[WT-support] ARRL Sweepstakes exchange guessing grabs data from prior QSO with different call

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

After your ARRL Sweepstakes log starts filling with callsigns, strange
things seem to happen.  For example, if you work W6RK, then later try to log
W6RKC (note:  calls identical except for the last letter), data from the
first QSO with W6RK doesn't get cleared from the other columns when you type
the last letter of the new call (the "K").  This is assuming you have
automatic exchange guessing enabled.  You end up with W6RK's Precedence,
Check, and Section "pre-filled" and you have to type over these or use
Ctrl-W on each field.

See the Bug Report #154
<http://flyspray.win-test.com/?do=details&id=154>for details.  Any
chance of a fix before the contest starts at 2100Z this
Saturday?

If not, I suppose an easy workaround would be to disable exchange guessing,
as it's not very useful in the Sweepstakes, where you can work a station
only once regardless of band.  But, I don't see any way to disable it
completely.  It seems one of the following three choices *has* to be
checked?

Tools, Data Entry, Exchange Guessing,

   - Pressing the spacebar
   - Automatically
   - After timeout

It seems like having *none* of these checked should also be an option, to
completely disable it.

In the mean time, selecting either the first or the last Exchange Guessing
option could minimize the inconvenience.

73,
Bob, N6TV
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