[WT-support] Using Win-Test in NAQP leads to lost multipliers. UseWT_DEV this weekend.

[Ed Gilliland]

Hi Bob,

I'm having trouble logging on to the server.  The server asks for a user name and password.  The e-mail I received when I bought Win-test 4
provided the following information.  I've tried different combinations none of which work.

Customer number : 2250
Callsign : W5TM
Computer serial number : 380-6921-445102 [You cannot modify this number]
Registration key : 2P2ZZ-8GDUT-A49S1-363XB-8ZXJJ

What should I be using for a user name and password?

Thanks, Ed/W5TM
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Wilson, N6TV 
  To: Win-Test Reflector 
  Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 6:42 PM
  Subject: [WT-support] Using Win-Test in NAQP leads to lost multipliers. UseWT_DEV this weekend.


  Summary:  If you ever used Win-Test in the North American QSO Party, chances are you lost many NA multipliers in the log checking, due to the way such logs were scored.  You must use the newest development version of Win-Test to generate a "good" Cabrillo file for the NAQP this weekend.

  Background:  Win-Test 4.7 and prior logs all QSOs with NA countries as "DX" in the exchange field of the Cabrillo file, overriding whatever prefix or country abbreviation you enter in the logging window.  This is per the Cabrillo spec. published at kkn.net.  However, the NCJ web pages show something else in the Cabrillo examples and "Logging Hints."

  The log checking software of NAQP contest administrator WA7BNM has rejected all QSOs with NA countries if "DX" was in the exchange field.  So if you used Win-Test in any NAQP, chances are you lost dozens of multipliers in the log checking process due to this misunderstanding.  I just learned recently that this has happened to me.

  The impact of this wasn't well known until recently, when it affected the score of No. 1 finisher K5GA in the August 2010 NAQP CW.  The published results show him finishing No. 2, and it is only because of these lost multipliers.

  Per this recent post by WA7BNM to CQ-Contest, you really have use wt_dev 4.8 to generate your Cabrillo file for the upcoming NAQP.   It is OK to log the contest using whatever version of Win-Test that you have, but when you go to generate the Cabrillo file, you really need to use wt 4.8.0-dev, or edit the Cabrillo file by hand, replacing "DX" with the standard country prefix for any NA QSOs before submitting your log.  It is only OK to log "DX" for QSOs made with stations outside of North America.  

  I hope the log checking software is smart enough to distinguish between the state abbreviation HI (Hawaii) and the country prefix HI (Dominican Republic).

  You can download Win-Test 4.8.0-dev from

  http://download.win-test.com/v4/nightly/

  using the web site password you received in an email when you purchased Win-Test 4.

  73,
  Bob, N6TV



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