[WriteLog] smirk test

[Gary AL9A]

John,

Your mention of a generic contest type module triggered my tired old brain 
cells.  There is a module called DXpedition Mode that should do it for you. 
It accepts any band from 160M through 6M.  You will need to modify the Entry 
window fields slightly to suit your needs.

Go to Contest/Exchange Format Setup...  When the window pops up asking if 
you want to initialize ALL fields in the exchange answer No.  In the Edit 
QSO Exchange Fields window that opens do the following:

Click on the COUNTRY field and clear the Prompt box.  Click on Save.
Click on the C field and clear the Prompt box. Click on Save.
Click on the Name filed and clear the Prompt box.  Click on Save.

This will prevent these unneeded fields from showing in the Entry window. 
They will still be in the log, just not in the
Entry window.

Now create two new fields for the SMIRK contest.
Go to the end of the field name list and click on New.  In the Caption box 
type GRID.  In the list of options for this field click on Prompt, No Space 
allowed and Required.  Click on Save.

Click on New again.  In the Caption box type SMIRK.  The SMIRK field is 6 
characters wide so if you need more field width just add spaces to the field 
name.  I am unfamiliar with SMIRK numbers, but if it is a number only click 
on the box for Number.  If it is an alpha numeric number leave the Number 
box unchecked.  Now click on Prompt, No Space and Required.  Now click on 
Save and OK.

The Entry window will now be clear of the unnecessary Country, C and Name 
fields and you will now see the GRID and SMIRK fields instead.  This should 
work for your log entries, but the score will be meaningless.  Good luck.

73,
Gary AL9A

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john" <w8wej at citynet.net>
To: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
Cc: "WriteLog Reflector" <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: June 14, 2012 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] smirk test


> thanks , Gary for you kindness in responding--think   I can sort of use 
> logger 32 for the exchange, which is mostly what I care about,,score is no 
> concern as not interested in submitting any thing..  appreciate your input
> I would like to see write log with a generic contest type    to allow for 
> this type of test.
>   73 john w8wej
>
> On 6/14/2012 20:49, Gary AL9A wrote:
>> John,
>>
>> Not too many contest modules use grid squares in the exchange.  The only 
>> two I can think of are the Stew Perry, which is 160M only, and the 
>> Makrothen, which is a RTTY contest.  The Makrothen module is for 80M - 
>> 10M so I'm not sure it will accept entries for 6 meters in CW or SSB.  If 
>> the Makrothen module will let you enter 6 meter contacts you could modify 
>> the input layout to add an additional field to record the SMIRK number 
>> part of the exchanges.
>>
>> 73,
>> Gary AL9A
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "john" <w8wej at citynet.net>
>> To: "WriteLog Reflector" <writelog at contesting.com>
>> Sent: June 14, 2012 9:42 AM
>> Subject: [WriteLog] smirk test
>>
>>
>>> I want to bang around in this to pick up new states and grids,,,I could
>>> not find smirk as such,, any other log availible--dont care about
>>> score--  thanks john w8wej
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