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Re: [RTTY] Possible bug in Writelog timestamp

To: "'Rtty'" <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Possible bug in Writelog timestamp
From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 22:12:04 -0500
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WriteLog remembers the time and will not change it during a contact. This is by 
design. If you do not complete the contact and use
either DELETE or BACKSPACE to enter a new callsign over the existing callsign 
in the entry window, the time will not change. The
program "thinks" you just edited the callsign of the station you just sent the 
report to.

In order to reset the time "timer" so to speak, you must either delete the 
callsign in the entry window with ALT-W or repopulate the
entry window by clicking on another callsign. Other ways to clear the entry 
window is right-click in the entry window and selecting
"Clear QSO" or right click in any Rttyrite windows (main or clones) and 
choosing "Clear Entry Window". Yet another way to clear the
entry window is via the Entry menu and "Wipe QSO and pop". In my testing just 
now, if I cleared the previous QSO using any of the
methods in this paragraph, then the correct time was sent. If this is not 
happening at your end, please let us know.

73, Don AA5AU

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of THOMAS L GUNTZEL
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 6:35 PM
To: Rtty
Subject: [RTTY] Possible bug in Writelog timestamp

I have sent the following report to support at writelog.

Thought you might want to check it yourself as it may cause reporting problems.


I have been setting up rtty messages etc for the Bartg RTTY contest and as you 
know it needs a timestamp in the exchange.

I have been using the %T macro and I have found that once you use the  macro to 
send a report and if for some reason you do not log
the qso the time will not increment.  So when you go to the next contact the 
time could be off by several minutes depending on if
you are running or S&P.

This could come into play if the exchange is not completed and you decide to 
not log the contact, wipe the callsign clear on go on
to the next.

Though you would like to know.

Tom G
K0TLG
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