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NAME_CALL: Richard Dickens DESCRIPTIONFeature request: NAQP NAME_CALL: Robert A. Schreibmaier K3PH DESCRIPTIONI would really like to see CT support the JRC JST-245/145 radios. NA, TR Log, and WriteLog all support JRC radios. CT seems to be the only major contest software that doesn't. Is there anything I can do to help make this happen in a timely manner? NAME_CALL: k9daf DESCRIPTIONUnable to get the required Cabrillo format for the ARRL 160 contest. Was able to get it once but never again. Did a full install and updated from the registered users area on the net, still not doing it. During the CLEAN INSTALL I removed all old files from the drive and used the .bin file from the backup disk. Tried it on two other computers. NAME_CALL: Larry N7DF DESCRIPTIONIn the ARRL 160 Meter Contest Section Checklist NLI appears in the Canadian Provinces. NAME_CALL: Robert A. Wilson, N6TV DESCRIPTIONBug in CQP.DAT file. It incorrectly lists an "NL" multiplier. VO1/VO2 still count as MAR in CQP. Official rules are at http://www.cqp.org/Rules.html. Also, "SM" is an official abbreviation for "San Mateo," so please add this too. 73, Bob, N6TV NAME_CALL: Dave N3RD DESCRIPTIONAll following in ARRL 10M Contest: 1. Grab packet spot does not do Check Partial. It should. (I believe this may be typical of more than just ARRL 10.) To check partial the grabbed spot, you have to hit F12 twice. 2. Alt-A window does not properly handle the "other mode." If you start CT, select CW, Alt-T, SH/D/25, you get proper response for CW (ie. CT only puts needed Qs and/or mults in Alt-A), but every packet spot on SSB is put in the window, regardless of whether or not it has been previously worked. The converse is true for SSB. Also, during operation, when a spot comes in on the "other mode," CT reports it in Alt-A window as a needed mult, regardless of whether or not the spot had been previously worked. 3. Working HI and AK does not turn the Mult from White to Blue in the multiplier window. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONWhen in VGA (50-line) mode, the DVP spinner is still on line 24 (middle of the screen) instead of at the bottom. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONWhen running split on 40 meters, jump to a spot. When returning from the spot using ALT-F4, VFO-B is not restored. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONWhen running split on 40 meters, jump to a spot. When returning from the spot using ALT-F4, VFO-B is not restored. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONCheck country window should update immediately after you log a QSO. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONAfter a "Pass from" message is passed over the network, new mults are reported in RED at the bottom of the screen, i.e. some left-over color attribute does not get cleared. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONIf you work FS/AH8DX then later put AH8DX in the callsign field and hit F10, it will look up the KH8 prefix (country), showing it as still needed, but when you hit spacebar, CT tells you it is a dupe. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONALT-Z Zone window nukes the F10 (check country) and SF8 (super check partial) windows. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONBANDRATE command should affect the CTRL-F9 rate as well as the rate window. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONIf you abort a repeat loop, when you start the loop again, it takes whatever the remaining time was left before the loop starts again. I.e. if you recorded a 5 second message and aborted it after 2 seconds, next time you press F1 to CQ, nothing will happen for 3 seconds, then the loop will start. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONIf you abort a repeat loop, when you start the loop again, it takes whatever the remaining time was left before the loop starts again. I.e. if you recorded a 5 second message and aborted it after 2 seconds, next time you press F1 to CQ, nothing will happen for 3 seconds, then the loop will start. More on this: the problem occurs when you break the looop DURING THE PAUSE - if you break it while transmitting, then the timer gets reset back to zero. So in the above example, you have to have aborted a 5 second pause between playbacks in order for there to be time left on the timer. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONWhen passing a mult, the message should ONLY go to the stations that are on the same band that it was passed. I.e. 40m does not need to see a pass from 80 to 160. NAME_CALL: Ed Parish K1EP DESCRIPTIONARRL 10 meter contest has AK and HI as states and not DX. Although the score ultimately comes out correct, they should be listed in the states/province window and not called out as DX. NAME_CALL: Ed Parish K1EP DESCRIPTIONWhen changing frequencies via the computer, i.e. typing a freq or going to a spot, the filter selection reverts to filter #2 no matter what was originally selected. NAME_CALL: Jim Reisert AD1C DESCRIPTIONIf the callsign used in the contest contains a portable, CT will write to the cabrillo log to a subdirectory, i.e. if K1MK/VP9 was used, then CT will write the cabrillo log to VP9.TXT in the K1MK directory. If the directory does not exist, then no log will be written. CT should munge the output file name so that it does not contain a portable. NAME_CALL: Michael A. Dominiak, W2KA DESCRIPTIONIn the ARRL 10 meter contest, mixed phone/cw operation, for stations you have already worked on one mode, CT automatically fills in the exchange field with either the section or serial number from the previous contact. This is ok for w/ve stations sending sections as an exchange, but not for dx stations sending sending serial numbers as an exchange. In the latter case CT automatically fills in the current received exchange field with the received serial number of the previous contact, automatically putting wrong serial numbers into the current exchange field, possibly adding to logging errors. I suggest that serial numbers not be automatically copied from previous exchanges. NAME_CALL: wa0iyy DESCRIPTIONI noticed that the AK & HI did not highlight when I worked them in the ARRL10M test. NAME_CALL: John A. Scott, K8YC DESCRIPTIONAt http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/spec.html it states that one of the log sections for Cabrillo format is "ARRL-SECTION:" that is to be included for IARU-HF and all ARRL contests, such as ARRL-10, ARRL-DX-SSB. When I created the Cabrillo log using WriteARRL, the resulting Cabrillo file did NOT contain the required field for ARRL Section. NAME_CALL: Gary Yantis, W0TM DESCRIPTIONThere were several postings over the weekend including one from me saying that "AK" and "HI" didn't show up as worked even after you worked stations in these states. One posting said CT was apparently counting KH6 and KL7 as country multipliers instead of as states. Since the final score would be the same, it didn't seem like a serious problem. Unfortunately, I discovered this morning there is more to it than that. I was going through our log fixing things like KH6DX/M being in W6 and such when I noticed two sets of Alaska and Hawaii multipliers for both CW and SSB. BTW -- if you're new to CT, you can fix almost any callsign/wrong location problem with a "=" command. For example tell CT to consider KH6DX/M to be in W6 by "KH6DX/M=W6". Apparently, in this contest, the first time you work KH6 or KL7, CT counts it as a country then the second time you work that same state it counts it as a country. