[WT-support] [WT-support M/S bug noticed

[Tom W8JI]

We are having a problem in our M/S class effort with our 
mult and run radios. I'm not sure this affects M/M or not.

The serial number is not held during the QSO, so we are 
getting busted QSO's when both run and mult are on the same 
band. If for example the run op is working a station and 
gives the S/N, and if before he logs the mult station works 
a mult on the same band, the software increments the SN. 
This means the run op busts the SN in the log. We can send 
the same SN to TWO stations, and one of the stations will 
log the wrong one. The mult op "steals" the SN the run op 
was using, or vice versa. It is also possible for both 
stations to get a wrong entry.

The correct idea would be to hold the SN until enter is hit 
or the callsign wiped. It does not matter if an occasional 
SN is lost by an incomplete QSO, but the failure to assign a 
SN when a QSO starts and hold it is can result in two or 
more busted QSO's in every overlap when the run and mult are 
on the same band. It is so bad we only have one station on a 
band at a time even though we could have put the run and 
mult on the same band.

Why not, once the field is started to be filled, hold the SN 
and assign the next up to the other radio??? That would make 
more sense.


73 Tom


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net>
To: "Rick Dougherty NQ4I" <nq4i at contesting.com>
Cc: <support at win-test.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [WT-support] partner bug noticed


> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Rick Dougherty NQ4I 
> <nq4i at contesting.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi guys..the run is set to run...the partner is set to 
>> run su[pport and the
>> actual mult station is set to run support....de Rick
>
>
> The actual mult station should be set to RUN NOSUPPORT.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>


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