> 1) all CW contacts were only scored with 1 point. The FD rules
> indicate that there are 2 points per CW and/or digital contact. I
> looked at the Pascal file and it showed that the default scoring
> mechanism was a single point for CW or phone. I suggest that this be
> changed for next year.
Well - depending on your power - it might really be more. Do the
calculation on the summary sheet - the same place you put the other
bonus points.
> For this year, is there any way to recompute the data that has already
> been logged? Can I add a "2 points CW 1 point phone" command after the
> contest statement in LOGCFG.DAT now and have the program recount all the
> contacts as 2 points?
For FD, you only send in the dupe sheets as I remember - so why bother?
> 2) 1 point was given to stations with a class of 1D, 2D, 3D, etc.
> My understanding was that a class A station can work a class D station,
> but they don't get any points for it. Is there any way to enter the
> class of my station and let TR invalidate contacts with "D" class
> stations?
There isn't any class checking currently in the program - TR doesn't
know what class you are in. Perhaps I will add this for next year.
> I suppose that I can manually edit the log and assign 0 points to them.
Yes.
> 3) Is there any way to designate a contact as "digital" in TRLOG.
> I made a few RTTY contacts and had to log them as CW with a note
> afterwards to remind me that they were really digital.
Yes - the last few versions had this - use Alt-M to get there - or just
edit the log and replace "CW " with "DIG".
> FUTURE UPGRADE WISHLIST:
>
> The SSB station was running CT and I noticed that their display of
> sections was arranged differently. It had 11 vertical columns and in
> each column the ARRL sections associated with that call region were
> listed vertically in alphabetical order. This was very handy and it
> gave me a quick summary of which areas of the country I needed to
> concentrate on. I realize that with the vanity program (and people who
> travel to another location for the contest), the number in the callsign
> doesn't always match the section.
CT has different dimensions for some of the windows. Since TR's windows
don't overlap, their size is very critical. I can't do this type of
display without overlapping with some other information. I would rather
keep all the information up there so you can see it all the time.
> Thanks for a great product. I think a converted a few CT users to TR
> during the event. They liked the user interface and the CW capabilities
> they thought were better than CT's.
Great!
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