[WT-support] Win-Test and contest numbers

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Nick F5VIH/SV3SJ <f5vih at sinanis.com>wrote:

> ask CQWW to restore numbering per station, and not numbering per band as
> it occurred after the last rule change? CQWW is using sophisticated
> statistic tools to find cheaters, that can easily handle multiple serial
> number sequences per band.


You mean numbering per computer, rather than per band?

Well, then it is possible that the 15m RUN computer could be sending
numbers above 1000, while the 15m MUL computer is sending numbers below 200
at the same time?  I think that would cause much more confusion on the air
than the occasional duplicate serial number, or small serial number gap.
 One might conclude that there are two completely different stations on the
air using the same callsign by mistake (or that one is a pirate station).

Getting back to Win-Test, the serial no. situation is not just a problem at
big multi-multi's; the SO2R operator attempting to interleave two QSOs can
also get into the situation where the serial no. sent on both Radio 1 and
Radio 2 is the same, but the second QSO entered will get logged as if QSO
number + 1 was sent (when it was not).

73,
Bob, N6TV
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