[WriteLog] ARRL SS SSB prefill adi file

[john at kk9a.com]

Thanks Gary for your efforts.  I think it is a useful tool, especially
with the long exchange. It seemed to be reasonably accurate. I was
surprised that a number of stations apparently changed their check. 
Either a guest operator was using their station or they somehow changed
the year that they were first licensed.

John W4AAA



To:	"WriteLog Reflector" <writelog at contesting.com>
Subject:	[WriteLog] ARRL SS SSB prefill adi file
From:	"Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
Date:	Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:38:56 -0900


For those who may be interested in the upcoming ARRL SS SSB contest next
weekend....

I have updated my SS SSB prefill call history file to include the 2013 csv
results database information for those stations who submitted logs to the
ARRL last
year.  The file now contains 4,665 call sign records.

This file contains information from the 2009 through 2013 contests. There
is some data irregularity from the 2009 and 2010 results data files. These
historical data files contain field headings for the CK, but the actual CK
data is missing. When subsequent years results are appended and then
duplicates removed there are a number of records that have no data for the
CK field. If a station submitted a log in 2011, 2012 or 2013 then the CK
information is there. If you get a prefill record with a missing CK number
during the contest it is because this call has not submitted a log in the
last three years which would have provided this information. Just be aware
that from time to time you may get a prefill that has the CK number
absent. You will have to copy this off the air and manually fill it in
yourself. But then, you should be reading all the information being sent
to verify it
is correct before logging the contact anyway!

This link will download the latest prefill file.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/25ephfq39lan7f7/ARRL%20SS%20SSB%20History%202009-2013.adi?dl=0

This link will download a set of instructions on how to use the prefill
file within WriteLog in case you have never done this before.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mckz6zbuklff0up/WriteLog%20Prefill%20Exchange%20file%20loading%20instructions.pdf?dl=0

73,
Gary AL9A