[WriteLog] A Learning Experience in the WAE CW Contest

[robert beaudoin]

     Good Afternoon Keith and Jamie

         I believe there is no more writelog.ini ??  so what file did 
you guys  put  AutoSave in ?

                 73   BoB WA1FCN

On 8/14/2023 2:11 PM, Keith Beebe W3KB wrote:
> Jamie NS3T
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> Highly appreciate that information.
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> In looking into the current HELP section of Writelog:   the AutoSaveCount parameter should now be in the [ENTRY] part of the .INI file and Not in the [CONFIGURATION] Section.
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> I took your advice to look into it and ***There is indeed a note that as of Version 12.29 if such a parameter was in the [CONFIGURATION] Section it is removed and now placed in the [ENTRY] section***
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> I am running the very latest Version 12.73F.
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> Therefore I have simply added In the [ENTRY] section of the .ini file:
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> [ENTRY]
> AutoSaveCount=1
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> Let’s see how this works out.
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> Thanks !
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> Keith W3KB
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> From: Jamie Dupree <jamie.dupree at verizon.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 10:01 AM
> To: Keith Beebe W3KB <keith at w3kb.net>; WriteLog Reflector <writelog at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] A Learning Experience in the WAE CW Contest
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> Keith -
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> You can set Writelog to save your log after every 'x' QSO, so you don't have to rely on the journal file.  I have my log save after every QSO, just in case.  It is done in the background, automatically, and does not cause any problems with my operating system.
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> This is an old item that I saved on how to do it.  You should check to see if this has changed over the years
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> - Paste this line into the [Configuration] section of the writelog.ini:
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> AutoSaveCount=1
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> This ensures the log will be saved after every entry. If you don't want it to save that often, just increase the number.
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> 73 Jamie NS3T
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> On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 09:29:41 AM EDT, Keith Beebe W3KB <keith at w3kb.net<mailto:keith at w3kb.net>> wrote:
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> I am a WriteLog contesting software user.
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> I was operating in the weekend's Worked All Europe (WAE) CW contest and had 110 QSOs and 25 QTCs (Messages) as of early Saturday morning. I had planned to operate all weekend.
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> All of a sudden there were multiple electrical power "Blips" (rapid On-Off)  that happened.  That "crashed" the computer logging the contest.
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> When I got back in operation I noticed my 110 contacts were still in the log but my QTC's were not.  What's going on?
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> I had to drop out of the WAE CW contest because my QTC's were gone and the Writelog software now thought I was back to QTC #1.  Could not realistically send another QTC because the content tracking of the specific messages and their composition plus the QTC numbers were gone.
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> Writelog does indeed have a safety mechanism for such situations in that it has what they call a "journal" backup file in case things like power outages happen.  It makes a journal of the log during a contest.
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> However, here's the part of that operation that I missed.  "These changes (QTCs) are Not written to the journal file and Cannot be recovered if you exit or crash without saving your log."
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> For this specific contest Writelog does not automatically backup QTCs during the logging process.  It recommends periodically Manually saving the log during the contest. Well, I didn't do that and of course along comes the power "blips".
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> I should have looked closer to Writelog's setup instructions for this specific contest.
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> At least I now know what happened and now know what to do in the future specifically for the WAE CW contest.
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> Keith W3KB
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