[WT-support] WPX S/N bug

[Tõnno Vähk]

We do it by just giving the next number and waiting for the run station to enter QSO and enter yours then. $NEXTSERIAL command was created for that also and works great. Also when the 2nd station has eye contact to RUN station monitor and he sees the callsign line empty he can give current number and just enter the QSO reserving the number by doing that immediately. You can always go and correct the number sent or callsign after that.

It is not 100% neat way but I also find it might be confusing to have number blocked. How and when? There cannot be one single and simple rule. It cannot be based on writing sth on the callsign field so it can only be based on sending your call (S&P) or then Exchange (RUN) but sending call will not necessarily result in QSO?! Also in SSB when MIC is used there is no way to reserve at all. So why just not enter something if you want to reserve if a manual action is necessary anyhow?

I have thought about this and have not found a better way to handle this as it is now. Just needs some skills and attention from operator and that is sth I want any ops at my station to have for granted anyway.

Btw, I heard that in new versions Partner window might display the callsign field of the RUN radio??? Have not checked this but that would be awesome and make the life of S&P op MUCH easier.

73
Tonno
Es5tv

-----Original Message-----
From: support-bounces at win-test.com [mailto:support-bounces at win-test.com] On Behalf Of Tom W8JI
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:10 PM
To: support at win-test.com; n2ic at arrl.net
Subject: Re: [WT-support] WPX S/N bug

It doesn't matter if a S/N is skipped or done twice or out 
of order according to the contest FAQ, the only thing that 
matters is it is not in disagreement in the logs. We tried 
everything including checking multi-multi and can not get 
the SN's to work correctly and lock a number in.

Has anyone found a workable way around this problem?

73 Tom



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve London" <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
To: <support at win-test.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [WT-support] WPX S/N bug


> Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
>
>> "Serial number reservation" is easier said than done.  As 
>> N6ML pointed out:
>>
>> "Win-Test does not have a number reserve feature because 
>> it [Win-Test]
>> (intentionally) lacks a central data master."
>>
>> Source: 
>> http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Multi-op/Issues/Sequential_serials
>
> This issue is a dupe from last year. Really disappointing 
> that Win-Test has done
> nothing to fix it. Sending out a different serial number 
> than what is logged
> screws the recipient during the log checking process. I 
> guess that is considered
> acceptable in some cultures.
>
> N1MM Logger doesn't have a "central data master" either. 
> Each computer maintains
> its own copy of the serial number server, and uses the 
> network to keep them
> synchronized.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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