[WriteLog] Contest Simulator gets flooded?? Bad conditions? :)

Tue May 12 15:03:25 EDT 2020

Thanks Tom, 
Very clarifying. Now I changed (as I work So2R run on 3550 and 7050 kHz) so
that I have S&P to level 9 and CQ to level 2 respectively. After some 25
QS0:s I run out of stations calling me on 40 m so I keep working the pile on
80 m only. The rate goes down of course from 250 QS0:s per hours to half :(
Wonder what is happening?
The Runmode 2 is really smart and I start to get a grasp on it. Not like you
of course. I will test on the King of Spain Contest this weekend before the
final acid test in CQ WPX. 
Tom- Is there a "hints and tips" somewhere on how to effectively navigate
the entre windows fields? I am not sure I do things correctly but one thing
is annoying and that is when I have used space bar to jump to next window
and need to rapidly to get back to call field and make corrections. I keep
jumping with the tab bar and go all the way round from "right" to max
"right" and then back to end "left" before ending on call field. 
73s Kari SM0HRP

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Ämne: Re: [WriteLog] Contest Simulator gets flooded?? Bad conditions? :)

The simulator is mostly used as a running tool, but it is also an S&P tool.
The  "Search  & Pounce stations" setting determines the number of stations
that will call you.  The "CQing station" setting determines the number of
stations that are calling CQ elsewhere on the band.  If you are just doing
pileup simulation, this number should be zero.  

If it is non-zero, then if you tune through the band using the mousewheel to
change frequency, you will come across stations calling CQ.   For
traditional SO2R, you can CQ on one radio, and tune for stations on the
other.  Likewise, you can do SO2V.  You can call a few CQ's, swap VFO's (but
stay on the same band)  and tune a few Khz for a station to work, and then
switch VFO's back and call CQ again.

If "CQing stations" is non zero, you can end up with someone CQing on your
run frequency.

I am not sure why the stations stop calling.  Like I said, if you work a
bunch of stations very quickly, the number of callers will slow down,
including unanswered CQ's, but I have never seen the callers stop.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: SM0HRP Kari Gustafsson <kari at sm0hrp.se>
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 4:14 PM
To: tomgeorgens15 at gmail.com; writelog at contesting.com
Subject: SV: [WriteLog] Contest Simulator gets flooded?? Bad conditions? :)

Hi Tom,
Thanks for the assistance. Yes the S&P was at level 2. But then I altered it
to level 4 and  I could go on for a while but run out of stations on the
other band again. I am running SO2R, Run mode 2 and 2 Keyboards with KB1 on
3550 kHz and KB2 on 7050 kHz. I have not figured out what S&P means when
running  So2R and Runmode 2 with alternating CW. Or is it just the other
channel??? 
The runmode is awesome but as you said earlier Tom one need to practice : )
I intend to use this on CW WPX soon. 
73s Kari SM0HRP

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IN the simulator, what is the setting for "Search and Pounce Stations?"  WL
uses this number to determine how many stations will call in over a period
of time.  If you work them all at the beginning, then the callers will drop
off.  However, I have never seen the callers drop to zero for any length of
time.  The "search and pounce stations" should be at least 3.

Do you have the messages window open, this may give a hint if there is some
type of problem.

Are both radios on the same band?

GL Tom W2SC

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From: WriteLog <writelog-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of SM0HRP Kari
Gustafsson
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 7:00 AM
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] Contest Simulator gets flooded?? Bad conditions? :)

Hi!

I have tested the WL and its CSS latest version with Runmode in SO2R mode.
For some time and some 20 QSO:s it works very well but after that the CSS
stops producing stations to work. You may call CQ forever but nil. Like it
gets flooded. How to cope with this? 

I hope it is  not bad conditions or artificial intelligence of the software
that influence the software to go in this mode :) 

73 Kari SM0HRP

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