[WriteLog] Makrothen bugs

[Gerald Wilson]

Greetings to All,

I also experienced the problems which have been mentioned in this thread.

I realize that the issue appears to be with the Makrothen module.  I am
running WriteLog 10.62H., Makrothen Module 1.0.0.5, and MMTTY 1.65D on a
system with MS-Windows XP-Pro and plenty of memory and horsepower.  During
the Makrothen contest, I shut down and restarted WriteLog several times; and
it did not correct the problem.  I did not close the RTTYrite window and
re-open that window so I do not know if my experience would have been 
different if I had done so.

When I open WriteLog choosing the Makrothen module, I see a dialogue box
telling about the module version, advising the user to read the
"makro.readme.txt" file, and requesting the user to report any problems
encountered.

In reading the "makro.readme.txt" file I note that it says the following:

ChangeLog
=====================================================
1.0.0.0   23-Feb-2004  Initial Version requested by DK3VN
1.0.0.1   29-Feb-2004   fixed rtty auto-field fill; fixed
                        cabrillo output; fixed cabrillo entry class
1.0.0.2   29-Feb-2004   one more rtty-auto-field-fix; clear grid if
                        selecting new callsign in rtty window
1.0.0.3   06-Mar-2004   change for rtty highlighting
1.0.0.4   09-Mar-2004   change adif field GRID to GRIDSQUARE
1.0.0.5   22-Oct-2004   40/80m low band bonus added

Change 1.0.0.2 was supposed to fix "clear GRID [field] if selecting a new
callsign" (a problem I experienced), and 1.0.0.3 was a change for "RTTY
highlighting" presumably to correct a problem.  My Makrothen module behaves
as though those changes were not made, or else, as if I have an older
module.

Following the request in the module's dialogue box, I sent an e-mail to
Steve in October 2005 reporting the symptoms and conditions under which they
occurred.  I have not seen any authoritative response or instructions on the
reflector to help resolve the problems.

The module functions well enough to use for the contest, but it does not
function properly like so many other RTTY test modules.  I hope that a fix
for this module will be released.  I agree with others' comments that the
Makrothen is a fun contest.

I have been a WriteLog user/customer since 2002.  I probably would not have
been involved in RTTY contests as much as I have were it not for WriteLog.

Vy 73,

   Jerry    K7VIT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper at guernsey.net>
To: "Don Cassel" <ve3xd at rogers.com>; "'Writelog Reflector'"
<writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 17:14
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Makrothen bugs


> Don and the group........
>
> Yes, these were problems last year, and the year before that too! I seem
> to
> recall that the author of the module said he had submitted an updated
> module
> to Writelog, but that it had not been included.
>
> You have to close the RTTYRite window, then re-open it, and it WILL
> highlight calls OK.
> Sometimes, you have to close WL, then restart it before it will work, but
> I
> have always found that you only need to close the RTTY window to get it to
> behave.
>
> And, like you say, those calls from the cluster do not always show in RED
> if
> they have been worked.
> For me, some did, and some didn't. I could not see any correlation between
> those that came up in red, and those that didn't.
>
> When folk sent a hyphen in between, that too screwed things up for me. I
> had
> to manually enter a few details from stations that sent TU-599-JN99-JN99
> !!!!!!
>
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Don Cassel
> Sent: 14 October 2007 16:15
> To: 'Writelog Reflector'
> Subject: [WriteLog] Makrothen bugs
>
>
>
> I worked the Makrothen RTTY contest this weekend and ran into a few
> problems
> in Writelog 10.61E. Some stations sent their grid with a hyphen as in
> FN03-FN03. When clicking on this it replaces the callsign in the QSO entry
> window. This is not the same behaviour I see in other contests.
>
> Calls in the Rttyrite window are never highlighted. Even those that are
> preceded with a DE. This is also behaviour not seen in most other contests
> although I did notice it happening quite often in the CQWW RTTY.
>
> Calls that appear in the bandmap from the cluster do not show when they
> are
> dups. This means it is necessary to enter them in the entry window to dup
> check before calling the station.
>
> Hopefully these problems can be fixed by next year.
>
> 73, Don VE3XD
>
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