[WriteLog] Blacklisting packet spots proved to be helpful

[Gary AL9A]

Alan,

I thought a Shift + Enter would over ride anything and force an entry into 
the log.  Did you try that one?  BTW, what were the calls that WL wouldn't 
let you enter?  If you do get a non-mult entry into the log you can then 
right click on that record and from the list select the option to not 
include it for scoring purposes.  Then it will not appear in the Cabrillo, 
but will appear in the adi file export.

73,
Gary AL9A

-----Original Message----- 
From: Alan Maenchen
Sent: February 23, 2015 10:21 AM
To: WriteLog Reflector
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Blacklisting packet spots proved to be helpful

Mike,

If you actually worked the blacklisted call, and actually copied the call
(not relying on the spot), then why delete it?  Highlighting (or hiding) a
potential bogus call is useful, but if he is really QRV, then I see no
problem with working and logging him.

Working stations not in the contest count. Nothing wrong with that. In
fact, it should be encouraged in a friendly way so they eventually get
involved too. I worked several JAs and some other DX even though I'm in
KH6. They don't count in my official entry, but kept them in the log when I
sent it in to LoTW.

The worst thing you could do is remove a valid QSO which causes a penalty
for the other poor guy.

BTW, that brings up a "bug" in WL. It won't let me log a QSO that isn't in
the official mult list. I should be able to log anything I want.  A warning
is fine, but don't block my ability to log a QSO just because the software
thinks it isn't valid. That's unacceptable. I had to make an ALT-N note for
each one and then manually re-enter them in the Cabrillo.

73, Alan  AD6E / KH6TU






> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:43:25 -0500
> From: "K2MK" <k2mk at comcast.net>
> To: "WriteLog Reflector" <WriteLog at CONTESTING.COM>
> Subject: [WriteLog] Blacklisting packet spots proved to be helpful
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> This might not be the intended function for the recent addition of the
> blacklisting option in the packet spots window. During the DX contest I
> frequently jumped on spots for stations that I had worked but that got
> relisted as unworked in a truncated version by the skimmer servers. For
> example, 5B/RN3QO would be spotted as RN3QO. Similarly 4O/E77W, F/G4BJM,
> etc.. By blacklisting RN3QO, etc. those spots would appear in a gray
> highlighted italic text style. I could have also chosen to hide 
> blacklisted
> spots and they wouldn't be visible at all. And blacklisting is very simple
> with a simple right click.
>
> This is also very helpful for the occasional station that is calling CQ 
> but
> is not in the contest and for calls that come up busted on a regular 
> basis.
>
> I planned on deleting the blacklisted calls after the contest but I saw
> that
> the blacklisting does not carry over to other contest modules. I guess the
> data is saved in the contest in which it was entered. This seems like a
> good
> thing.
>
> 73,
> Mike K2MK
>
>
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