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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>We have taken part in IOTA for many years
and as everyone says the Serial Number saga is a real pain. It was worse when
we used NA and if you held on too long to a QSO the small network buffer used
to overflow and then cause serial numbers out of sequence… now that was a
pain to sort although we wrote a small batch file which fixed things very
quickly. Then Win-test came along and that no longer became an issue as it all
sorted itself out. The reason that you get two serial numbers the same and it
can be demonstrated is when two stations press the ENTER button at exactly at
the same time. Regard worrying about it, why, as when it comes to log checking
as long as both stations have the same serial number then all is fine. The
checkers also are aware of the anomalies with serial numbers and accept there
could be one or two out….it happens. Maybe what needs to happen is that
the IOTA rules are changed to allow running on all bands at the same time, same
as CQWW and the people on an island give RST Island Reference Number. For those
not on an island give RST NI001 where NI = <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Non</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
I think also running on all bands at the same time gives the IOTA chasers the
opportunity in a 24 hour period the ability to contact maybe some rare islands
on all 5 bands…. Sad to say the last part will never happen as I have
asked for it in the past. Ok just my two pence worth…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<strong><b><font color=red face="Copperplate Gothic Bold"><span
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