[NLRS] Roverpack wow

[John P. Toscano]

Bruce Richardson wrote:
> 
> Oh boy!  According to the W0JT 10 GHz Excel Logger:
> 
> 346 QSO's
> 21 Uniques
> 68521 Distance points
> 70621 Total points
> 
> This is just first report. I need to go through all of it carefully looking
> for errors. I also want to compare BD2004 distances to the JT Logger
> distances.  My memory is that, although there are occasional 1km
> differences, combined over a contest they cancel out.

Bruce, let me know if the discrepancies are still there.  Version 
3.01-large, dated 09/24/05, should have the correct results now.  You 
can look at the "instructions" page to get the version number.  The 
other clue you have that you are using the corrected version is that 
when you go to start it up, you (probably) will get a question about 
enabling macros.  This is because the new version uses VBA (Visual Basic 
for Applications) code, shamelessly borrowed from KK6MK's excellent 
programming code for the GL program, to do all the bearing and distance 
calculations.  So it should run faster, and by using a non-spherical 
model of the earth, give the same results as BD (probably to within a 
tenth of a kilometer or better, but almost certainly with less than the 
former 1 Km errors sometimes seen with the old code).  And by the way, 
the errors with the old spherical model did not cancel out, when they 
occurred, they were always under-predictions, never over-predictions.

If there are still any problems, I'd like to know so I can work on 
ironing them out.

Oh, I forgot to mention...  Holy cow!  Only halfway into the contest and 
you already have 70% of your total score from last year, and only 
slightly less than 50% of the absolute top score from last year!!!!

I know I missed out on an extremely fun contest weekend.  Fortunately, I 
have no regrets, as my daughter's wedding was a pretty spectacular event 
also!  Keep up the good work everyone, and let's have as much fun on the 
second weekend, when I can join you!!!

73 de W0JT