Gary
Seems to me that year after year someone would like to have a module for
this contest. I'm thinking that it's time that the folks that do the
WRITELOG PROGRAMING and DEVELOPMENT should do a module for this contest!
What's the big DEAL??
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73
Steve AI9T
http://www.ai9t.com
QSL via LOTW and EQsL
On 8/5/2010 8:53 PM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary AL9A"<al9a@mtaonline.net>
> To: "Paul Caccamo, VA3PC"<va3pc@ciinet.org>
> Sent: August 05, 2010 3:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] TARA Grid Dip
>
>
>
>> Paul,
>>
>> Thanks for the reminder that the Makrothen users grids. However upon
>> loading that module I notice the only entry fields are CALL and GRID. If
>> I modify the contest exchange fields to add NAME then the sequence is out
>> of order and I have to remember to click on the grid first and the name
>> second. Not sure I will be able to do that without getting it messed up
>> somewhere along the line.
>>
>> What I finally did is create a custom log setup that should work except it
>> will not properly count new grid mults along the way. I think I've
>> figured out a way to handle that post-contest. Here's what I did in case
>> someone else, like Mike VE3YF, wants to try something similar.
>>
>> 1. I started an new contest and used the TARA MELEE module to begin with.
>> The fields are not appropriate for the Grid Dip contest so I went to
>> Contest/ExchangeFormat Setup... and chose to initialize ALL fields in the
>> contest. A warning message pops up that this will remove the multiplier
>> calculation, but in the MELEE the multiplier is QTH so it wouldn't work
>> for this one anyway. The log will accept HF bands, which the VHF contest
>> modules that score grids will not do.
>>
>> 2. I then setup fields for CALL, RST, NAME and GRID to display in the
>> Entry window. I also added fields called SNT and MYGRD, which are not
>> displayed in the Entry window but do show in the log. RST is not required
>> for the contest but if someone should send me one other than 599 I have a
>> way to enter it correctly for upload to my general logger after the
>> contest. This is also true for the SNT field, which defaults to 599, but
>> is not sent in the contest. The field MYGRD is not populated with my grid
>> square because there is no parameter setup field in the custom layout. I
>> will enter this via the editor post-contest. These extra fields are there
>> so I will have a them in the adif export file for importing into my
>> general logger.
>>
>> 3. Since there is no multiplier working in this contest I will not be able
>> to see a correct score calculation. After the contest I plan to do a
>> Export/WK1 spreadsheet format... and then import that into Excel. Once in
>> Excel I can sort the log by band and grid locator and manually enter a
>> counter for each new grid on each band and then total them all up.
>>
>> 4. The TARA Grid Dip scoring is done via a Score Submission Form at their
>> website http://n2ty.org/. You enter all the info including total number
>> of QSO'S and total number of grid locator mults (from the Excel
>> spreadsheet count) and it calculates your score.
>>
>> Not a perfect solution by any means, but at least it allows me to use the
>> MMTTY plug-in for sending and receiving and WL will dupe check the calls
>> as I enter them. I'm hopeful it will all work. If anyone sees where I'm
>> making a mistake, please let me know.
>>
>> 73,
>> Gary AL9A
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Paul Caccamo, VA3PC"<va3pc@ciinet.org>
>> To: "Gary AL9A"<al9a@mtaonline.net>
>> Sent: August 05, 2010 12:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] TARA Grid Dip
>>
>>
>>
>>> Gary; the Makrothen contest uses grids.
>>> Makrothen normally uses rtty, so it should be close.
>>> 73
>>> Paul, VA3PC
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gary AL9A"<al9a@mtaonline.net>
>>> To: "writelog"<writelog@contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 2:22 AM
>>> Subject: [WriteLog] TARA Grid Dip
>>>
>>>
>>> No response yet about a module for the TARA Grid Dip so I've been trying
>>> to
>>> find an existing module that uses GRID as a multiplier. It looks like
>>> the
>>> ARRL VHF Sweepstake and ARRL VHF QSO Party use GRID, but not name. I've
>>> been trying to modify the Exchange Field Setup to add NAME and have run
>>> into
>>> two snags.
>>>
>>> 1. Is it possible to insert the NAME field right after the CALL field.
>>> I've figured out if I don't prompt for the RST field (not needed) the
>>> GRID
>>> filed comes right after the CALL. When I add a NAME field it is after
>>> the
>>> GRID field. In other words I am getting CALL GRID NAME when what I need
>>> is
>>> CALL NAME GRID. I can't figure out how to do this. I tried renaming the
>>> RST filed to NAME, but the field width is only 3 characters and I cannot
>>> change it. Apparently this is set when the field is created?
>>>
>>> 2. Even if I go with the field order a bit backwards, when I enter a
>>> sample
>>> call the mult calculation on the grid square doesn't work because the red
>>> B
>>> shows indicating that an HF contact is out of band for this VHF module.
>>> Is
>>> there a way to change the band definition for these modules to accept HF
>>> frequencies as good bands? If not, does anyone know of an HF contest
>>> module
>>> that uses GRID as a multiplier?
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Gary AL9A
>>>
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