Pretty sure the pre-fill is based from reports from Prior year!
Never expect it to be 100% same, people move, operate different QTH, etc...
Great to have the prefill available !! 73 Robert W5AJ
On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM Robert Hess via WriteLog <
writelog@contesting.com> wrote:
> I've been meaning to say the same as Don. Thanks, Bart. I also used the
> RAC prefill.
> BobW1RH
> On Monday, January 6, 2025 at 03:33:30 PM PST, Don AA5AU <
> aa5au@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Bart, thank you very much for the new prefill file for the RTTY Roundup.
> It worked great! I think there were only a handful that weren't correct but
> I was too busy to write them down. Sorry.
> Thanks for doing this. It helps a LOT.
> 73, Don AA5AU
> On Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:51:12 PM CST, Bart Ritchie
> (VE5CPU) <ve5cpu@sasktel.net> wrote:
>
> Good day everyone
>
> I am please to announce that Wayne Wright, W5XD has graciously agreed
> to host contest prefill files on the Writelog website.
>
> The files can be found at: https://writelog.com/downloads/prefill-files
>
> To download the file currently, you must right click on the link name
> and save the file. Auto downloading will be implemented soon.
>
> Background:
> I took an interest in creating prefill files for use in the RAC
> Canada Day and Canada Winter contests and was having difficulty
> finding anyone who hosted these files. I had seen mention of two
> prior individuals who did host files but those sites were no longer active.
>
> I reached out to Wayne at Writelog and asked if he would host prefill
> files if I created some and he agreed. I thought this would be one
> of the best longer term solutions to the issue of hosting prefill
> files for the longer term for the Writelog contesting community.
>
> While developing a process to create the required ADIF files used by
> Writelog I expanded it to include conversion of some of the files
> from N1NM call history files (CHF)/ I reached out to and received
> permission from Claude Duberger, VE2FK to use his files with
> attribution back to him and the folks at N1NM.
>
> Thanks to his work and the other supporting those efforts I was able
> to created 11 additional prefill files as a starting point.
>
> I am willing to coordinate updating these files and creating
> additional contest prefill files for the next several years. If you
> would like to have a prefill file created for contests supported by
> Writelog, I will do my best to accommodate such requests. The
> dependency will be availability of data.
>
> I hope the contesting community and Writelog users will find these
> files of value in their contesting efforts. As always with data of
> this sort , use the prefill information as an aid. Be sure to verify
> the data and ultimately log what the station sends. Never assume the
> prefill data is 100% correct.
>
> If anyone is interested in assisting in this process, I would be
> happy to share the resources I created in Excel.
>
> 73, Bart Ritchie - VE5CPU
>
>
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