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news to all of you like us that worked more than one on each mode. It will cost you a multiplier for each of the two once you correct for the CT glitch in your log. How to fix it is another story. It will probably vary depending on who you worked. I first did a "RMDUPES". Don't ask me how that helped but it did. But it threw in a few random glitches like counting KN6DFM as Hawaii. So I did a "KN6DFM=W6" to fix that one. I also had to do a "KY7J=KL7", "WH7K=KH6" and "WH6R=KH6" even though we had correctly put in AK and HI for those contacts. But I'm guessing how to fix your log will be somewhat different. This cost us (KØGY multi-single) 6K points but better to count every vote (er, I mean contact). I'm now looking for hanging chads and intentions to work us in the k0gy.txt file to, hopefully, gain those points back. I'll turn this in on the CT glitch report at www.k1ea.com for Ken to look at before next year's contest. Gary, W0TM www.w0tm.com NAME_CALL: Steve Greenbaum DESCRIPTIONThe field that lists the division you are in (Hudson divison) is missing from the cabrillo format NAME_CALL: Ted - K2QMF DESCRIPTIONIt would be nice to have CT reset or clear the "RIT" after each QSO... Thanks for all your support on this great program. NAME_CALL: w1jcc DESCRIPTIONto set up drsi, you go to packet window, type <escape> s1 to set up and then <escape> c k1xx to connect. the escape key does not put me in to command mode in the window and I can't connect. what is funny, is that it worked in CQWWCW but doesn't work in the test program I have just setup. This doesn't work in 9.53 either. NAME_CALL: Steve Jarrett DESCRIPTIONARRL 10M, M/S mixed mode CW serial numbers sent were incorrect, most are 34 numbers higher than actual. *.log and *.txt files show logging began at number 35 for all contacts. SSB serial numbers sent are OK because they were read my opr---no dvp capability. Duplicated the problem after contest. Seems to start giving wrong cw serial numbers after 10 contacts are entered. For test purposes I entered ten SSB contacts, switched to CW, and numbers sent are wrong. Made no difference if second computer connected in network. Strange problem. NAME_CALL: tom frenaye K1KI DESCRIPTIONAlmost got hung out to dry in J3 because I didn't have the AR10.dat file with me. How about allowing someone to continue and log without it, even if the scoring isn't handled right. NAME_CALL: tom frenaye K1KI DESCRIPTIONI ended up using TS-440 for the TS-570dg I used and it seemed to work OK. Might be easy to add it to the list - had to try several of them before I found one that worked. NAME_CALL: tom frenaye K1KI DESCRIPTION10m contest: The *.cnt file does not include information about USA and Canada QSO totals. Would be nice to see overall totals included, or even totals per w/ve mult. The bug report form should also ask what contest the bug relates to... NAME_CALL: tom frenaye K1KI DESCRIPTIONARRL10m: Why was I asked what band my single band effort would be? If 10m, there's only one choice... NAME_CALL: tom frenaye K1KI DESCRIPTIONARRL10m: as others have noted - KH6/KL7 show up on the ctl-z and ctl-m lists. Should be one or the other. also moticed the problem where the last call logged was flagged as being a needed mult on the line below the callsign field. 73 - Tom NAME_CALL: N7DF DESCRIPTIONIn the 10 meter contest (SO HP CW) when you press the ENTER key the last station you worked shows up as a "needed mult" at the bottom of the screen. Doesn't create a problem but sure is weird! NAME_CALL: w1tw,Joe DESCRIPTIONThe program (b2r9)that converts .bin file to .res file generates a :0 instead of 00 for the year. It is also 7 hours off. To generate a proper file one must run ct9_time to advance the bin file and then use b2r9 to generate the res file and then use an editor to correct the file - prior to importing. Sample of file: 9-Dec-:0 0019 1 10 CW VE6EX 599 AB 28000000 28000000 00 0 49 0 0 9-Dec-:0 0021 2 10 CW K0ZX 599 CO 28000000 28000000 00 0 49 0 0 9-Dec-:0 0023 3 10 CW N3BB 599 TX 28000000 28000000 00 0 49 0 0 9-Dec-:0 0028 4 10 CW W0ZP 599 CO 28000000 28000000 00 0 49 0 0 9-Dec-:0 0029 5 10 CW AB1BX 599 RI 28000000 28000000 00 0 49 0 0 9-Dec-:0 0031 6 10 CW K7BG 599 MT 28000000 28000000 00 0 49 0 0 9-Dec-:0 0035 7 10 CW KC1XX 599 NH 28000000 28000000 00 0 49 0 0 9-Dec-:0 0039 8 10 CW WT6G 599 MT 28000000 28000000 00 0 49 0 0 9-Dec-:0 0057 9 10 CW KH6NB 599 HI 28000000 28000000 00 0 49 0 0 9-Dec-:0 0101 10 10 CW K6RB 599 CA 28000000 28000000 00 0 49 0 0 NAME_CALL: Frank Merceret NA4CW DESCRIPTIONCT logged KH5K as DX (KH5K) instead of the state of Hawaii (HI), and then logged a KH6 as a separate DX multiplier (KH6) instead of as just another state of Hawaii (HI) QSO. NAME_CALL: DL2DX DESCRIPTIONProblem mode postcontest -no memory of the last input for time and date. Allways time 00:00 and date 01-JAN-1970 is displayed.Input must be completly in the next logline. In vers. 927 the last input was been memory for ever. For 2000 QSO you must change 2000 dates completly! -no display of the line POSTCONTEST(see CT927) Thank you and happy christmas! Juergen DL2DX NAME_CALL: John, K3CT DESCRIPTIONIf you load a contest log into CT, type a number in the callsign area, type CTRL-G, then CTRL-G again (to go to the end of the log), the last station worked will be duplicated but not entered into the log. If you press F11 and then repeat the sequence it doesn't repeat. NAME_CALL: Wesley Printz, W3SE DESCRIPTIONHi, Noticed in the ARRL 10M, when working either a KH6, or KL7, the worked status is not indicated in the SECTIONS window, ie... stays white. They do not highlight.
TNX es 73 Wes, W3SE NAME_CALL: Bill Lippert AC0W DESCRIPTIONThe CT.CFG file should be modified to recognize some of the new fields. In particular, Band and Power which ware now on the initial setup screen. NAME_CALL: Roland - WT1S DESCRIPTIONI worked WH7K in HI for the ARRL 10 meter contest. CT counts it as KH7K for Kure Island and a multiplier even though I entered it as HI. NAME_CALL: DL2DX DESCRIPTIONRES File generation B2R9-wrong time and wrong date, probably old Y2K Problem! CT927 ok to 1999, ct949 to ct954 with year 2000 problem. Happy new year, Ken! VY 73! DL2DX NAME_CALL: Timo OH1NOA DESCRIPTIONSAC Contest: would it be difficult task to make an option to CT that you could run WPX contest mode with DXCC countries as multipliers (not prefixes)? WPX seems to be only contest where in multi-multi class actual band qsonumber is shown in the qso logging line. CQWW etc.contests show total qsos worked all bands in the qso field. So operator does not know what serial number to send :) We could use CT in SAC multi-multi class if: a) WPX mode with DXCC countries as multipliers or b) CQWW or DX Pedition mode has band qso total in the qso line, not total qsos. In both cases it is very easy to count final score with Excel. Why SAC and CT? Well, because CT has an excellent network support for MM and MS stations! (Tnx K1TTT) NAME_CALL: John Bednar DESCRIPTIONradio's: FT1000D, IC-775, TS-850 We used CT 9.51 during CQWW phone and CT 9.53 for CQWW CW at K3II. During these contests I noticed a bug which causes unworked stations to be entered into the log with both versions of the program. In a MM enviroment, if you type the station of the next call and scroll up with the cursor to correct a mistake in a previous contact, if you type ENTER after the correction OR if a contact is received over the network, the unworked station below is logged. NAME_CALL: John Bednar, K3CT DESCRIPTIONIf you could move the cursor back to the callsign field when returning to your run frequency (ALT-F4) it would be nice. I found myself entering the call of the next station in the zone field several times during the contest. This was caused by me grabbing a spot, typing spacebar to check the zone, giving up and going back to my run frequency with ALT-F4. With this sequence the cursor remains in the zone field when you return to the run frequency.
