> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jerry Pixton
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 6:27 AM
> To: dr; Writelog
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Fw: Quick SS log checker question.
>
>
> All,
>
> If you look in the mulitplier part of the SS information you will notice
That is not true. Look at the information on the ARRL website and you will
see that it is OR.
It dose not matter since even correcting the file will not sanitize the
output to the Cabrillo. Wayne just posted that information. Wayne is going
to fix it by sometime in January and has already corrected the namedmul file
so what more do we need, nothing.
Let us all end this now!
> that the mulitplier is ORE, not OR as it should be. Therefore Writelog is
> correctly posting ORE to the Cabrillo output.
>
> Jerry, W6IHG
>
>
>
> At 05:27 PM 12/19/2002 -0600, dr wrote:
> >Does changing the ini file mentioned in other posts change the way the
> >Cabrillo file is generated?
> >
> >We entered the sections into the log correctly except NWT.
> >In case of QSB
> >Repeat, We entered the sections into the log correctly except NWT.
> >
> >
> >The Cabrillo file generation changing OR, MAR, and QC to ORE, MR, and PQ
> >respectively is the real issue. If it does not count me points
> then I do
> >not care what abbreviation Writelog uses in the Cabrillo file.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: dr
> >To: Henderson, Dan N1ND
> >Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 5:02 PM
> >Subject: Re: Quick SS log checker question.
> >
> >
> >Dan,
> >
> >I am sorry but the issue is not whether writelog will take MAR, OR, or
> >QC. The issue is that when you generate a Cabrillo file using Writelog
> >after the contest. The Cabrillo file generated for submission has MAR,
> >OR, and QC changed to MR, ORE, and PQ. There may be a few
> others. I also
> >realize that NWT is a problem. Since you have Writelog, please
> generate a
> >Cabrillo file and look it over. You will then see for yourself what I am
> >talking about.
> >
> >Now, the big question is whether the log checking program
> accepts MR, ORE,
> >PQ, and others? It may be that the log checking program has provisions
> >that allows these old abbreviations to be accepted. I used
> Writelog last
> >year and looked at my checked log on the ARRL site. It did not
> appear to
> >ding us for this last year and I am hoping the same holds true this year.
> >
> >I am sorry if I upset you about asking the people who write the log
> >checking program if the program accepts the old section
> abbreviations. I
> >am an engineer who sometimes has programmers write programs for our
> >equipment. I have no way of knowing every line of code or
> provisions that
> >they may write in to the program. I was hoping that perhaps the people
> >who wrote the log checking program put in provisions for this kind of
> >situation.
> >
> >Please check your Cabrillo file generated by Writelog.
> >
> >Thanks and Happy Holidays,
> >
> >Dave Rich KG0US
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Henderson, Dan N1ND
> > To: dr
> > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 7:41 AM
> > Subject: RE: Quick SS log checker question.
> >
> >
> > Dave:
> >
> > Since the log checking team follows my instructions, I can assure you
> > that it is correct. I can also assure you that the list online is
> > correct. I did a test with my copy of Writelog and found it
> took MAR, OR
> > and QC just fine but did seem to have a problem with NWT. It
> did log it
> > as NWT but did not count it as a mult. That is a problem with
> Writelog,
> > not the ARRL Log Checking system You should contact them.
> >
> > I need corrected files IMMEDIATELY. The SS CW logs are
> almost finished
> > and the SS Phone logs are in process.
> >
> > Thanks and 73
> > Dan Henderson, N1ND
> > ARRL Contest Branch Manager
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dr [mailto:kg0us@att.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:49 PM
> > To: Henderson, Dan N1ND
> > Subject: Re: Quick SS log checker question.
> >
> >
> > Dan,
> >
> > Will you please check with the people that wrote the log checking
> > program and see if this is true. If so, I and many others have a big
> > problem. I am using one of the latest versions of Writelog. I
> found that
> > it was not my wife and daughter or myself that put the old
> abbreviations
> > in, but Writelog does it when it creates the Cabrillo file.
> First of all,
> > is the abbreviations found on the ARRL website up to date?
> Writelog will
> > not even accept NWT for Northwest Territories. For NWT a person has to
> > put in YT or NT.
> > Oregon OR in our log is replaced with ORE in the Cabrillo
> > file. Maritime MAR is replaced with MR in the Cabrillo file.
> Quebec QC
> > in our log is replaced with PQ in the Cabrillo file. There are a few
> > more but you get the idea.
> >
> > If these QSOs really will not count, I would like to request that I
> > be allowed to correct all these sections in the Cabrillo file and
> > resubmit our logs for KB0VVT SS CW and KG0UT SS Phone. We worked too
> > hard for these QSOs to get them thrown out because of something our
> > logging program did.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave Rich KG0US
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Henderson, Dan N1ND
> > To: dr
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:28 AM
> > Subject: RE: Quick SS log checker question.
> >
> >
> > Dave:
> >
> > You need to use the current section abbreviations or the
> QSOs will
> > not count.
> >
> > Thanks and Happy Holidays.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Dan Henderson, N1ND
> > ARRL Contest Branch Manager
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dr [mailto:kg0us@att.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 7:37 PM
> > To: kg0us Dave
> > Subject: Quick SS log checker question.
> >
> >
> > Will the SS log checking program deduct points in I used old
> > section names along with the new names?
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > ORE OR
> >
> > QC PQ
> >
> > MAR MR
> >
> > I guess I am asking if I need to go back and correct these?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave KG0US
> >
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