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

[William Maurer]

Mark,

Welcome to WriteLog...  This is a great contest logging program.

About your first question, please please please do not repeat the other person's exchange.  It will slow down his QSO rate and probably confuse him since he will not expect those extra pieces of data.  This is similar to the phrase "thank you, please copy..." when only a "TU" is expected.  Anyway, it is your responsibility to receive the exchange correctly.  If you have any questions, ask for a repeat or fill.

Good luck in the next contest,
Bill
WB6JJJ




On Sep 23, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Mark <mark.g0mgx at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Don
> 
> All good, thank you, a couple of clarifications if I may.....
> 
> On Q1, I have tried %F3 but had started (quite stupidly) starting to count 1
> from the "seq"  title so was seeing blank space being sent as I was clearly
> trying to send the "country" field in my experiments!
> 
> On Q2, When I hit browse am I loading a previous log and just importing the
> message config from that file? So I could create a general SnP log and just
> use that to load generic messages as a starting point each time? Have I
> understood - there doesn't seem to be a way to save the messages as a kind
> of message config file?
> 
> On Q3, yes, I was wondering if I can stop the text wrapping and just keep
> the last text received on the last line, but have read the arguments and
> guess it's just something I need to get used to....
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Mark. G0MGX
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Hill AA5AU [mailto:aa5au at bellsouth.net] 
> Sent: 23 September 2012 14:15
> To: 'Mark'; writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] New Guy - How do I ... Questions
> 
> 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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