[WT-support] WPX S/N bug

[Tõnno Vähk]

What is clear about it?:)

The whole issue that has been around for a while is if one transmitter means "One signal in the air at a time". And that has been the common interpretation I understand so far as naturally all big M/S and M/2 stations use more than 2 stations. Otherwise M/2 clearly talks about two transmitters.

So you can have 10 stations ready to transmit scanning one band if you want, just make sure you have one signal in the air at a time. Same logic for M/M.

73
Tonno
ES5TV

-----Original Message-----
From: support-bounces at win-test.com [mailto:support-bounces at win-test.com] On Behalf Of Peter Bowyer
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:23 PM
To: support at win-test.com
Subject: Re: [WT-support] WPX S/N bug

http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm

"(a) Single-Transmitter (MULTI-ONE): Only one transmitter and one band
permitted during a 10-minute period. Exception: One-and only one-other
band may be used during a 10-minute period if-and only if-the station
worked is a new multiplier"

Seems pretty clear.

Peter G4MJS

On 03/04/2009, Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:
> 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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