Hi Eddie,
Actually, you don't have the rules right; you have a radio on station B. If
you didn't, how could you monitor and spot multipliers? From
http://www.wrtc2002.org/rules.htm it notes:
"16. Station Setup
General
In general, the WRTC2002 organizers provide
- a tri-band beam for 10/15/20M with a PL259 male connector
- a rotator and rotator control for the tri-band beam
- a wire antenna (Windom) for 40/80M with a PL259 male connector
Everything else needed is expected to be brought in by each participating
team themselves.
Each WRTC2002 station has two radios (A and B). The radios must be named as
radio A and radio B before the contest starts. All QSOs must be made on
radio A while radio B can only be used for monitoring and searching. Radio B
can be changed to become radio A only in case of malfunction, as determined
by the referee.
Maximum output power is 100W.
Band-pass filters are allowed for both radio A and radio B.
Two networked PC's are allowed. (PC 1 at radio A, PC 2 at radio B.)
The PC's must be named as PC 1 and PC 2 before the contest starts."
Thus, you can have a radio on station B, but you cannot make any QSO's from
that radio. Also, the rules prohibit the use of packet spotting, so your
choice is limited to the Band Map.
So, the issue becomes how to show the other station the new multipliers and
stations from Station B to Station A who can actually make the contact. And,
presumably, allow Station A to make band changes to work new multipliers. If
I were to do this, the first thing I would do is network the two PC's. Then
I would open the Band Map that tracks with Station A. This Band Map will
always follow the rig on Station A.
Then open the standard Band Map for Station B. This Band Map will track with
the rig on Station B.
Now open a second view of the Band Map on Station A. On the Band Map screen,
click on 'File|New View.' The set the center frequency to that of the band
currently monitored by Station B. (File|Set Center Frequency). If Station A
is running on 20 meters and Station B is finding mults and stations on 40
meters (CW), have Station A set the second Band Map center frequency to 7020
or something close.
Because the stations are networked, every station put in the Band Map by
Station B on 40 meters in our example, will show up on Station A's second
Band Map. I've tested this and it works (I have a screen print that I'm
sending you separately from the reflector as it would have an attachment).
Station A can then change the radio to 40 meters and then can click on calls
and multipliers and move the radio to the station (you can't click on the
second Band Map and move the radio - at least not on my FT-1000MP).
The advantage of this setup is that Station A can immediately see what is
being added to the Band Map by the Station B. A lot less looking and more
coordinating for what band to be on during the contest. If you go to a
different band, just have station A set the center frequency to the new band
and you're done.
>From a strategy viewpoint, and because Station B is only monitoring and
putting calls into the Band Map, it might be useful to have 3-4 Band Map
windows open on Station B. You could cruise up and down the Bands and enter
calls, all immediately available to Station A once the center frequency is
set. Just a thought. I think WA9ALS has screen shots on his web sites
showing this; I do as well (but for 5 bands) on my web sites under the
Multi-Op section under the 'control station.'
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On a related subject, the rules allow operators to see calls worked before
during the contest (check partial), but does not allow Super Check Partial
using Master.dta callsign databases. You can accomplish this in WriteLog by
taking one of the Master.dta files in the \Program subdirectory, opening it
up using Notepad, deleting all of the calls so the file is empty, and saving
it under a new name (I would choose 'masterempty.dta). Then, in WriteLog
under Setup, select 'Super Check Partial' and browse to the
'masterempty.dta' file in the \Programs subdirectory that you just created.
This allows the use of the Super Check Partial Window for only those calls
that you have worked previously in the contest. I've also tested this and it
only shows calls previously worked in the contest.
Hope this helps - and Good Luck in the contest!!!
CU...Scot, K9JY
See K9JY's WriteLog User Support Site at:
http://www.k9jy.com
mailto:scot@k9jy.com
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From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of EA3NY - Eddie
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 4:48 PM
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] BAND MAP updating over network for WRTC -URGENT-
Hi,
Maybe you don´t know perfectlly the WRTC rules ...Infact we need to have
the Band Map networked, I´ll explain you; The computer B (s&p station) must
show multipliers and new callsigns to the Computer A (running)( the computer
B is not connected to any radio, only networked to the other computer, and
Computer A can be connected to radio), the best way to do it is to send them
to the band map. We thought that both band map (computer A and Computer B)
were upgraded on real time, but we can not see that :-(
Can you tell me how to do that ?
We thought also to do a cluster between our two computers, because the band
map update when they receive a spot, but, how we can do that ?
Please help us As soon as possible,
Thank you very much in advance.
Fernando
EA3KU
WRTC Competitor.
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