You may have found them, but here are some links. If not, these
should help:
K9JY website <https://k9jy.com/blog/>
AA5AU <https://www.rttycontesting.com/tutorials/writelog/>
The ini file is found using
Run Regedit.exe and go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\W5XD
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 12:49 PM Bob Wolbert, K6XX <k6xx@k6xx.com
<mailto:k6xx@k6xx.com>> wrote:
I promised to learn WL for a contest this summer and have been
struggling with it since December. It is difficult for a new user to
adopt WL. “Help” is unhelpful—-a prime example: writelog.ini is
discussed throughout, but no longer exists. Most of my recent Help
searches have not answered my issues, hence this post.
As background, I’ve entered ‘a few’ contests over the years, and
started
confuzer logging with CT, progressed through TRLog, TR4Win, then to
N1MM+. I’ve heard glowing reviews for WL over the years, but need
expert
suggestions to optimize the experience. Bluntly, the way it runs
seems
rather clunky.
I have mostly figured out running.
BUT… How to S&P in WL? The way I’ve been doing it is awkward.
Enter call, then Spacebar.
If Non Dupe, F4 to send my callsign, then “,” or F2, which is
programmed
to autolog without requiring a further ENTER.
If Dupe, F12 to clear it from the callsign window, then turn the
big
knob. Is there way to autoclear this dupe to eliminate second
keystroke?
F12 is in the middle of a row on craptop, so not as easily
located as
with a full-size keyboard. While a key redefinition would work, I’d
rather eliminate this redundant keystroke and have it flash off a
few ms
after pressing the spacebar (and still show up in the bandmap, of
course). Is this possible?
In both cases, there are extra keystrokes from various places around
the
keyboard. Isn’t there a more efficient technique? I’m used to
TRLog/ESM
functionality where the ENTER key is my friend.
Bandmap:
When we tune back to same frequency, the callsign is not
automatically
entered unless I mouse click on it (and the recorded bandmap
frequency
may no longer be zero beat). Can this be automated? Any way to avoid
using the rodent?
General Functionality
Editing my frequent mistakes has been difficult. Why does the cursor
key
move between fields?! If the cursor is in the middle of a
callsign, I
don’t want to have to watch and count the keystrokes to edit a
prefix or
suffix. I just want to hit “lots” of arrows to guarantee the
cursor is
at the beginning or end of a field, and then fix the call. For
example,
5 keystrokes generally assure me that I’m at the correct spot in
all of
the other logging programs. But in WL, I could be in a completely
different part of the exchange. Sometimes. It isn’t consistent.
Isn’t
there a better way?
Why does the default contest setup have fields for “Country” (full
name,
spelled out) and “C” fields? These seem unnecessary and
exacerbate my
cursor movement problem. What the heck is “C”? Any downside to
eliminating them from the entry window?
Nice Features Hiding or Missing?
The other loggers have features that I can’t find in WL.
Multiplier Window. How do I:
—DX contest—show the world, not just one continent.
—Show both Zones and DX mults at the same time?
Partial check. In the contest I’m preparing WL for, SCP databases
are
verboten, but we are allowed both full and partial calls from our
own
log. How is this done? If the SCP window is the only way, how
does one
clear out the SCP file? I really miss seeing possible callsign
matches
winnow down as more letters are entered. Or watch the “duplicity”
of a
callsign that I’ve tuned before typing the entire thing (and hitting
the
spacebar!).
Bandmap decay time. Is it adjustable?
I’ll end on a minor nit: in WPX RTTY, INSert kept selecting my
callsign
and I then called myself. This was addressed by logging myself on
each
band so that I became a dupe. How is this avoided?
Suggestions are appreciated. TU!
73 de Bob, K6XX
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