[WT-support] WPX S/N bug

[Tom W8JI]

Is there a link to that Bob? The rules I read and the FAQ 
does not appear to prohibit that.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Henderson" <bob.5b4agn at gmail.com>
To: <support at win-test.com>; "Tom W8JI" <w8ji at w8ji.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [WT-support] WPX S/N bug


> Tom
>
> Surely sub-section V,D,a of the 2009 WPX rules 
> specifically prohibits two
> transmitters on the same band ?
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Bob, 5B4AGN
>
> 2009/4/3 Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com>
>
>> Wintest has a bug in the serial numbers given during the
>> WPX.
>>
>> When running M1 people are allowed to have two 
>> transmitters
>> on the same band. When that is done, if both stations are
>> working people at the same time period, the SN is not
>> reserved or held  until the QSO is logged. This can and 
>> does
>> result in a bad SN for one or both stations.
>>
>> The FAQ for WPX states:
>>
>> Our logging software caused us to give out duplicate 
>> serial
>> numbers or to give numbers out of sequence. Is this a
>> problem?
>>
>>  No, but only if your log shows the exchange that you
>> actually sent. Each QSO line of the Cabrillo log contains
>> the sent and received information for that QSO.  As long 
>> as
>> that line shows what you actually sent to the other 
>> station,
>> the log checking software will score it correctly.
>>
>>
>> So if the number was reserved and not used it would not 
>> be a
>> problem, or if the SAME number was sent it would not be a
>> problem. What is a problem is the software changing the
>> number after the exchange was sent when the contact is
>> logged.
>>
>> N1MM holds the SN once a call is partially entered. This 
>> is
>> the correct way to do WPX when two radios happen to be on
>> the same band. Since the SN is wrong in M1, it is 
>> probably
>> wrong in any class where multiple stations can be on the
>> same band.
>>
>> 73 Tom
>>
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