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<FONT size=3>Tom,</FONT><BR>
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<FONT size=3>Its only a few more keystrokes BUT when you face the issue nearly 3000 times (my W qsos) during the contest as I did this past weekend, and add into the mix some amount of sleep deprevation, it becomes a HUGE ISSUE in terms of logging accuracy. So those 6000 or so extra keystrokes for me were not trivial.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT size=3>I second Nigel's suggestion....make the CTY_WT_MOD.DAT the default even if its not perfect. </FONT><BR>
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<FONT size=3>John P40W aka W2GD</FONT><BR>
<FONT size=3><BR></FONT><BR>> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:46:04 +0000<BR>> From: t.wylie@ntlworld.com<BR>> To: support@win-test.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [WT-support] Zone changing....not necessary!<BR>> <BR>> Personally I never believe the CTY files and check each zone <BR>> as it comes in. The problem arrives mainly in the USA <BR>> where they have made a bollox of their callsigns so that a <BR>> W6 may well be in New York etc.<BR>> <BR>> I make changes manually to the Zone if necessary as I go <BR>> along checking the zone each time. I never rely on the CTY <BR>> files, guys move around all the time...<BR>> <BR>> Its only a couple of key strokes more.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Tom<BR>> GM4FDM<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Nigel G3TXF wrote:<BR>> > Hello Win-Test users,<BR>> > <BR>> > Yes, I was also 'correcting' the incoming zone for virtually every W this<BR>> > weekend. But it was entirely my fault!<BR>> > <BR>> > I had not realised that there was a choice of Country Files, until Boris<BR>> > T93Y kindly mentioned it on here during the Contest. [But even after reading<BR>> > Boris' message I did not dare change the Country File myself during the<BR>> > contest for fear of messing up my log!]<BR>> > <BR>> > Wouldn't the answer be to make the CTY_WT_MOD.DAT the default Country File?<BR>> > <BR>> > We could then forget about the other two. Uploading the latest version of<BR>> > this file from within Win-Test is just so easy.<BR>> > <BR>> > While I am on, I'd like to say that Win-Test once again added significantly<BR>> > to the fun of the contest, even though I was giving myself extra work in<BR>> > changing so many incoming Zones, by using the wrong Country File!<BR>> > <BR>> > 73 - Nigel G3TXF<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Isn't perhaps the answer to this<BR>> > problem to make the<BR>> > ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> > From: "Mikhail Bondarev" <rl3bm@rl3bm.ru><BR>> > To: "I4UFH HRS" <support@win-test.com><BR>> > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:06 PM<BR>> > Subject: Re: [WT-support] Problem with zone guessing in 3.16<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >> Hi there!<BR>> >> I don't had any problems using WT 3.17.0 in CQWW SSB exept some wrong<BR>> >> zone numbers for Asiatic Russia (17 instead 18 etc..), but it seem to<BR>> >> me this is a problem of a new CTY file.<BR>> >><BR>> >> 73, Mike RL3BM<BR>> >><BR>> >>> I had the same problem with WT 3.16. But after you enter the<BR>> >>> full call, if you move over to the zone field and press Ctrl-W or<BR>> >>> Ctrl-K to clear it, then press the space bar a couple times, WT<BR>> >>> will usually fill in the correct zone.<BR>> >>> 73,<BR>> >>> Bob, N6TV<BR>> >><BR>> >>> On 10/30/07, 4O3A <yt6a@cg.yu> wrote:<BR>> >><BR>> >>> I had the same problems as Tonno. It was very frustrating to<BR>> >>> know that you have to type correct zone almost on every W's and<BR>> >>> UAs.<BR>> >>> 73<BR>> >>> Ranko<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >> _______________________________________________<BR>> >> Support mailing list<BR>> >> Support@win-test.com<BR>> >> http://www.f5mzn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Support mailing list<BR>> > Support@win-test.com<BR>> > http://www.f5mzn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Support mailing list<BR>> Support@win-test.com<BR>> http://www.f5mzn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support<BR><BR><br /><hr />Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! <a href='http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us' target='_new'>Get 'em!</a></body>
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