NAME_CALL: John Bednar, K3CT DESCRIPTIONAn improvement to CT would be to ignore the contest callsign in zone map so that you are sure to work your zone. We enter the station call when the logged contact is bad or never occured. Sometimes we loose a zone when we strip out the station call from the log post contest. NAME_CALL: Alan D. Snyder KF3B DESCRIPTIONThe -reset option to reset the VGA windows back to their default positions does NOT work in CT 9.54. It worked in version 9.47. I have a .BIN file that has the windows in bad places that you can test with. NAME_CALL: ka6bim DESCRIPTIONcannot log nu as province for multiplier in rac contest NAME_CALL: Mark Woodruff DESCRIPTIONCan support be added for the Heathkit HD-1780 Rotor Control. If futher details are needed please E-Mail, is uses RS-232 serial support. NAME_CALL: W3SE DESCRIPTIONUpdate the RAC.DAT file to include the new territory: Nunavut (NU, VY0) It gave me NS mult credit. I added NU to my .dat file: NU: NU,VY0; NU Thank You NAME_CALL: Charles W. Shaw - N5UL DESCRIPTIONThis occurs in some earlier versions of CT also. An accidental pressing of Alt+F11 (as with wide fingers going for Alt+F10 to increase CW speed) causes a black bar 1 line in height and about 12 characters long to appear just below the active logging line directly below the spaces for callsign. The cursor moves into that bar but cannot be moved out with normal logging keystrokes. At first, before I discovered just what caused the appearance of the black bar, I found that exiting CT (Alt-X, Y)and re-entering would clear the problem with no damage and logging could resume. Since then I tried using the mouse to move the black bar and found that this could severely damage the display of the 5 "logging" lines and make logging impossible although other functions and displays remained "normal". When this happens the ".bin" file is altered and shutting down and restarting is useless. HOWEVER, now that I know that Alt+F11 causes the problem, I have found that it is a "Toggle", so that an additional Alt+F11 clears the display problem immediately and logging can continue directly. NAME_CALL: Brian Keegan KF2HC DESCRIPTIONOur entry is FS/W2JJ. The contest file was saved under the name FS10MTR. I am unable to generate a Cabrillo (call.txt) file. Not even FS.TXT as stated on the web page. There is a FS.LOG file but no FS.TXT. No logs were created under W2JJ. All other FS10MTR files are there. I was able to create CALL.TXT files for my wife's and my ARRL Sweepstakes entries using this same version and computer. HELP! NAME_CALL: Brian Keegan KF2HC DESCRIPTIONPreviously reported problem with writting Cabrillo log for a portable call sign was solved by reversing the directions given in the example on the web page. (Our portable designator is before the call sign; the example's is after). I found the example a bit confusing but now that I've figured it out it makes sense. Sorry! NAME_CALL: Patrick Doyle, KD2P DESCRIPTIONWhen grabbing packet spots with CT, VFO A gets set to the frequency indicated in the callout, but VFO B is set to some other frequency. I first noticed this during the 2000 ARRL DX contest with whatever version CT that was most current at that time. I did not regularly use packet spotting previous to that, so I don't know if it was a problem with previous versions. I have discussed this with a couple of other 940 owners and at least one TS850 owners. They report similar experiences with CT. Since I became aware of the problem, I have made an effort to check VFO B when I grab spots and to check the spot to see if there is a split indicated. I have been testing recently with CT v9.54. In the setup, I chose ARRL DX contest, CW, W/VE side, single op unlimited, low power, TNC on COM 2, rig on COM 3, CW keying on COM 3. I am using a JBI rig interface with CW keying on COM 3. It seems that for CW callouts, VFO A is set to the callout frequency and VFO B is usually set to 14.000MHz, regardless of the frequency of the callout. For phone callouts, VFO B appears to be set to 14.175, when there is no split indicated, regardless of the frequency of the callout. I have noticed that VFO B is sometimes set to a 10 meter frequency, but I cannot remember the frequency nor what the callout frequency was, as it is not consistent. When VFO B is changed by CT, I would "A=B," check that both VFOs were on the same frequency and regrab the same or another callout. VFO B would then reset to 14000 or 14175. I also use DX4Win v1.12 with the same hardware setup. For testing purposes, I would exit the packet cluster, quit CT, unload the TSR programs, go into DX4Win, reconnect packet, diplay the callouts and grab the same spots that I grabbed in CT. When grabbing the same spots with DX4Win, VFO B is unaffected, unless there is a split indicated. It appears that this is a CT anomaly.
NAME_CALL: Tom Hurley, K1TH DESCRIPTIONCabrillo 10 Meter contest report did not include ARRL section as required by ARRL. I went back to my SS logs and now see that the section was picked up for that contest because CT asks for section as part of exchange. Section is not required for 10 meter exchange, but is necessary in the entry becauise it is an ARRL contest. NAME_CALL: ki6cg DESCRIPTIONThe Cabrillo output does not flag the multiplyers. De George NAME_CALL: Joe WB2VVS DESCRIPTION"Out of band" error msg given when 1st contact logged on 2 meters & 1 or 2 other bands. If I log them as other bands and change them, it works OK. NAME_CALL: George K2ONP DESCRIPTIONWas setting up for ARRL CW DX Test. Tried to load messages into memory keyer (shift + F1). Memory would accept letters but not spaces with space bar. This works fine on 9.54 and all previous versions. NAME_CALL: Wes Printz DESCRIPTIONJust D-loaded 9.55, (01/13/01)while setting up for the JIDX, noticed slight problem. The Information sheet will not accept spaces, or Periods such as: Wesley Printz, P.O.Box. Reverted back to 9.53. I know this was mentioned in the SHIFT-F2, procedure also. NAME_CALL: Wes Printz, W3SE DESCRIPTIONJust D-loaded 9.55, (01/13/01)while setting up for the JIDX, noticed slight problem. The Information sheet will not accept spaces, or Periods such as: Wesley Printz, P.O.Box. Reverted back to 9.53. I know this was mentioned in the SHIFT-F2, procedure also. NAME_CALL: John Frank K3IC DESCRIPTIONWRITELOG writes "SSB" instead of "PH" as required by the CABRILLO format. NAME_CALL: Peter PI4CC DESCRIPTIONKen, Just do a contesters a favour and add a contest type where: 1) Ever qso is one point. 2) The exchange may a number of letters or combination of both. (e.g. 5 spaces) 3) The multies are the dxcc countries (every one can change this file to his needs). 