[WriteLog] Band Changes in WPX

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

Your understanding of the MS band change counting for WPX is correct.

Randy, K5ZD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: WriteLog <writelog-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of kostas
> sv1dpi
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 11:25 AM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] Band Changes in WPX
> 
> I was trying the band changes window for cq wpx cw contest. I remember I
> had problems last year and I was trying to find my mistakes in the setup.
> I use 12.23J version. 2 computers are in network and we are going to run
> MS.
> 
> According rules, 10 band changes are allowed. I setup the network, I went
> to Contest>parameter setup and told that we run MS. Also I set the
> 2 radios in radio menu as "this radio is run(A)" and the 2nd one as radio
> (B) mult). I remind that in cq wpx band changes count and not if the 2nd
> radio gets mults or simple qsos. Also right click over the band changes
> windows and ticked "band changes per hour". I started log qsos in both
> radios.
> 
> If I have understand the rules ok, this counts as follows (and this is
> what I was expected to see in band changes window):
> 
> 20m radio logs a qso  - 0 band change (for both radios)
> 
> 40m radio logs a qso - 1 band change (for both radios)
> 
> 20m radio logs a qso - 2 band changes (for both radios)
> 
> 40m radio logs a qso - 3 band changes (for both radios)
> 
> 40m radio logs another qso - 3 band changes (for both radios)
> 
> 20m radio logs a qso - 4 band changes (for both radios)
> 
> 20m radio logs a qso - 4 band changes (for both radios)
> 
> and goes on.... Both radios - computers are the same (run or mult does not
> has a differnce - really one signal is allowed - not as cq ww where mult
> radio could do qsos if these were mults) and should be allowed to have 10
> band changes in total every single hour, that is from 00 to 59 minute.
> 
> My writelog does not count right. The 2 computers have different numbers!
> Also a scenario. Let's suppose that network goes down for a while. When it
> comes again on and both logs are synchronized, numbers in band changes
> should change and be the same for 2 radios.
> 
> Any help?
> 
> 73 Kostas SV1DPI
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