[WriteLog] Need per-band packet spots choice for SS "U"

[Bruce King]

If I recall (no guarantees of accuracy anymore...) there was a thread on
this a couple of years ago. The gist of the thread was that since you
can only work a station once in SS, it doesn't matter what band you work
it on. And, since the entries in the packet spot window are for unworked
stations, a station that changes bands won't show up again. This is the
desired operation for the contest. If you have other goals, e.g. looking
for particular states on particular bands, it won't help. Gary's
suggestion to try the VE7CC software may help here. 

 

 

73 Bruce W1CSM

 

 

 

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Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:46:31 -0900

From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>

Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Need per-band packet spots choice for SS "U"

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Pete,

 

>From inside WL the "Follow Me" should limit your spots to the band and
mode 

you are on, but this didn't work correctly in the SS CW a couple of
weeks 

ago.  Not sure how the phone version of the contest module will work,
but if 

"Follow Me" still lets everything pass through then it is definitely a
bug 

in the SS contest module that needs to be fixed.

 

You don't mention your telnet cluster. What are you using to get your
spots? 

Many folks use VE7CC's great CC User software (freebe) that permits many


filters to be set up outside of WL.  For instance I have it set up today
to 

pass only the phone segments for US, VE, PR, KV, HI and other PAC 

possessions.  If needed you could easily change CC User on the fly to
limit 

spots to just the band you are on at the moment.  But it also offers a
great 

deal more flexibility than that.  I have also recently figured out how
to 

configure it to pass alarms for tough states and provinces - DE, ND, NE,
RI, 

VI, VT, QC, etc.

73,

Gary AL9A

 

 

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Pete Soper" <pete at soper.us>

To: <writelog at contesting.com>

Sent: November 18, 2011 3:11 PM

Subject: [WriteLog] Need per-band packet spots choice for SS "U" class

 

 

> Could somebody point me to the archives covering this, or help me
tweak

> configuration to get per-band packet spots when I set up Writelog for

> Sweepstakes? I want to run unlimited class, but would like to be able
to

> just see spots for one band at a time when in S&P mode. As it is the

> packet "Bands" menu only offers "All Bands" and  "Follow Me" choices,

> but no band/mode choices as with other setups  like "DXpedition",
"ARRL

> DX", or even "NAQP". Is there a way to hit this with a hammer in a
.ini

> file?

> 

> Regards,

> Pete AD4L

> 

> PS Sorry for possible dupes. I didn't stop to think that giving the
list

> subscription an alternate email address was going to hose me for
postings.

>