4) Qso numbers per band (for M/M serial exchange). With excel and a text editor we will make the final score 73 Peter NAME_CALL: Charles W. Shaw N5UL DESCRIPTIONWhen setting the CW memories, the arrow keys and backspace key no longer work. NAME_CALL: PATRICK COKER N6RMJ DESCRIPTIONTHE TALK WINDOW ( ALT G ) NEEDS TO HAVE SOME WAY OF STAYINGUP MORE THAN ABOUT 10 SECONDS, SHOULD HAVE OPTION OR STAY UP UNTILL IT IS TOGGLED OFF, EARLIER VERSION, WERE OK AND STAYED UP UNTILL TOGGLED NAME_CALL: PATRICK COKER N6RMJ DESCRIPTIONWHEN LOGGING IN THE VHF CONTESTS,THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO SHOW ROVERS,AND WHAT GRID YOU HAVE ALREADY WORKED THEM IN, NOW IT JUST COMES UP AND SAYS DUPE AND SHOWS LAST TIME YOU WORKED THEM, IT IS VERY IMKPORTANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE WORKED THEM IN THE SAME GRID, IT COULD BE SET UP TO SHOW ANYBODY YOU WORKED AND THE GRIDS YOU WORKED THEM IN, ALL TIMES WORKED INSTEAD OF JUST THE LAST ONE WORKED NAME_CALL: JH8KYU DESCRIPTIONAlt+W and Alt-F8 still doesn't work properly but F11 does. When a cursor is in the exchange field, pressing Alt-W doesn't wipe callsign field but only clears the exchange field itself. Neither does Ver9.55. Ver9.54.004 works fine. NAME_CALL: Mike Dominiak, W2KA DESCRIPTIONPlease file a bug report at www.k1ea.com At 11:44 AM 11/17/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Jim, >Had a few questions / suggestions about CT and thought you might be good to >bounce them off of. > >I enjoy using CT9 for SS, especially CW SS and wonder if the topic of field >entry and field advance for the received serial number and precedence has >ever come up. I have always struggled with keyboard entry during contests, I >have a few suggestions that I thought might improve CT operation during SS >by reducing input errors that I commonly make. This is mostly driven by my >fumbling with entering serial number and precedence, and having to go back >and correct the inputs due to incorrect entry into those fields. This >happens usually when I type both the serial number and precedence into the >serial number field by mistake because I forgot or missed hitting the >spacebar to advance to the precedence field. (I don't know about you, but by >0800Z on Sunday morning I am usually a zombie). When I make this mistake, >CT automatically puts the default "A" precedence into the precedence field, >and drops off the correct precedence I mistakenly inputted into the serial >number field, generally resulting in a mistake in my log. > >To summarize, this is the way I think CT9 currently works (please correct me >if this is wrong) > >1. Received serial number field displays numeric and alpha characters as >input, but will only log the numeric when entered, dropping off the alpha >character. > >2. To advance to the precedence field you must hit the spacebar. > >3. The precedence field displays numeric and alpha characters as input, but >will only allow valid precedences to be entered. > > > >Here are my suggestions for improving serial number and precedence field >inputting: > >1. Allow only numeric characters to be inputted and displayed in the serial >number field. Anything else is ignored and not displayed. > >2. Only valid precedences be allowed and displayed in the precedence field. >Anything else is ignored and not displayed. > >3. Continue to allow manual advance from serial number field to precedence >field when the spacebar is hit (as it does now). > >4. The serial number field automatically advance and input to the precedence >field when a valid precedence character is typed while in the serial number >field. > > This latter suggestion would allow me to enter "123B" into the serial >number field, and have CT be smart enough to automatically put the "B" into >the precedence field instead of putting it into the serial number field and >throwing it away when entered. It would also allow me to automatically >advance to the precedence field and input the precedence without having to >hit the spacebar (e.g. one less keyboard action per qso). > >What do you think? > >73, >Mike Dominiak, W2KA >w2ka@arrl.org
-- Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu> http://www.ad1c.com NAME_CALL: K1EP DESCRIPTIONIf you start CT by using the filename.BIN (versus filename) on the command line, doing a WRITELOG in either the VHF or VHFS contest will wipe out your .bin file. I have tried this on WIN95 DOS, WIN98 DOS, and NT on 486, P-I and P-II machines. Here is what you do: start CT with "CT filename.bin " select VHF or VHFS contest enter in some calls "QUIT" re-enter CT with "CT filename.bin" verify that the calls are in the log do a "WRITELOG" do a "QUIT" re-enter CT with "CT filename.bin" verify that no calls are in the log Do the above, but now use just filename instead of filename.bin NAME_CALL: k1rz DESCRIPTIONOnly on Band 10G, when entering a call and then grid, and then hitting CR, area below call comes back and says "Out of Band! 1410065408" and will NOT allow entering any Q's on 10 GHz. NAME_CALL: DESCRIPTIONNAME_CALL: Joe WB2VVS DESCRIPTION1. Backspace doesn't work in typing out info on setup screen, or in gab. 2. Gab sent over network comes with a leading zero and space before 1st letter sent. Neither a big problem. I did not find the problem reported on the reflector about 9.27 and above. 73, Joe NAME_CALL: Ed Parish K1EP DESCRIPTIONWhen mode switching from C to S, the radio will switch to LSB even though it has been in USB. NAME_CALL: Ted - K2QMF DESCRIPTIONALT-W (Wipe) used to work the same as F11. It no longer works that way. Now it works the same as CTRL-W. Would like it to work as it used to. Thanks Ken. NAME_CALL: Ed Parish DESCRIPTIONCan not edit the grid square. Type GRID and the backspace, arrows, ctl-A, etc don't work NAME_CALL: Mike Gilmer N2MG DESCRIPTIONThe down arrow should NOT enter (log) new callsigns. Often I've entered a callsign in the log field and then scroll up the log (using UPARROW) to check out a previous log entry then scroll back down (using DOWNARROW) and accidentally log the call. Only <ENTER> should log a new call. NAME_CALL: Alan Clark DESCRIPTIONWill CT be supporting the NAQP contests and some of the others in the near future. If not, I will be dropping CT in favor of some of the better supported packages. I don't like keeping paper logs and re-keying them into my station logging software. NAME_CALL: George Wilner K2ONP DESCRIPTIONPacket window doesn't work. Send window does not accept typed text. Packet function works perfectly in 9.54. NAME_CALL: Jim KH2D DESCRIPTIONVer 9.57 doesn't seem to have packet transmit working any more. I tested 9.48 OK, 9.50 OK, and 9.57 (hitting CR in transmit window does nothing). Same COMTSR loaded for all three, but after trying 9.57, I had to unload the COMTSR and reload it to get the other two versions to work again, seems like it's hanging the COMTSR. 73, Jim KH2D NAME_CALL: Bob Handel, K2FU DESCRIPTIONI emailed Jim Riesert about this problem several weeks ago on v951. I just downloaded v957 and the same problem exists plus an additional bug. The interface between the OMNI VI and ct does not work properly using the ALT F1/ALT F2 keys. Radio band changes are erratic and slow. Frequently the software gets lost and prints out "radio not echoing". If the alt J window is activated frequency is displayed properly and turning the tuning knob removes the error message and the j window frequency readout correctly follows the radio. This interface worked correctly on v945 so an error has been interduced in the later software. Another interesting thing showed up on v957 when I went into the packet mode, and the local packet node " c xxxxx" where xxxxx is the local node, when I pushed the enter key nothing happened. It appears that the software does not recognized this key. I took the computer out of the CT environment and checked the keyboard. The enter key worked ok. This is a problem new to v957. NAME_CALL: Marcel Gervais VA3MG DESCRIPTIONWhen loading the SSB mode the program reverts back to CW and not SSB. It will not log on cw or ssb. When loading my TSR programs and then the contest program the computers crashes very time. NAME_CALL: DESCRIPTIONNAME_CALL: N5KO DESCRIPTIONCabrillo log lines have difference collumn offsets for SSB QSOs and CW QSOs CREATED-BY: CT Version 9.56.001 CONTEST: ARRL-VHF QSO: 144 SSB 2001-01-20 1955 K3MJW FN00 W3YQX EN91 QSO: 144 CW 2001-01-20 2002 K3MJW FN00 K8EB EN73 QSO: 50 SSB 2001-01-20 2007 K3MJW FN00 K3DNE FM19
