[WriteLog] "Send Call and Exch" for CW not working correctly?

[Gary AL9A]

Kevin,

First things first - the CQWW WPX CW contest is not this weekend!  It's next 
weekend, May 30 -31st.  That gives you more time to get your WL setup sorted 
out and improves the probability you will actually make some WPX contacts!

As for the serial number not being sent - have you "programmed" the command 
to send the serial number into your exchange memory?  To send the serial 
number you need to have a "%" symbol in the string.  The WPX rules state you 
need to send RST and a progressive serial number for the exchange starting 
with 001.  In WL you accomplish this by having the exchange memory set up as 
"%C 5nn %3".  The second "%" tells WL to send the serial number of this QSO 
and the "3" tells WL to pad the number with as many leading zeros as 
necessary to make it a three digit number. Thus your exchange memory will 
send the Call of the station in the Entry field, followed by the RST of 
"5nn" then the serial number padded to three digits if needed.

The following is from the WL manual under "CW/RTTY/SSB Transmission" 
"Entering the CW/RTTY Memories":

The memories have the following special properties if there is a "%" 
character followed by a:

digit n (in the range 1 through 5)
the current QSO number is substituted for the % when that message is sent. 
The number sent will be preceded by enough "T" characters in Morse (or "0" 
digits in RTTY) to ensure that at least n characters are sent in the number. 
For example, if the sequence number is one, and there is a "%3" in the F3 
field, then pressing F3 will send "TT1". This is for contests that require a 
"three digit serial number".

See you in the contest!

73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Seeger" <hemivaliant at hotmail.com>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: May 20, 2009 6:22 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] "Send Call and Exch" for CW not working correctly?



I'm getting ready for this weekend's CQ WW WPX contest and have run into 
some problems with WL.  This will be only my 2nd time using the program.



For some reason I can't get it to send the Serial No. while either pressing 
ENTER or clicking on "Send Call and Exch" after entering data into the QSO 
Entry Window.  Also with "Enter sends exch/QRZ" clicked on, WL sends "QSL 
QRZ DE NC6V" after data is entered into the QSO Entry Window and ENTER is 
pressed.  No serial number is sent.



In the PDF document titled "WriteLog Help Index" it mentions a few times 
about turning on a preference that causes ENTER to simultaneously send CW. 
I'd assume it's talking about turning on "Enter sends exch/QRZ"?



Thanks





NC6V



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