[WT-support] Cut numbers in $ZONE, $ISLAND, etc. ruin Cabrillo file

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

FYI, I opened task
#176<http://flyspray.win-test.com/index.php?do=details&id=176>documenting
this issue about 2.7 years ago.  Still no progress. :-(  Seems
like it should be easy to fix.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Wes Printz, W3SE/ZL3TE <w3se at dxer.com>wrote:
>
>> In the Setup screen I had entered OCT36 in the Exchange box, to send the
>> cut Zero, rather than turning on Cut Numbers.
>>
>
> This brings up a common usability problem in Win-Test.  If you put the full
> exchange in the Contest Configuration Window's "Exchange" box, with leading
> zeroes, e.g. "03" in CQ WW CW or OC036 in IOTA, then use $ZONE or $ISLAND in
> your CW messages, the full leading zero is sent on CW, no matter what you do
> with the "cut number" CW options such as NOLEADZERO.  Those options only
> seem to apply to serial numbers. :-(
>
> If you enter the Exchange the way you want to send it, such as "T3" in CQ
> WW CW or "OCT36" in the IOTA contest, the CW messages sound fine, but your
> Cabrillo file gets messed up and it will be rejected by the robots.
>
> One way to fix it would be for Win-Test to respect the LZ, NOLZ, NOABBREV,
> SEMIABBREV, FULLABBREV, PROCUT, and CUSTOMCUT CW abbreviation settings in
> numeric exchange fields as well as serial number fields.
>
> Of course if you don't use $ZONE or $ISLAND in CW messages, you can send
> whatever you want, but then you have to remember to program the zone number
> in two places, two different ways, every time you change QTH.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
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