Yes, but...
Don,
In each of the paragraphs below you show a work-around for the
"problem." The problem, as I see it, is that Writelog assigns the
serial numbers prematurely. If the serial numbers were not
assigned until the F-key to send the exchange is pushed, we
wouldn't have any of these out-of-sequence/duplicate/missing serial
numbers.
Let's assume I'm on CW or Phone, and there are no already-duped
calls to click on, as with RTTY. Suppose I am running at a good
rate on radio A. I am tuning on radio B for new QSOs/mults on
another band. I type in a call and hit the space bar to dupe check it
on radio B. A serial number is now assigned. However, my run rate
is too fast on radio A to squeeze in the QSO on radio B. If it takes
3-4 minutes to get that radio B QSO in, that serial number may be
off by 10 or more. If I decide not to work that QSO on radio B and
concentrate on the run radio, I hit Alt-W on radio B and a number is
now missing in the log.
If that serial number on B was not assigned until I committed to
work that station (i.e., after I push the F-key to send my exchange
to him), the serial numbers would be in sequence.
I'm not a programmer, and have trouble thinking logically at times.
Is there a reason why it couldn't be done this way?
73 Barry
On 6 Aug 00, Don Hill wrote:
> There will be times when you need to send exchange on A, then send
> exchange on B before logging A. How do you do that? There is only one
> way I know of and that is to go ahead and send exchange on A using
> the F key. Then you have to go "live" at the keyboard and send exchange
> B. This is easy on CW, all you have to do is use your paddle. On RTTY,
> you have to be a good quick typist, hit ALT-K, type the exchange using
> the next available serial number, then hit ALT-K again. If you had K5DJ
> in A and AA5AU in B in the above example, you would hit the F key to
> send the exchange to K5DJ, then you would have to type the exchange
> "live" to AA5AU by using ALT-K. When you hit ALT-K, the gray 1 stays
> gray. So after you log K5DJ, the serial number on B will automatically
> change to 2 and you can log AA5AU using the correct serial number sent.
>
> Sometimes your fingers do things on the keyboard they shouldn't. If you
> accidentally "lock in" a serial number in both entry windows, you must
> wipe one of them clean with ALT-W and re-enter the callsign.
>
> Something else that happens is, say you are running on A and hunting
> for mults on B. You enter the callsign in A that is calling you (K5DJ) and
> you come across AA5AU and he's a mult on B so you enter AA5AU in
> B and after you've sent your report to K5DJ on A, you hit the F key that
> sends your call on B to AA5AU. It locks in the same serial number you
> just sent to K5DJ in the B entry window. What you must do is clear the
> window with ALT-W on B and re-enter AA5AU. What I normally do in
> this situation is not enter a callsign in B until A is logged. You can still
> call the station on B, just don't enter his callsign until A is logged.
>
> The most logical situation is to always wait before you start a QSO on
> one radio until you have logged a QSO in progress on the other radio.
>
> I imagine in a Multi-Single set up with 2 radios, you have to have verbal
> communications between the two operators. Like when the operator
> hunting mults comes across one, he/she tells the other operator to hold
> up until the mult is worked and logged. But I really don't know.
>
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Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
Newtown, PA FRC alternate: barry@w2up.wells.com
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