So there isn't a real m/m class. Then you would set up for m/s and do
the same as for na, quick enter a qso so you grab a serial number then
work the station with that number. There used to be a mechanism in ct
that stole a serial number when you hit the insert button I think, but
that seemed to cause more problems, I think that has been removed. As
far as I know all multi station contest loggers have the same problem
when the contest sponsors really want one set of serial numbers for all
stations.
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
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AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MM0ANT [mailto:mail@mm0ant.co.uk]
> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 11:13
> To: David Robbins K1TTT
> Cc: CT-User@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [ct-user] CTWin and serial numbers.
>
> Hi,
> The numbers are basically allocated once per contact,
> non band/mode specific. The problems caused by all known
> logging software is they do not talk to each other properly causing
> the same serial number to be issued to multiple terminals. This
> creates an awkward situation in logging as each serial should only
> be issued once. Having used NA for this and other similar contests
> in the past, I understand a work around for it, but this involves
entering
> a false QSO and going back to edit it; this basically steals a serial
to
> issue to the station when you eventually work them. It works fine as
such,
> but this process slows down operation. Writelog also has issues with
this
> and the work around is to start typing a callsign, then delete it and
> start
> again. Not exactly user-friendly. The Writelog developers basically
told
> us
> (The ones who want this fixed) to get lost as they don't care as it's
a
> Europe thing and only causes problems to multi-station users.
>
> As there are quite a few RSGB (and other) contests using serial
numbers
> a fix for this operation would be good. I appreciate the user base is
> quite
> small, but still relevant; Look at the amount of IOTA multi-station
> entries
> last year.
>
> Robert
> MM0ANT
> P.S. Thanks for the Telnet cluster service David. Excellent work.
>
> At 19/04/2003 11:58, you wrote:
> >For those of us who don't know the iota contest, how must numbers be
> >issued for m/m in that test? Separate numbers per band, per station,
or
> >one set for the whole contest???
> >David Robbins K1TTT
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> Subject: [ct-user] CTWin and serial numbers.
> >> Hi all,
> >> Before trying this I thought I would ask opinions.
> >> Our club plan to operate as a Multi/Multi station during IOTA 2003
> >> as GM4V. In this configuration we need serial numbers to be issued
> >> correctly to the station PC's, cluster link PC(Possibly) and a
spare
> >> PC.
> >> We note at present that NA and Writelog do not issue serial
numbers
> >> correctly for this format of contest. Does CTWin? We have had
issues
> >> with this previously (As registered users of CT DOS) and are
wondering
> >> if the problem has been looked at, or fixed, in later releases.
> >> All help and opinions appreciated.
> >> Robert
> >> www.MM0ANT.co.uk
>
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