  Both will be highlighted, K7WO simply
because it follows DE, even though the callsign has been 
copied incorrectly. K7WM highlights because it is in the 
database. K7WM is the one that I will select.

4. If a callsign does not highlight, because it is not in 
the database, and if DE highlighting has been disabled, it 
is still printed on the screen, staring you right in the 
face, and you can click on it. Very little value is added by 
highlighting it after DE.

5. Writelog's implementation of callsign highlighting using 
the database is extremely effective, far superior to the 
N1MM logger. It provides the Writelog user with an almost 
unfair advantage in any RTTY contest. Degrading this superb 
database highlighting with simple-minded highlighting after 
DE, especially given its unreliability, is a hindrance.


I ask only that DE highlighting be an option in the program, 
so it can be disabled by some, and used by others if they 
like the feature. Thanks for listening.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ











































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