[WT-support] Win-Test and contest numbers

[Nick F5VIH/SV3SJ]

Wolfgang, indeed - it's a trade-off.

You can set win-test to restrict navigate into the station's log entries
only, so you will not be affected by the high logging rates of other
stations -- it is often a good idea doing that anyway.

73, Nick

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Wolfgang -DK9VZ- <ws at dk9vz.com> wrote:

>  Hi Nick,
>
> this is an uncomfortable workaround but not a solution.
> When we are talking about Multi/Multi-environments, than your entry
> can be out of the screen before you get the answer from your QSO-Partner.
> And then you have to run back in your log but don´t have the time to ...
>
>   *73 de*
> *Wolfgang DK9VZ*
>  ws at dk9vz.com
>
>
> Am 29.05.2012 10:14, schrieb Nick F5VIH/SV3SJ:
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>  You mean numbering per computer, rather than per band?
>>
>
> Yes, numbering per station. This will ensure to have increasing serial
> numbers per station. The duplicate numbers that there will occur, are not
> causing a problem.
>
>
>
>>  Getting back to Win-Test, the serial no. situation is not just a
>> problem at big multi-multi's; the SO2R operator attempting to interleave
>> two QSOs can also get into the situation where the serial no. sent on both
>> Radio 1 and Radio 2 is the same, but the second QSO entered will get logged
>> as if QSO number + 1 was sent (when it was not).
>>
>>
> This race condition can be avoided if one adopts the following trade-off.
> First log the call and then send the exchange (with the insert key).
>
> This will not ensure sending numbers in sequence but it will solve the
> more important issue of sending one exchange and logging a different one.
> There are shortcomings to this, like not being able to use ESM and that
> both stations sharing a numbering series have to do the same thing.
>
> 73, Nick
>
>
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