[WriteLog] WPX RTTY - Hold Shift key & click

[Don AA5AU]

I didn't see this mentioned, but if you hold the SHIFT key and click on the first letter in the group, it will put the correct serial number in the proper field.

For example, if you receive a report that prints:

TOO RTT RTT 

Then hold the SHIFT key and click on the first R in either set of "RTT" and the number 455 will be automatically placed in the Entry Window.  You will learn that "TOO" is "599", so don't worry about that one because RST is prefilled in the Entry Window.  The group you are concerned about is the next group after "TOO".

It's very strange not to be pounding the keyboard this weekend.   This is the first WPX RTTY Contest I've missed since it started 18 years ago.  I'm in Indianapolis, visiting my father, George, WB9FAD, who at age 86 was admitted to the hospital on Monday.  I'm happy to say he is stable and I will be flying back to New Orleans tomorrow.  I won't make it back in time to make any contacts.  But that's OK.  I guess ya'll will just have to have fun without me!

73, Don AA5AU

From: "W2GR at aol.com" <W2GR at aol.com>
>To: writelog at contesting.com 
>Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:33 PM
>Subject: [WriteLog] WPX RTTY
> 
>Just a quick and probably stupid question....
>
>This is my first time in the RTTY WPX and was wondering why some stations  
>send a series of letters instead of  a serial number?...WL will not accept  
>the letters in the number field....I couldn't find anything on the CQ site. 
>I  logged the contacts with a 1 in the field and wrote down what they 
>sent....for  when I know what to put there!...
>
>Thanks, 
>
>Mike W2GR
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