[Ham-Mac] fldigi BARTG S&P Exchange Macro

[Dick Kriss]

On Mar 16, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Dick Kriss wrote:

> What's wrong with this simple exchange macro for S&P for use in the BARTG RTTY contest?
> 
> <TX>
> <CALL> QSL 599 <CNTR> <ZT> <MYCALL> TU
> <RX>
> 
> It sends the station's call,  ACKs the report received with the QSL, sends the correct exchange, gives your call and turns it back to the CQ station.
> 
> I don't understand the need for the more complicated macro using a script.
> 
> Dick AA5VU
> 

I have revised my S&P macro again for the BARTG contest to:

<TX>
<CALL> QSL 599 <CNTR> <XBEG> <QSOTIME> <XEND> <MYCALL> TU
<RX>


The two big changes were to ditch the <ZT> because it appends a Z so I used <QSOTIME>.  

The other change was based on a reminder from Keith, G6HNU, to use <XBEG> and <XEND> commands.  Note I used them on either side of the <QSOTIME> to be sure my Exchange is logged such that the Cabrillo format will be correct. 

In the Fldigi Configuration/UI/Contest pane I have checked the RST always 599 and will have to Reset the SN counter each time I quit restart fldigi.

I hope this posting is useful to someone other than me

73 Dick AA5VU