[WT-support] WT and VHF and UP contests

[odehnk]

Hi Adi and group,

thanks for support. I do not know and understand why the authors did not hear the users wishes and complaints, especially in cases when the software handles contest not in accordance with the valid rules.

I do not know better SW which works with Microham devices like WT. Also networking, rotators handling, local chat, contest recorder and many other features are well designed. 

Our wish is, to use one software for HF and VHF contests. So I hope, that the authors will hear us a little and will help us.

Many thanks Karel OK2ZI / OK5Z



> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: Adi S55M <s55m at siol.com>
> Předmět: Re: [WT-support] WT and VHF and UP contests
> Datum: 18.4.2011 08:22:48
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> Bob 55S or 59S or 59A are standard raport for many many years used during
> rain or snow or Aurora scattered contacts on VHF and UP. Rules for such
> contests are general rules for IARU R1 VHF and UP contest.
> 
> In CW and SSB the raport is the same. (In SSB the S means that modulation is
> scattered but signal and intelligibility of signal is perfect. During CW
> contact there is normally no tone (perfect inline scatter is exception) so
> instead of T in raport there are S for rain or snow scatter or A for Aurora
> scatter. Yes, it is anomaly, because raports in SSB and CW have both three
> fields.
> 
> But with no desire to change anything from the SW writer for VHF contest
> community (EDI format correction wich has no MODE in the fields) i gived up
> from using it for VHF to SHF work (For HF this is superb SW however). We do
> not use cabrillo in IARU R1 for VHF and UP contest. We have EDI standard
> recomended by IARU R1.
> 
> Karel, i gived UP long time ago with Wintest for VHF :-). But maybe if we
> are persistant, something will grow from our seeds.
> 
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> GL in 2011 VHF-UHF-SHF contest season
> 
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> 
> S55M
> 
> Adi Voh
> 
> ZRS VHF manager
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> From: support-bounces at f5mzn.org [mailto:support-bounces at f5mzn.org] On Behalf
> Of Bob Wilson, N6TV
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 3:17 AM
> To: support at win-test.com; odehnk at seznam.cz
> Subject: Re: [WT-support] WT and VHF and UP contests
> 
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> If you press the tab key, you can type 59A or 59S in the sent exchange field
> (except for CW mode).
> 
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> 
> I don't see any way to enter these values in the received exchange field,
> but I don't even know how to find the rules for this contest so I'm not sure
> what a typical received exchange might be, or if there is room to fit an
> extra letter and fix the Cabrillo file afterwards with Notepad.
> 
>  
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bob, N6TV
> 
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Karel Odehnal <odehnk at seznam.cz> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I am trying the Win-test for European V-U-SHF contests.
> I have problem with logging a report like 59S or 59A . Those reports are
> used during Rainscatter or Aurora propagations and must be logged correctly.
> 
> How to do it? Is there anybody who knows it?
> 
> TNX and 73! Karel OK2ZI
> 
> 
> This is the part from the IARU Region I. VHF managers handbook
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> 
> 8.8.7 IARU Region 1 Technical Recommendation TONE REPORTS
> Vienna 2010
> 
> TONE REPORTS
> In order to give an indication of distorted tonal quality due to special
> propagation modes, the 1-9 scale of
> the Tonality (T) component of the RST reporting system will be extended with
> the following:
> 
> "a" For signals distorted by auroral propagation
> "s" For signals distorted by scatter propagation mechanisms
> "m" for signals distorted by multipath propagation.
> 
> For example:-
> 599 - Good signal
> 58a - Fairly good Signal via Aurora
> 59s - Good signal via Scatter (e.g. Rainscatter)
> 
> Footnotes
> 1. Other letters may be defined in future should the need arise
> 2. This alternative system may be used for any mode e.g. CW, SSB, MGM etc
> 
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