<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thankyou for this explanation Larry. I finally understand the issue. Sorry if I have appeared stupid but I simply did not understand. I do now.<div><br></div><div>73 Ian</div><div><br><div><div>On 4 Aug 2009, at 4August20:41, Laurent HAAS - F6FVY wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi<br><br>This will my only post on this (endless and recurring) topic...<br><br>Ian Maude a écrit :<br><br><blockquote type="cite">However, if space reserved the number, all those issues would be solved. <br></blockquote><br>Yeah... Certainly...<br><br>Study the short simulation below !<br><br>73<br><br>Larry - F6FVY<br><br>_________________________________________________________________________<br><br>We assume one RUN station and only one IN-BAND station.<br>We assume a perfect network.<br><br>T ! Stn RUN ! Stn IN-BAND<br>--!-----------------------------------------------------------------<br>1 ! Serial displayed : 001 ! Serial displayed : 001<br>2 ! CQ ! S & P<br>3 ! F6ABC replies to CQ !<br>4 ! I enter F6ABC <Space> !<br>5 ! So 001 is reserved ! Serial displayed : 002<br>6 ! I enter the QSO !<br>7 ! Serial displayed : 002 !<br>8 ! ! I find and enter ZD8Z <space><br>9 ! Serial displayed : 003 ! 002 is reserved<br>10! DL6ABC replies to CQ ! I call ZD8Z but not heard<br>11! I enter DL6ABC ! Ditto<br>12! Serial displayed : 004 ! Ditto<br>13! JA6ABC replies to CQ ! Ditto<br>14! I enter JA6ABC ! Ditto<br>15! Serial displayed : 005 ! Yeah ! I (finally) work him !<br>16! G6AA replies to CQ !<br>17! I enter G6AA !<br>18! Serial displayed : 006 ! I find and enter CU2A <space><br>19! ! Serial reserved : 006<br>20! Serial displayed : 007 ! I call CU2A (no reply)<br>21! ON6AA replies to CQ ! Ditto<br>22! I enter ON6AA ! Ditto<br>23! Serial displayed : 008 ! Ditto<br>24! EA4AA replies to CQ ! Finally CU2A is now QRT :-(<br>25! I enter EA4AA ! (F11)<br>26! Serial displayed : 009 ! Serial displayed : 009<br><br>Bottom line :<br><br>My final time-ordered log looks like :<br><br>F6ABC 001<br>DL6ABC 003<br>JA6ABC 004<br>ZD8Z 002<br>G6AA 005<br>ON6AA 007<br>EA4AA 008<br><br>1/ Serial numbers are not sequential (see ZD8Z)<br>2/ Serials are missing : No 006...<br><br>End of the story.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Support mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Support@win-test.com">Support@win-test.com</a><br>http://www.f5mzn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>--</div><div>Ian J Maude, G0VGS<br>SysOp GB7MBC & HB9DRV-9 DX Clusters<br>Member RSGB, GQRP 9838, FISTS 14077 | K3 #455<br><a href="http://www.amateurradiotraining.org/">http://www.amateurradiotraining.org</a> <br></div></div></span></div></span> </div><br></div></body></html>