[WT-support] Win-Test in VHF/UHF Contests

[Laurent HAAS - F6FVY]

Hi Ben

Le 10/11/2016 à 01:23, Bernhard Buettner a écrit :

> (1) Allow searching by QTH locator in Check Partial and/or N+1 windows.

(snip)

I understand it's not exactly what you're looking for, but you can 
already enter a locator (or a partial - no wildcard allowed) in the 
callsign field and Shift+F10 to find logged callsign with that locator. 
But you already probably know this as it is the equivalent to search a 
callsign from a given "zone" for the HF contests.

> (2) Callsign/locator data for QSOs that were not completed entered into
> the band map would be kept in a cache. E.g. I hear station HG6X on
> 144.035 and copy his QTH as KN08FX. I enter that call into the band map.
> I observe the signal for a while and return to that station 20 minutes
> later. Now, when clicking on the spot, WT would automatically fill in
> callsign AND QTH locator previously copied. Today I have to make notes
> on paper to make sure I'll have the QTH locator in case of QSB during
> the QSO.

Actually, it already works when the spot is "alive" (meaning it doesn't 
disappear from the bandmap after its timeout expires). I'll check if 
it's possible to make it persistent, especially after a log reload...

> (3) The menu entry File | Update Database obviously has no function in a
> VHF contest. It would be great to update the DB from within Win-Test.
> After all, we tend to work the same stations from QTH over and again.
> Bug seems to be open on flyspray since a long time.

I just tried, and it obviously works for me ;-) Why do you think it has 
no function ? Have you compared the vhf.dtb before and after the command ?

Tnx for the report.

73

Larry - F6FVY

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