V15.60 1st April 2012
IOTA Contest:
Updated for 2012 scoring revisions.
Callsign Reference (.LST) Files:
SD automatically loads appropriate .LST
files (supplied with SD) as follows.
CW Open and CWOps Mini Tests - CWOPS.LST.
FOC Marathon and FOC QSO Party - FOC.LST.
RDA Contest - RDA.LST.
In all other events SD loads your default .LST
file. This is the one you most recently loaded,
if any, with the LOAD command, and its name is
held in the SD_LOAD record in your SD.INI file.
The CLEAR command clears all callsign reference
data already loaded, and the corresponding
SD_LOAD record. Thanks K4GM.
WinKey:
V15.59 didn't always recognise WinKey at
startup. Fixed.
Rig Control:
When enabled, the B40 (and other) band-change
commands did not work if the rig had not
previously been switched to the corresponding
band. Fixed.
POLLTIME and LINKTIME settings: These were
set to fixed values, dependent upon your BPS
setting, each time SD was started. Now,
user-selected values are preserved in SD.INI.
If rig control is not working fully with your
rig, here's what you should try - assuming the
PORTS command has already been used to define
the appropriate COM port for your rig.
1. Set the BPS to the maximum supported by
your rig - and ensure your rig is set to the
same value (if variable).
2. Set POLLTIME to 1000 and LINKTIME to 800.
Use the STATUS command to confirm the settings.
3. Confirm that rig control is working. If
not, there is a separate issue. If working,
reduce LINKTIME until rig control fails. Then
increase LINKTIME by 25% or so, and confirm
that rig control is restored - and the
frequency displays correctly even when
continuously turning the VFO dial.
4. Reduce POLLTIME until rig control fails,
then increase it by 25% or so and confirm
that rig control is restored. Note that
lower values of POLLTIME make rig-contol
more responsive, in terms of how quickly
the frequency display is updated.
Thanks G4CWH.
Logging EI5DI:
There's not much point in being the author
of a contest logger and not using it to your
advantage. With this in mind, any time you
work me all you need to type is EI - SD
expands it to EI5DI. Further, if you hear
someone calling with "dit didit" on its own,
you'll know it's me. Just enter EI to log
the full call.
This is not an April Fool item! It has
been an undocumented feature in SD for some
time.
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If you find new bugs in V15.60, please post details
to this mailing list. Older versions are not
supported, so you should first confirm that the
problem exists in this version.
Please let me know what you would like to see
changed or added.
73,
Paul EI5DI
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