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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear WT development team,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the RDXC rules stipulate a 10-minutes-rule in the
multi op classes. My understanding of the 10-minutes-rule is that you *must*
stay at least for 10minutes on any chosen band before you may qsy to - more
precisely transmit - on any other band, unless you work on another
band respectively other bands one or more new multiplier(s). Furthermore it
is my understanding that the 10 minutes period starts from the moment I have
logged the first contact on another band, irrespective of whether that first
contact has been a new multiplier or not, i.e. if I have worked 4 new
multipliers on a new band within say 6 minutes and then work on that same band
another station which is not a new multiplier, then I am only compelled to stay
on that new band for another 4 minutes and not for 10 minutes.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let's analyse what happens in WT V 3.8.6 and
compare the results to what I believe should have happened in the status
window:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>QSO Band
Time Call DX Obl
"QSY" in "QSY"
in
Remarks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>number
status WD
status WD</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
actual
expected</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1
20 00.00
UA9A C
O 10:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>2
20
00.01 UA3A C O 9:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>3
20 00.02 DL1A
C 8:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4
20
00.03 I3A
C 7:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5
20 00.04
EA8A C 6:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>6
20
00.05 RV1Z
O 5:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>7
20 00.06
DL1B
4:00 4.00</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>8
20 00.07
UA3C 3:00
3.00 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>9
15 00.08 UA9A
C
O 10:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>10
15 00.09 DL1C
C 9:00 nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>11 15
00.10 OZ1A
C 8:00 nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>12
15 00.11
DL1D ////
FAULT
I only spent 7 minutes on 20m instead of the required min 10 minutes; QSO does
not count for me!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>13 20
00:12
I3B
10:00 2.00 minutes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>14
20 00:13 EI7M
C 9.00
1.00 minutes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>15
20 00:14
DL1E 8.00
nothing
The10 minutes on 20m are over; I am free to qsy to wherever I want. WT says
I need to stay</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>16 15
00.15 I3C
C 10:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>17 15
00.16 I3D
9:00 9.00
minutes </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>18 10
00.17 I3D
C 10:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>19 10
00.18 UA9A C
O 9:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>20 15
00:19
F5A C 10:00
8.00 minutes Since I have already spent 2 minutes on 15
for QSOs 16 and 17</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>21 40
00.20 DL1A
C 10:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>22 40
00.21
I3A C 9:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>23
15 00.22 EA8A
C
10:00 7.00
minutes Yes, it's a new multi, but the base band
is 15 where I have not yet completed the 10 minutes
stretch </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>24 10
00.23 DL1A
C 10:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>25 10
00.24
DL1F 9:00
FAULT
I only spent 3 minutes on 15 in this 15m-session; QSO does not count for
me</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>26 40
00.25 F5A
C 10:00
nothing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Discussion of results: (a) It is a matter of taste,
whether the counter should be visible as long as there is no problem. I would
prefer not to see it as long as everything is ok, but the way it works is also
ok. For the first 11 QSOs the results are as expected. The fault in QSO number
12 is correctly detected by WT, however, I get the full 2- point-credit for
the QSO, which I believe is a mistake, since number 12 is an "illegal" QSO. (b)
For QSO number 13 the counter should not start all over again at 10 minutes,
since I have not correctly completed the first session on 20m, i.e. in my mind
the counter should continue to count for only another 2 minutes left over from
the previous 20m session. It appears to me that the faulty QSO number 12
wipes out whatever happend before, which I believe not to be correct. Following
that logic, the timing attached to QSOs number 14 and 15 is wrong (c)
QSOs 16 to 19 are ok, but again, I don't see a reason, why the counter starts at
10 minutes for QSO number 20, since I have just been on 10m in order to work
multis only. In other words: "Basically" I am still on 15m and therefore the
counter should continue to monitor my 15m activity only. (d) QSOs number 21 and
22 are ok, but again for the very same reason I disagree to the reset of the
timer for QSO number 23; "basically" I am still on 15m....(e) QSO number 25 is
not a new multiplier, therefore - since I have not yet spent the required 10
minutes for the second 15m session, QSO number 25 in my mind is "illegal" and
should not be credited with any points, however, it's neither marked as faulty
nor is the 2-point credit withdrawn by WT (f) QSO 26 is ok.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From the above I can only conclude that either my
understanding of the "10-minutes-rule" is wrong or that the implementation of
the "10-minutes-rule" into WT is faulty.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anybody help me with the correct understanding
of the "10-minutes-rule" and subsequently - should my understanding be correct,
respectively should the consensus be different from what has been implemented in
WT - could the WT-development-team please correct the implementation
until Friday??</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance de Rudy, DJ3WE</FONT></DIV>
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