[WT-support] Learning from mistakes

[SM5AJV]

Hi Win,

Restoring QSO will not work if you are pushing Ctrl-Enter by mistake.

Ctrl-Enter sends the call sign to the band map and wipes
all data in the QSO line. I haven't found any way of restoring
the QSO. Ctrl-Z is greyed out. Maybe this is a bug?

73
Ingo SM5AJV / SE5E





>
> Hi,
>
> you can restore the deleted QSO line with CTRL-Z (or: edit -> restore
> QSO). But this works only as long as you didn´t press "Enter" (or INS ?)
> after deleting/overwriting the original data line. If you do an
> automatic log save every 5 minutes or so, there should still be time to
> get the "old" QSO from the backup file.
>
> 73 Win DK9IP
>
>
> Am 30.05.2011 21:23, schrieb SM5AJV:
>> I have a similar experience...
>>
>> That is when you try to do a silent log (Ctrl- + ) but instead by mistake
>> push Ctrl- Enter.
>>
>> The QSO is lost and the band map have the call. Is it possible to make this
>> more foul proof? For instance don't erase QSO if there is any data in the receive
>> exchange field or more important, let me recover the QSO data with Ctrl- Z.
>>
>> 73
>> Ingo SM5AJV
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello allThis weekend, during this WPX I made I mistake that I need to
>>> learn from.
>>> I was running and somehow (I must have hit some key) the cursor was way up in the
>>> log, in a past qso. I typed the call that came back to me (without checking the screen)
>>> and hit the "Ins" key to send the exchange. When I heard some starnge things
>>> being sent I hit Alt-W to clear everything  and put the call again. Only then I
>>> looked at the screen and found I had erased a past QSO.
>>> In panic I could not find a way to fix or recover the lost info, So I
>>> had to fill in a dupe and go down to the entry field and log the call.
>>> I thought about saving the log under a new name, but could not find how in the
>>> heat of the run. So, a QSO was lost and someone will receive a Bad QSO penaly due to my
>>> mistake.
>>> My two questions to the WT community:
>>> 1 -  is there anything I could have done to recover the erased QSO at that
>>> time?
>>> 2 - How do I avoid that in the future (ok, I shoud learn touch typing). Is there a
>>> way to protect the log from unwanted edits?
>>> Otherwise I really enjoy WT
>>> Thank you all
>>> Marcelo, PY1KN
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