[WriteLog] New Guy - How do I ... Questions

[Don Hill AA5AU]

You have %F correct for your question #1. But you have to add a number to it. For example, for BARTG RTTY, the fields in the entry
window are "CALL", "RCV", "NR", "TIME" etc. "CALL" is 1, "RCV" is 2, "NR" is 3, "TIME" is 4 in the entry window. So if you wanted to
make a confirmation messages that confirms the other station's number, you would use %F3 in your exchange like this:

%RQSL %F3 UR 599 %3 %3 %T %T %E

However, I must tell you that confirming what the other person sent is not general practice for RTTY contesting because it confuses
the exchange. When the station on the other ends sees your %F3, they may take it as your number and not theirs. It is highly
recommended that you don't confirm the other station's information.

On question #2, you would create a new set of messages for each contest. Then the following year when a contest comes around you
could use the previous year's messages by going to the Setup menu, then choosing CW/RTTY/SSB messages. When the message window opens
go to Browse and choose the file you used the previous year and it will prefill the messages.

As for #3, not sure what you mean. The way the text scrolls in the Rttyrite window is the best way possible in my opinion. This way
you don't have to chase text as it scrolls. If you need to scroll back to look at something that was previous received, you can do
that with the scroll bar.

73, Don AA5AU

-----Original Message-----
From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 1:20 AM
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] New Guy - How do I ... Questions

Hi Writeloggers

 

I've bought the newbie license and have run this V10.90A in three RTTY contests now..

 

I have 3 questions that I have tried to answer myself, but to-date failed - I'm hoping you guys can point me in the right direction!

 

1.       How do I confirm the report received, so I'd like to send QSL (599
123) UR 599 321 321 et cetera. I've been messing about with the %F but found no text sent under all combinations I have tried.

2.       How do I save my RTTY message configuration so I can import again
once I start a new log. I'm currently typing them in (and making random mistakes doing it) each time I set the software up for a
contest.

3.       Scrolling in RTTYrite window - I'm stuck with it - right?

 

Thanks!

 

Mark. G0MGX

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