[WT-support] WPX S/N bug

[Iain MacDonnell - N6ML]

This is seemingly not accepted as a bug in W-T :-

http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Multi-op/Issues/Sequential_serials

I ran into this with some M/M or M/2 contest that used a single sequence
of serial across all bands - I think it was the RAC Winter Contest. We
gave out a lot of off-by-one serials in that one... but I think the
log checking process was lenient about it.

     ~Iain / N6ML



Tom W8JI wrote:
> 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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