NAME_CALL: N5KO DESCRIPTIONCabrillo log lines have difference collumn offsets for SSB QSOs and CW QSOs <pre> CREATED-BY: CT Version 9.56.001 CONTEST: ARRL-VHF QSO: 144 SSB 2001-01-20 1955 K3MJW FN00 W3YQX EN91 QSO: 144 CW 2001-01-20 2002 K3MJW FN00 K8EB EN73 QSO: 50 SSB 2001-01-20 2007 K3MJW FN00 K3DNE FM19 </pre> NAME_CALL: N5KO DESCRIPTIONBug reporting system isn't very good for cutting and pasting. NAME_CALL: Ed PArish K1EP DESCRIPTIONBand map does not reflect status of mults and Q's. For examplem, I worked VE3EJ in ON for a mult. Later I hear him on and enter him in the band map again with CTL-ENTER. It comes up white with a # indicating that it is a new mult. Same thing happens for some other mults. NAME_CALL: Steve Sageman WQ8T DESCRIPTIONOur local clusters here in SE Michigan run AR-cluster (e.g. K8NA). The announce DX format of CT does not seem compatible. AR-cluster accepts only "DX frequency callsign" and I can only get CT to send "DX callsign frequency". Is there an option to change this on the command line or other set up? Thanks. NAME_CALL: K2QMF - Ted DESCRIPTIONWhen you try to send a Packet message (Alt-T). You type in the message but when you hit Enter nothing happens! The message line does not get sent. NAME_CALL: Rob PA5ET DESCRIPTIONHello Ken, we are asking for many years now to have a contest profile which allows band switching ssb/cw and allows everything as multiplier, so numbers as well as letter combinations. We always modified the DAT file which was working fine. We need this for the PACC contest (from PA side) the second weekend of February. In the past we used the WAE (DX Side) but the change mode option is not available anymore. Also the multipliers worked in the "other" mode then the current are not visible. The last option is less important. Is there anything you can do for us PA guys to make use of CT in the PACC contest as other years. Hope to hear soon from you. We love to work with CT but we are not married with CT . . . 73 Rob PA5ET member of PI4COM Rob Snieder , PA5ET NAME_CALL: Don Toman, K2KQ DESCRIPTIONDistrict of Columbia counts as a separate mult in this contest. CT does not recognize "DC" as a logging line input. I've temporarily put down MDC, but I would like to know how to get CT to log it correctly. NAME_CALL: Bob Lukaszewski K4HA DESCRIPTIONWe tried this on my portable as well as my pentium... Seems the radio is on com1 and the tnc is on com2, with all the required comtsr's. We cannot talk to the tnc. This happens on both computers. CT953 works on the same setup... I hope its a loose nut behind the wheel here, I know what its like trying to get software releases out to the public. Thanks and keep up the good work Bob K4HA NAME_CALL: nf1a DESCRIPTIONMy version reports cabrillo format not yet implemented for this contest. Is there an update coming soon for this ? NAME_CALL: nf1a DESCRIPTIONMy version reports cabrillo format not yet implemented for this contest. Is there an update coming soon for this ? NAME_CALL: WB0IUN DESCRIPTIONOn other software the [ and ] keys will tune the radio VFO up and down the band. Will CT have this control or how di I make it work if it is in the program. NAME_CALL: w4zv DESCRIPTIONCabrillo log says "ARRL-SECTION: NC" for State. For CQ reporting, this should be STATE/PROVINCE...not "ARRL Section". NAME_CALL: Luc Cooman ON4ACT DESCRIPTIONNAME_CALL: Luc Cooman ON4ACT DESCRIPTIONIf you want to work packet, in the packet window neigther the spacebar or the enter key does not function NAME_CALL: Alex, RW3AFY DESCRIPTIONNAME_CALL: Wes Printz, W3SE DESCRIPTIONHi Ken, Wondering what the chances are of having the 10-10 Contests supported, Particularly the CW events. K4HAV's "win1010" does NOT support CW, and may never. Tnx, 73 Wes, W3SE NAME_CALL: Mike Walker va3mw DESCRIPTIONhttp://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/2001wpx.html
2. Multi-Operator (All band operation only) (a) Single-Transmitter: Only one transmitter and one band permitted during the same time period (defined as 10 minutes). Exception: One—and only one—other band may be used during any 10-minute period if—and only if—the station worked is a new multiplier. Logs found in violation of the 10-minute rule will be automatically reclassified as multi-multi. NAME_CALL: AF8C DESCRIPTIONCabrillo/ When will CT 9 make Cabrillo files for CQ160M contests? B2R9/ Takes what seems to be a perfectly good VHFS bin file and makes a RES file with the bands changed to 160M through 10 M. NAME_CALL: Dallas W3PP DESCRIPTIONalt-G gab mode puts a 0 in front of all messages. This did not happen in 953 and earlier versions. Just a nuisance. NAME_CALL: pa3aav DESCRIPTIONRequesting feature of the e-mail address added in the information sheet,this saves typing it every time in the summary/cabrillo-file or sheetwhen submitting a log. NAME_CALL: AA0AI Steve Wessels DESCRIPTIONI recently purchased the latest v. of CT. There is one part of it that doesn't work which I've just put up with. I need to get it working, as the ARRL DX looms directly ahead. I've used older versions of CT on my computer and the packet window didn't work at all. I attributed it to not getting the port settings correct. I finally got the packet monitor window to echo the packets through ... sort of. By finally settling on 2400 BAUD, Xon/off flow control (though, it seems to work the same with none), and 7 bits/even/1stop bit, the window will get about 1/3 or so of the characters through. It seems to miss/drop characters for some reason. For example, upon startup or restart, my PK232 spits out several lines, one of them is something like Advanced Electrontics Apples but the packet window shows something like AvndlcncsAps The above is an example. It seems to drop about 1/2 of every line's characters. I'm using an IBM PS2 55SX which clocks at 16MHz which I would think would be fast enough, as I can tell the software loops for kestrokes (I think). Anyway, I've tried the VERY IDENTICAL setup with N6TR's TR software and the text gets through the packet window perfectly. I've also tried slowing it down to 1200 ... acts the same. Charlie K1XX didn't seem to have a soltuion. I can't seem to get through to the reflector. Would anyone have anythoughts on the problem and its solution? Thanks!!!!!!! AA0AI Steve Wessels Steve mailto:steve-wessels@uiowa.edu NAME_CALL: