[OhQP-mail] multi operator loging help with serial numbers

[Hank Greeb]

Richard:

It sounds like the folks who wrote the current rules have no conception 
of how most multi-multi stations are set up and operated. Maybe they 
should ask how a "typical" multi multi station is set up for bands and 
modes.

Setting up for a networked version of N1MM, for example, takes someone 
skilled in the art of reading hieroglyphics (though the last tutorial I 
saw seemed close to "normal English") to set it up for contesting, and a 
second genius who know about computer networking to set up the special 
network it requires. Once you get something like that set up, though, 
N1MM networked mode works likes a champ.

73 DE n8xx Hg

On 7/7/2012 1:25 PM, Richard Lang ford KS8LCD wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a question regarding multi operator and multi mode logging
>
> Current our club is using the N3FJP software suite for event loggings,
>
> We have download and installed the latest state QSO Party logging 
> software from there site.
>
> I sent him an email regarding the NON Network abilities with his 
> program for state QSO parties in hopes he had an easy less confusing 
> answer to Multi Operator and or Multi Modes on a band. See below
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> : Hi Rick,
>
> Thanks for your e-mail. Right now, I have network versions coded for 
> six of my contesting programs. After the rewrite, I hope to have 
> network versions for all of them.
>
> Presently, other than Field Day, the stand alone versions of my 
> software are not designed to combine your log data. If you are very 
> careful, you can open each of your log.txt files in Notepad and then 
> copy and paste the data into a master file. Be very careful not to 
> introduce any extra carriage returns or formatting characters. You'll 
> want to double check the end of the file as that is where extra 
> carriage returns often appear. Of course, back up all your data before 
> your begin. This method will not check for duplicates.
>
> 73, Scott
>
> N3FJP
>
> http://www.n3fjp.com <http://www.n3fjp.com/>
>
> /Serving the Amateur Radio community with contesting and general 
> logging software since 1997./
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Langford KD8LCD <kd8lcd at kd8lcd.com 
> <mailto:kd8lcd at kd8lcd.com>>
> To: snkdavis <snkdavis at aol.com <mailto:snkdavis at aol.com>>
> Sent: Wed, Jul 4, 2012 7:18 pm
> Subject: state QSO party question
>
> Hello Scott
>
> The Field day software worked well, we are registered club: call sign 
> W8AJT
>
> We are going to do the Ohio state QSP Party coming up in august, so I 
> installed the software on my computer to see how it works, at first I 
> had the 1,7 version and noticed on the site 1.9 was available so I 
> grabbed and installed it. But I’m still at a loss regarding using the 
> software with a Multi Op environment.
>
> The FD Network version allows you to set a path or map to a shared 
> directory for access to the database or adif file for the other 
> stations nothing like that in the state QSO software?
>
> So I figured not a big issue we can import and export, well that 
> doesn’t seem to be an option either, wait even if it was it might be a 
> problem since there is a serial number involved with the outgoing 
> exchange.
>
> So how can we track serial number assignment to qso’s
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Scott answer seems okay to a point
>
> But now regarding the rules as you have posted on the site:
>
> /*Bands & Modes*/*:
> CW and SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters. Stations may be worked 
> once per mode on each band; i.e. K8MAD may be worked on both 40 CW and 
> 40 SSB for point credit. Each station may be contacted 10 times (once 
> per each of the 5 bands and once per mode on each band).*
>
> *MULTI OPERATOR: Entries where more than one operator performs the 
> operating and logging functions or stations that use Skimmer*. 
> Multi-operator entries may employ multiple transmitters simultaneously 
> and are not categorized by power. All multi operator entries are 
> classified as mixed mode.*
>
> **
>
> /Exchange/:
>
> *Taken from your Ohio QSO party rules:*
>
> **
>
> ·*//**/Multi-op stations who can't maintain sequential serial numbers 
> regardless of band/mode shall give serial numbers by band mode (75m 
> ssb 1-# 75m ssb qsos, 80m cw 1-# 80m cw qsos, 40m ssb 1-# 40m ssb 
> qsos, 40m cw 1-# 40m cw qsos and so on...)./**//*
>
> *//*
>
> I am really confused regarding the above can anyone provide some 
> examples possibly
>
> For instance if we were to run say 3 stations 1 on 20 Phone, 1 on 10 M 
> phone and a 40M CW station..
>
> ????????
>
> Next how about 20M phone and a 40 meter Phone and a CW station
>
> Or 2 phone and a CW
>
> I get the part about each station tracking spate serial numbers? That 
> is understand, what is confusing is: */(75m ssb 1-# 75m ssb qsos, 80m 
> cw 1-# 80m cw qsos, 40m ssb 1-# 40m ssb qsos, 40m cw 1-# 40m cw qsos 
> and so on...)./**//*
>
> *//*
>
> *//*
>
> */What is the exchange we give ??? or have I made this harder than 
> need be,/*
>
> */Do we just operate each station independently assigning serial 
> numbers as each station goes, than at the end I combine the output 
> files? If so the serial numbers are screwed up then/*
>
> *//*
>
> */Any examples using a multi operator mixed mode exchange would really 
> be helpful./*
>
> */Sorry if I have made this more confusing then need be, just want to 
> get it correct beforehand so all the members of our group understand/*
>
> *//*
>
> *//*
>
> Any help greatly appreciated
>
> *//*
>
> Rick
>
> KD8LCD
>
> for W8AJT
>
>
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