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I am a registered used and I have paid for my copy.... however you
could make the code open source? Still charge for the binary release
though but if someone is able to add a useful option you could adopt
it... maybe? I am sure those that write software that is open will
happily inform you that they do not see any fall in income as if the
software is any good then it it supported.<br>
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I use win-test mostly in DX HF mode if I cannot find a contest I
want and use the notes section for exchanges. I find that covers
most of the non listed contest needs.<br>
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72<br>
Dom<br>
M1KTA<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15/01/13 22:13, Bob Wilson, N6TV
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAOmNKGJvxFZXhNJbBrZCxAB9e9TBtAaA+BYwmCF_McfOT_BVYg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:42 AM, James Balls <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:makidoja@hotmail.co.uk" target="_blank">makidoja@hotmail.co.uk</a>></span>
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Why not let interested 3rd parties write the template files
for Wintest if the author does not have the time.</blockquote>
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At present, Win-Test runs off of hard-coded contest logic in C or
C++ code. There are no template files. At one time, I believe
the developers thought about trying to support such a concept, to
allow for a "user-defined contest," perhaps via LUA script calls.
But it's much harder to do that you might think, and would
probably require major portions of the code to be rewritten.
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<div>One would have to think of every possible parameter for every
possible contest, and it's pretty difficult to come up with a
complete list. Contests also have subtle rules, unique
exchanges, strange multiplier lists, special Cabrillo
requirements, and other scoring and duplicate rules oddities.
It's very hard to "generalize" all variations to a simple
template that can support every possible contest rule that
anyone could ever conceive of.
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<div>Win-Test is a lot simpler than other loggers <i>because</i>
it is limited to major contests only (plus some minor contests
that are very similar to major ones, allowing for a quick
implementation).</div>
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<div>RTTY support was added somewhat late in the development of
Win-Test mainly to please the more casual RTTY operators, not
super serious RTTY competitors running multiple decoders
against the same audio.</div>
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<div>As for new contest support, it would be nice if priority
could be given based on which contest has the most
participants. I see that about 768 logs were submitted for
the 2012 BARTG RTTY contest, vs. 985 for the 2011 California
QSO Party.</div>
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<div>:-)</div>
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<div>73,
<div>Bob, N6TV</div>
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