AB6WM DESCRIPTIONCTY.DAT lists Pitcairn as VP6 instead of VR6. I have emailed AD1C as well. NAME_CALL: Ed Parish K1EP DESCRIPTIONIf you use ALT-F during the contest to adjust a time, I believe that there is a documented bug where it will not read the TZ variable and change the time to local time. THen TZ is applied and the time is now off by the TZ. So, if you then do a settime with a time that is time-TZ it would appear that the individual time for that QSO is fixed. But then all subsequent QSO's are wrong, as ALT-F has adjusted the master clock. I noticed this when the rate meter said that the last 10 rate was 0.0 and the last 100 rate was 83 !! NAME_CALL: Bill Tippett W4ZV DESCRIPTIONHave noticed this problem previously but it never caused a problem until now. When logging any portable ("/") station, the F12 key shows BOTH the home call AND the / call highlighted. Apparently CT flags any home call as a dupe independent of the / location. This was highlighted in the ARRL DX CW by working ND5S/FS and ND5S/PJ7 the same weekend (he moved during the contest). CT counted the multipliers correctly, but it counted the second call as a DUPE with no QSO points assigned. Until now I viewed this simply as one of CT's quirks but it may need to be addressed. NAME_CALL: Mike Gilmer, N2MG DESCRIPTIONWhile running, bandmap fills up with the many stations worked, even though they are all on (essentially) the same frequency. Also, if RIT is in use, bandmap jumps around constantly as radio switches from TX to RX (a distraction). Bandmap also has many out-of-order entries NAME_CALL: Mike Gilmer, N2MG DESCRIPTIONVFO B is loaded with erroneous data whenever a bandmap/packet radio callout point-and-shoot is performed making it useless as a quick memory. Sometimes it appears that poorly formatted comments (like "QSX UP") in a packet spot cause the packet's timestamp to be loaded into VFO-B as if it were a QSX frequency. NAME_CALL: Rick Dougherty NQ4I DESCRIPTIONBack space editing not working,neither in Gab function...also in Gab it has a zero(0) inserted in all gab messages NAME_CALL: KE7BT DESCRIPTIONAfter installing the 9.57 ver., as soon as I go to the actual logging screen, I get an overflow error and the program of course stops. I finally went back to the 9.54 ver. to use in the CQWW160 SSB test and it worked fine. I'd like to ask what it is I need to do now to get the ness. files in the Cabrillo format, or will 9.54 do that format so I can send the log in? Thanks... Duane Walker / KE7BT NAME_CALL: KE7BT DESCRIPTIONAfter installing the 9.57 ver., as soon as I go to the actual logging screen, I get an overflow error and the program of course stops. I finally went back to the 9.54 ver. to use in the CQWW160 SSB test and it worked fine. I'd like to ask what it is I need to do now to get the ness. files in the Cabrillo format, or will 9.54 do that format so I can send the log in? Thanks... Duane Walker / KE7BT NAME_CALL: KE7BT DESCRIPTIONAfter installing the 9.57 ver., as soon as I go to the actual logging screen, I get an overflow error and the program of course stops. I finally went back to the 9.54 ver. to use in the CQWW160 SSB test and it worked fine. I'd like to ask what it is I need to do now to get the ness. files in the Cabrillo format, or will 9.54 do that format so I can send the log in? (sorry, I forgot to show the OS in the first email)) Thanks... Duane Walker / KE7BT NAME_CALL: Mark Woodruff N3HF DESCRIPTIONVersion 9.57 Crashed when loading the DVP TSR - Stack overflow. Without loading the TSR it seems to be stable. Did the command change to toggle the Band Map?? Can't seem to open it?? 73's NAME_CALL: Chet Slabinski, N8RA DESCRIPTIONAm not able to get CT ver 9.57 (.004) to start up without crashing. It gets as far as loading the DVP voice files into ramdrive, and then shuts down with a list of stack overflows. It had run fine for a CW contest without the DVP. If I go back to CT ver 9.53, everything runs just fine. NAME_CALL: Renzo De Zordo - IK0IZW DESCRIPTIONMy log is DX4WIN (v.407). With contest finished I modify (eg.) the file PACC.BIN in RES with B2R9 program. The log imports all with errors in call (putting 1 space before the call) and band. The author told me that probably I am using an old release of B2R9. Some months ago my HD crached and I lost CT that you sent via e-mail. It's possible to receive another original ct file completed with all the necessary files (not only the upgrade)? What have I do? Pse help????? Best 73 de Renzo NAME_CALL: VK4EMM DESCRIPTIONHi Ken, In version 9.50 when I hit dot key CT swaps radio 1 to radio 2 just fine. In version 9.57 CT remains on radio 1 - using the same *.bin file and same key operation. Set up for two radio FT1000MP and TS850 via COM2 and COM1 Regards, John Loftus VK4EMM NAME_CALL: David Gemmell DESCRIPTIONI have latest CT ver 9.53 and FT920. CT will talk to the FT920 for BAND and MODE changes - All OK, But the FT920 will change BANDS on CT - but not MODES... Any ideas ??? TIA David VK4ZEK www.ozemail.com.au/~davidgem Skipper VK9WI www.qsl.net/vk9wi Skipper VK9ML www.qsl.net/vk9ml NAME_CALL: Don...K2KQ DESCRIPTIONWhen talking to TNC via ALT-T, there is no action when ENTER key is pressed. In older version (9.53), everything works fine with identical configuration and identical batch file setup. NAME_CALL: George Gross N3GJ DESCRIPTIONKen, seems that the newer versions (9.49 and up) do not work with the 761. I installed V9.37 and it works fine, but the new versions with the cabrillo outputs wont decode the freq or band data from the IC-761. Tnx, George NAME_CALL: Kevin McClure WN9O DESCRIPTIONWhen I tried to use the DVP for the ARRL DX SSB contest, the CT program crashed (stack dump). I used the 9.53 CT version and everything loaded and operated just fine. I did try only loading the DVP (ie - no nettsr or comtsr's) and the program still crashed. Also using RAMDISK 3.06 as a virtual disk for drive D:\ for the DVP files. Regards, Kevin WN9O NAME_CALL: Ken Caruso, WO1N DESCRIPTIONNAME_CALL: Ken Caruso, WO1N DESCRIPTIONA few folks challenged me that this was not a problem when I originally reported this against V9.37, but V9.57 still shows this behavior. The Ctrl-F9 displays are referenced to the start of the contest, not the start of your operation. If you start 2 hrs late, all your rate displays (CTRL F9) and post contest (.brk) reports are skewed to the start of the contest and are not referenced to your actual start time. NAME_CALL: Mike Gilmer, N2MG DESCRIPTIONI tried to operate SO unassisted, yet connect to packet to send spots out for the club. One apparently has no access to the packet window (Send OR Receive). This means I had no way to type the "connect" command from within CT. The workaround is obviously to restart CT and use, Single-Op-Assisted, send the connect command and the restart CT as Single-Op-Unassisted. CT should allow "Talk" to work, just not "receive" when in single-op mode. NAME_CALL: Mike Gilmer, N2MG DESCRIPTIONSuper Check Partial with wildcards (?) Multiple "?" in log entry doesn't always get searched on correctly (seems like the lookup is the most susceptible if one of the "?" appears as part of the "first two".) example: Search for G4UGD The following do not find the call: G?U?D G?U? G??G G??G? ?4?G ?4?G? while others find it: G4??? G4??D NAME_CALL: Jim Pratt N6IG DESCRIPTIONThe Cabrillo output for ARRL DX for multi-two does not contain the required TX1/TX2 ID flag in the (callsign).txt file. That info IS contained in the (callsign).log file. CW logs are due March 20, not sure what to do...this seems like a major problem. NAME_CALL: Marko Munih, S50K DESCRIPTION2-Radios ========= My desire would be to use two radios hooked on e.g. CT. I would like to have Radio 2 only as a receiver. New (No2) paddle would swap automaticly the Radio2 and Radio1 frequencies when going on transmit (+ PTT on Radio1, which is not the problem). After paddle release the frequencies would swap back again to original state. We have one digital input which at ON event makes one swap and at OFF event another swap. As far as Help shows this is not happening in 2R mode now - I do not have the manual. Would it be possible to incorporate my idea in one of the next CT versions? I would make this addition myself, but I understand that you are not giving the code away. NAME_CALL: Alan Zack, K6ACZ DESCRIPTIONI entered the 2001 ARRL DX SSB as Single Op Assisted per ARRL 2001 Rules from thier web site. Under categories 3.1.3 Single Operator Assisted. However, when I started up CT Ver 9.58 and got to the categories selection menu box the only options were: SO: Single Oper, SU: Single Oper Unlimited, MS, M2, MM, RV, LM, SC. There was no Single Op Assisted. How do I show I was S.O. Assisted on my Cabrillo Log. Do I just type ASSISTED behind the SINGLE OP ALL LOW SSB which is now shown? Thanks and 73 for a great logging program. NAME_CALL: Alan Zack, K6ACZ DESCRIPTIONI entered the 2001 ARRL DX SSB as Single Op Assisted per the ARRL 2001 Rules from thier web site. Under the rules they show the following category 3.1.3 Single Operator Assisted. However, when I started up CT Ver 9.58 and got to the categories selection menu box the only options were: SO: Single Oper, SU: Single Oper Unlimited, MS, M2, MM, RV, LM, SC. There was no Single Op Assisted. How do I show I was S.O. Assisted on my Cabrillo Log. Do I just type ASSISTED behind the SINGLE OP ALL LOW SSB which is now shown? Thanks and 73 for a great logging program. NAME_CALL: Gerrit PA0GJV DESCRIPTIONPTT-slct One dot delay is not enough time to trip my amp. relays. Specially when high speed cw is used. Can it made adjustable? Or selectable? more dots or dashes 73' Gerrit PA0GJV NAME_CALL: tom frenaye K1KI DESCRIPTION>CT Version 9.58 doesn't insert a line for operators at multi-ops, at least >it didn't when I loaded a log created under 9.54.004. > >Add: > >OPERATORS: K1AA K1AB K1AC etc NAME_CALL: Joe WB2VVS DESCRIPTIONCan't log a 10 Ghz QSO. Get "Out of Band! 1410065408" NAME_CALL: Jukka Simila DESCRIPTIONWhen starting the contest I choose 15 meter SO LP. But when starting to log QSO's the program logs them always to 20 m band? NAME_CALL: Neil Ackerley, G3RIR DESCRIPTIONmode screwed up and can't change in CT when using FT847 Can't see any fix in archives after report a year ago. I am registered user for my club DeMontfort University, G3SDC NAME_CALL: Ed K1EP DESCRIPTIONThis is a feature request. Since many VHF radios are actually transverters, it would be nice to have an offset feature in CT so that the IF radio can be controlled by CT. The option could be a command line option that allow the user to type OFFSET in the QSO window for each band. If you were using a 1296 transverter with an IF of say, 14M, you would then type 1282. Any command sent from CT would subtract 1282MHz and send 14 to the radio, and any radio input would have 1282 added to it. NAME_CALL: Tom Hurley, K1TH DESCRIPTIONCT9.57 would not communicate properly with the TNC thru COM2 IRQ3. The computer could not send messages thru the TNC, but could receive them. COMTSRs were loaded properly. The fix was to go back to version 9.53 which immediately worked fine. Again loading 9.57 with no other changes caused the same problem. I run the program with a DOS startup and not thru windows. All other features including control of the TS 940 appeared to work fine with 9.57. NAME_CALL: Tom Knee <KB2SSS> DESCRIPTIONThe TX Frequency Display window <ALT-J> does not display the correct frequencies for VHF bands. NAME_CALL: Tom Knee <KB2SSS> DESCRIPTIONUsing the CTRL-J command to manually set the TX frequenct does not work unles at least one character is entered into the CALL SIGN field. NAME_CALL: Tom Knee <KB2SSS> DESCRIPTIONFeature Request - I would love to see more support for VHF Rovers. The GRID command sets the current grid, but it does nothing for scoring or dupe checking. NAME_CALL: Gary Yantis, W0TM DESCRIPTIONCabrillo file output needs to be added for WPX NAME_CALL: Steve K6UM DESCRIPTIONEnhancement request: When using CTRL-ENTER to enter information into the BandMap I would like it to automatically clear the logging line. It seems that requiring an F11 to clear the logging line is just extra keystrokes. CTRL-ENTER puts stations that you have not worked into the BandMap. By definition I did not work them, so clear the logging fields. NAME_CALL: Steve K6UM DESCRIPTIONEnhancement request: The BandMap feature needs to have more control over when the 'spots' timeout. I generally enter in the SO-LP category, so I'm often stuck with S&Ping. I would prefer that the 'spots' timeout in 3 hours rather than the hard-coded 1 hour. For those connected this is not an issue as the BandMap is constantly updated from the spots. For those who are SO and S&Ping it is nice to keep the old 'spots' as too many stations seem to be afraid to give their calls during the contest. A logging line VARIABLE - BandMapTime would do the trick. NAME_CALL: Paul ON9BGP DESCRIPTIONHi, We worked in all multi-multi contests with an old version CT 8.42. We also participate in the IOTA contest every year. Now, because 8.42 doesn't have IOTA file and a lot more, we now have 9.53 since a week. I thought this was the latest version ???? Seems to be not !!? But anu way, our BUG: IOTA contest is with 2 radio's. ! running and 1 multiplier. Logging is ok. But...in the old CT, we closed the programme on one PC and stayed logging on the other. When we started up the closed PC, the prograame on that one updated all made QSO's from the second PC....a kind of backup protection to not lose any data. In CT 9.53 that doesn't happen....there is NO update made. So numbering is totally gone ofcourse. The numbering doesn't match anymore. While one PC is on 100, the other is still on 55 or so...the number when the programme was closed. PA6TEX used SD first..but has no network facility. CT8.42 worked PERFECT, but hasn't IOTA file. What is wrong in 9.53 ?? This can cost us MUCH points !! 