[WriteLog] Duplicate qso in log

[Jerry Pixton]

Gary,

I mixed apples and oranges this morning. I was seeing the D in my 
general qso log (which may well be the DXped module) and I was recalling 
the situation as I was preparing my RU log last week.

As I have been using this same module for many years to log qsos each 
month, I no longer know what module it is. I just make a new copy each 
month, clear out last months contracts and log this months. The Cabrillo 
option is grayed out in the log I am using for general qsos each month.

I understand the D ok and can live with it, I just didn't know what the 
LOTW export was going to do with them since I would want LOTW to see them.

This was I do the same thing each day with the radios and software as I 
do during a contest. I make enough pilot errors as it is.

Thanks for the info

Jerry, W6IHG

On 1/14/2014 8:35 PM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> You don't mention which WL module you are using to log your W1AW/n 
> QSOs, but I suspect it isn't the DXpedition mode module.  That module 
> has the Cabrillo export option grayed out, as it isn't really intended 
> to be "contest" module, but more of a general logger.  As a 
> consequence there is no ability to create a Cabrillo.  Since you have 
> created a Cabrillo you must be using some other module, although I'm 
> perplexed as to why your Cabrillo export excluded the 'D' or dupe 
> entries.  Duplicates do appear in the Cabrillo log, minus the 'D' 
> indicator, so that the scoring robot can get all the records and then 
> it will decide which ones are dupes or not.  You may not have seen the 
> 'D' flag on your dupes in the Cabrillo, but I bet if you go back and 
> look carefully at the file you will find that those records are indeed 
> there.
>
> Keep in mind that WL is a contest logger and flagging dupes is in its 
> DNA. That's one of the main things it does.  I am using the DXpedition 
> mode module to log my CW contacts with various stations working the 
> ARRL Centennial for points.  I'm doing that because I am used to using 
> it in the CW mode and it is a much better logger for this purpose than 
> my general logger or even CW Type.  (I've found CW Type to 
> problematic.  When hand typing in a call, if I only get a partial and 
> send that partial back to get the fill on the missing character(s), CW 
> Type jumps the cursor out of the Call entry box to the main text 
> window for me to send more characters by hand typing.  I don't want it 
> to do that, just leave the cursor in the Call box until I can get the 
> rest of the call filled info from the fill , but haven't found a way 
> to control that yet.) Other reasons for using the DXpedition mode 
> module is Rttyrite is a much better CW decoder than CW Get and it lets 
> you log the WARC bands which are normally not allowed in regular 
> contests.  If you log a non-contest band in some other WL module you 
> will get a big red 'B' after the call telling you that you are "Out of 
> Band".
>
> So, my suggestion is to use the DXpedition module for logging the 
> W1W/n stations.  There will be lots of them on over the course of the 
> next year from various states using the same call, so just get used to 
> the 'D' indicator and ignore it.  It doesn't matter! After I've logged 
> several calls for a given date I export them to an adi file and then 
> import them into my general logger.  Then I upload that adi to TQSL 
> for LOTW and keep track of my QSLs, etc. in the general logger.  Then 
> the next time I go back into the DXpedition module I just highlight 
> and delete all the log entries from my last use and start over with a 
> new clean log.  Since I have the previous QSOs in my general logger 
> there is no need to keep them in the WL log any longer.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Pixton
> Sent: January 14, 2014 4:49 AM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] Duplicate qso in log
>
> I am starting to work the w1aw/x stations.
>
> I have qsos with w1aw/4 in NC and now when I logged a qso with w1aw/4 in
> SC, Writelog marks the contact with a big D.
>
> I noticed after the RU, when I got almost two hundred big Ds because of
> my network mistake, that those contacts got dropped out of the Cabrillo
> logs. Which is good but it bothers me as almost every contest I end up
> with one or two qso where I log the station twice during the exchange
> and usually the line with the D has the correct info.
>
> So my question is: How do I get rid of the D? And when I export to the
> LOTW format is that D qso going to disappear like it seems to for
> Cabrillo export????? We are going to have lots of these stations with
> the same calls but in different states this year.
>
> Jerry, W6IHG
>

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