[WriteLog] Receiving Spots for States/Provinces for upcoming ARRLCW SS

[Gary AL9A]

Ray,

The problem with received packet spots in WL is that state or section info 
is not present in the spots.  I use VE7CC's CC User cluster interface and 
feed the spots from there to WL.  The VE7CC-1 cluster interface does show ST 
info, but if it is passed to WL it doesn't display there.

It is very easy to setup State filters and Call alerts in CC User. I'm 
thinking that as the SS progresses and I'm missing some hard to find states 
I will try to set the filters to pass only the states and VE provinces I 
need.  That way the spots that come into WL should be for what I'm missing. 
This will only work for sections that are states.  States with multiple 
sections are still a problem. If you pass spots for CA you may have to work 
a lot of sections you don't need to find the one you do need.

If you know specific calls that work from a hard to snag section you could 
set up a Call alarm to alert you to that call, but he may not be operating 
in the needed section this year.  Again, it's a crap shoot.

73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Day" <rayday at cox.net>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: November 04, 2010 9:28 AM
Subject: [WriteLog] Receiving Spots for States/Provinces for upcoming ARRLCW 
SS


> Hi guys,
>
> I'm ramping up the station for using WL in the upcoming ARRL CW SS 
> contest.
>
> All's looking good, but I'd like to somehow get a leg up on trying
> for a Clean Sweep of the 80 sections (I've never done it).
>
> I have checked last year's CW SS results from the ARRL website's
> contest result database and have noted the calls of stations that
> operated last year from the sections that I think will be elusive
> this year... good move, I think.
>
> My question, perhaps a teeny bit off topic, is how to receive spots
> from those elusive (to me) sections? Will they spotted anywhere that
> I could point the WL receiving packet spots system to?
>
> TIA,
> Ray N6HE
>
>
>
>
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