73's..Paul Networkmanager PA6TEX. NAME_CALL: Hide JH8KYU DESCRIPTIONJARL changed the rule of All Asian DX Contest from 2000. <Main changes for DX side> (1) QSO points on 10m is changed from 1 to 2. (2) M/S category is now available as well as M/M. 10 minutes limitation is applied. For Asian side, there are much more changes. I wrote them in another article. You can find the latest complete rule at http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/AA_Rule.htm NAME_CALL: Hide JH8KYU DESCRIPTIONJARL changed the rule of All Asian DX Contest from 2000. <Main changes for Asian side> (1) The contacts between Asian and Asian is now valid. (2) But domestic contacts cannot be count as both points and multipliers. (3) QSO points on 10m is doubled and inter-continental contact is tripled. <Band> <w/Asian> <w/non-Asian> -------------------------------- 160m 3 9 80m/10m 2 6 40m/20m/15m 1 3 (4) M/S category is now available as well as M/M. 10 minutes limitation is applied. (5) Most of all entries are clasified by output power. For DX side, there are less changes. I wrote them in another article. You can find the latest complete rule at http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/AA_Rule.htm NAME_CALL: Dan Robbins KL7Y DESCRIPTIONLengthy description in CT-USER reflector. Basically, the number at the cursor jumped to some totally wrong number. Started on 20 and migrated to other bands - even bands with no Qs yet. CT logged the incorrect NR. Is there any way we can reset NR on the fly???? BTW, we did 15K Qs last year with no problems, with all computers and network the same. NAME_CALL: Paul ON9BGP DESCRIPTIONOK, I found anotherbug while testing our "NEW" 9.53 (???) for coming IOTA contest. Rules are for each IOTA station 15 points, each other station 3 points. But...the normal stations don't get any points at all..none..strange ?! This means after the contest we have to calculate it all again. That was NOT want we wanted to get from CT. We wished we had a good contest program.. The second thing I see is that a 286 machine is not good enough anymore..is this correct.?? The third bug is ofcourse the one I mentioned before..no auto update after restarting the programme on the multiplierstation after a shut down..and I mean power off..8.42 gave no problems.. Paul..ON9BGP e-mail on9bgp@pandora.be
NAME_CALL: Marcel ON4ASW DESCRIPTIONScoring is not correct - No islands is no points. Incorrect serialnr by crach of one of the pc's...diff.nrs. NAME_CALL: tom frenaye - K1KI DESCRIPTIONAll of these relate to QSL9.exe 1) What is W6GO output? should be in the online doc When typing QSL9 with no file name the full range of output options should be listed, not just W6GO and NC. 2) QSL9 doesn't handle KG4 calls right. KG4E and KG4BIG are treaty as if they were Guantanamo. 3) Why not offer a parameter for specifying text? e.g. QSL9 01ARRLDX.bin -txt"thanks for the QSO" 4) Offer an output option to sort the labels the way QSL bureaus would prefer them. That would place calls in this order: W0AA K0AAA N0AB AA0AC etc Within each country, sort by suffix. 5) Provide a utility to convert master.qsl to a flat file (text). 73 Tom/K1KI NAME_CALL: Timo OH1MDR DESCRIPTIONRepeat function doesn't work on SSB when using external voice keyer. I control MFJ-432 via LPT port. NAME_CALL: Henry Heidtmann,N4VHK DESCRIPTIONGetting ready for FQP and noticed that the band change feature is not aligned with the radio (software on 15, rig is on 40)- Using CT v9.58 with Kenwood TS850- other contests work- Am I missing something or is there a chance of a fix before next weekend? 73, Henry NAME_CALL: Dave Margolis, AG8L DESCRIPTIONFrequency/Band not correct in Cabrillo output nor ADIF resulting from C2A.exe. Data correct within CT and in old .LOG file. Manually changed frequency instead of using rig control (rig control with FT1000MP did not work properly). Used within DOS environment (not DOS window). CT 9.53 used during contest. After finding problem, rewrote output files using 9.58 but this did not correct problem. (Additional note: submitted to reflector immediately after contest but reflector seems to be down). NAME_CALL: K6KM DESCRIPTIONMy Friend K6KM asked me to relay this: CT 9.58 does not control the FT1000MP for the FQP contest. The problem appears in both the FL-side and the rest-of-the-world- side. Other contests work fine. Kenny K2KW k2kw@prodigy.net NAME_CALL: Chuck K3FT DESCRIPTIONNo bugs. I LIKE CT!!!! Just wanted to let you know, if you hadn't seen it already there was a press release from TR and CSS software who do a windows logging program. They announced a collaborative effort to develop and support a logging program and contest program under Windows. I just wondered if now would be the time that Ken might want to collaborate or work on a windows version of CT. I know the DOS version works great I LOVE MINE!.. but the handwriting is on the wall. Those other two programs (besides CT and NA) seem to be the two most popular programs. With them deciding to do a windows version, it would seem that CT needs to look seriously at it in order to keep from dropping behind and becoming 2nd class because of beingin DOS only. Personally.. I find CT does all I need and more. I am happy with DOS, believe me.. but as they say.. Progress moves ahead regardless of what we like. Just a thought. NOT A PICK, A REQUEST, OR anything like that. just one satisfied CT user's comments. vy 73 Chuck K3FT "They can have my CT when they pry it from my cold, lifeless fingers!" NAME_CALL: Gary Hembree, N7IR DESCRIPTIONMode change doesn't select the correct sideband. Cycle through modes CW, SSB, FM and the following sequence is sent. SP0;FN0;MD3; SP0;FN0;MD1; SP0;FN0;MD1; MD1 = LSB in Kenwood command set. All VHF activity is USB = MD2. NAME_CALL: Gary Hembree, N7IR DESCRIPTIONMode control has a odd bug. If you use a split frequency set from the computer the selected sideband switches to LSB independent of the band in use. Switching modes SB to CW cancels the split but doesn't fix the SB selection problem. LSB is asserted until you quit and restart CT. USB/LSB control is then correct until you use another split. NAME_CALL: wb2bhc DESCRIPTIONall the sections do not show up in the Alt-Z screen. NAME_CALL: pacheco DESCRIPTIONNAME_CALL: W1XE DESCRIPTIONWill not allow logging 10G contacts Error: Out of Band! 1410065408 Does this on all 10G q's 24G log entries as well as other bands are fine.
NAME_CALL: W1XE DESCRIPTIONThe 10G logging bug causing the "Out of Band" error, is in versions 9.50, 9.53, 9.57.004 and win-ct as well as 9.60 - if this is of any help Could use this for the june contest. regards NAME_CALL: Hide JH8KYU DESCRIPTIONI'm very sorry but there are some omissions in my previous reviews. Following is very minor issue but bug actually. The contest name in the header of *.bad, *.brk, *.cnt, *.con, *.cty, *.dup, *.mul and *.sum are incorrect. That's not ARRL International but JARL All Asian. Thanks, NAME_CALL: Bert Aaron DESCRIPTIONUnable to enter the required exchange for dx stations which is RS(T) QTH. The field after the callsign requires a letter a thru e or entry is not accepted. NAME_CALL: Bert Aaron K2BA DESCRIPTIONNew change to log dx in fd: In cw or rtty mode log 599 in section field, when enter is pressed it changes to 23A. For ssb mode when 59 is entered it changes to 27A. NAME_CALL: Chip Margelli, K7JA DESCRIPTIONAgree with WB2DHC in that when Alt-Z is pressed, only a few of the sections appear in the SECTION MAP window. FD.DAT appears OK (i.e. not corrupt) and the sections |