[WT-support] Disabling Cut Number Translation on Receive

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

As one of the people who originally supported the idea of cut number
translation when entering QSO numbers, I have since realized that the
implementation of this suggestion has caused far more problems than I ever
anticipated.  Instead of Win-Test trying to handle it on a case-by case
basis, contest-by-contest, I think there should just be one new global
option:  Tools | Data Entry | Translate cut numbers (keyboard shortcuts:
CUTON / CUTOFF).  That way you can leave it OFF most of the time but easily
enable it whenever it is needed.

Obviously this option should only affect what happens when you press [Enter]
or [+]; it should not change anything entered on other QSOs.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 5:21 AM, Andy Cook, G4PIQ <g4piq at btinternet.com>wrote:

>  I was operating in the RSGB 1.8 MHz contest this weekend. Exchange for
> that contest is RST + Serial + UK District Code. However, at the same time
> the PACC contest was running where entrants sent RST + Dutch Region Code.
> Win-Test allowed me to log Dutch regions into the serial number field OK (I
> didn't want log 000 as a serial and enter the Dutch Regions into the UK
> District Code column in order to avoid issues with multiplier count where UK
> and Dutch codes overlapped), but the automatic correction of cut numbers
> meant I had to do a pile of cleaning up post-contest.
>
> e.g. NH would end up logged as 9H and UT would end up logged as 020!
>
> I can see the options to stop sending / configure what you send for cut
> numbers, but I can't see an option to turn off cut-number translation on
> receive.
>
> I was running v4.4.0. What seems even stranged is that G3BJ was doing the
> same thing (running v4.4) and had no problem.
>
> What have I missed!
>
> 73,
>
> Andy, G4PIQ
>
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