[WT-support] WinTest IOTA Setup and potential unsupported issue

[Michael Ruttenberg]

Larry

ALL RSGB HF contests (not VHF ones) allow self spotting in 2025. This may
continue in 2026. That is still to be decided.

Note that the UKEI contests listed on the RSGB HF Contest website listing
(UKEI DX CW in April and UKEI DX SSB in Nov) are NOT included in the rules
change.

Mike
G7TWC

On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 at 16:00, Stewart G4AFF <stewart at gm4aff.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the response Larry, all understood.
>
> Stewart Cooper G4AFF
> www.dxfc.org
>
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2025, at 15:46, Laurent HAAS - F6FVY wrote:
> > Hi Stewart
> >
> > Le 06/08/2025 à 16:36, Stewart G4AFF a écrit :
> >
> >>    - the IOTA reference for expedition stations is shown in the band
> map or Check Partial list? I know this was created by some good soul and
> available before the contest in the past. How to find it and install it? Is
> there an easy way I could build the file myself?
> >>    - the IOTA reference is automatically prefilled in the log entry
> line?
> >
> > As with other contests:
> >
> > Options / data files / Exchanges database...
> >
> > This will download the latest database from the Win-Test repo for the
> > contest in progress.
> >
> > Once installed, to "prefill", hit the spacebar or Tools / Data entry /
> > Exchange guessing / Automatically to fill "on the fly".
> >
> >
> >> When we tried to self-spot, which is permitted in the IOTA contest,
> WInTest crashed and the wtDXTelnet disconnected. Did we not have the latest
> version? We downloaded and installed on Thursday evening prior to the
> contest. Had this rule not been implemented before Thursday?
> >
> >
> > Actually, no one from RSGB informed us about this new rule.
> >
> > I implemented it in a rush after receiving a phone call from a
> > participant just five minutes before the contest started (!), and made
> > available a development version. Sorry, but I couldn't do any better...
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Larry - F6FVY
> >
> >
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