[NLRS] Rovermania VII (aka UHF contest)

[Paul Husby]

This is a known problem when using Internet Explorer.  The instructions to
get around it have been in the top line printed in red on the rover tab
since before the June contest.

-W0UC

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Donn - WA2VOI/0 <wa2voi at mninter.net> wrote:

>
>
> Hi John.
>
> Just curious... what browser and level(s) of that browser are you using ?
>  I
> just tried w/Firefox 3.6.3 & XP home w/ no difficulties.  How about browser
> settings and or plug-ins ?  Any "unusual" settings or additional plug-ins ?
>  How
> about your firewall ?  Virus protection ?  We tend to forget about some of
> these, but they can really screw up some applications that truly are
> interactive
> (like the spreadsheet).
>
> Again, just curious.
>
> 73 Donn
> WA2VOI/0
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John P. Toscano" <tosca005 at tc.umn.edu>
> To: <w0zq at aol.com>
> Cc: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] Rovermania VII (aka UHF contest)
>
>
> >
> >
> > w0zq at aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> I should mention that this spread sheet is both BOTH fixed stations and
> for
> >> rovers - rovers would be a bit lonely without our friends and visa
> versa.
> >> When you clink on the link, you should get a spread sheet.  On the
> bottom
> >> left side there is a selection for either the Rover page or the Fixed
> Station
> >> page, just like tabs in Excel.
> >>
> >> Rovermania is for fixed stations AND for rovers!
> >>
> >>
> https://spreadsheets0.google.com/ccc?key=tjtonXez1qc1USDj7PWKCaw&hl=en#gid=0
> >>
> >> 73, Jon
> >> W0ZQ
> >
> > Jon:
> >
> > I tried this link from several computers under several versions of
> > Windows (XP through Vista) and always had the same unsatisfactory
> > result. The spreadsheet came onto my screen, but before I could do
> > anything with it, a dialog box popped up telling me that I was looking
> > at a preview of a new version of Google Spreadsheets. No matter how I
> > tried, I could not dismiss the dialog boxes that kept popping up, so I
> > could not use or even read the spreadsheet. What a bummer.
> >
> > This was the only solution I could find:
> >
> > With the unusable spreadsheet in a browser window, look near the top
> > right corner, just below the toolbar. There are links to Old Version,
> > Documents Settings, and Sign In.  Memorize the position of the "Old
> > Version" link.
> >
> > Close the unusable browser window.
> >
> > Click on the link that brings up the Rovermania spreadsheet once again,
> > and as quickly as you can, hit that "Old Version" link. If you are quick
> > enough, and manage to beat the pop-up dialog boxes, you will have forced
> > it into "Old Mode" before it can get itself into an infinite loop that
> > tries to brag about it being the new (Beta test) version. At this point,
> > you should be good to go.
> >
> > I hope that helps some of you who have not yet entered any data. It
> > looks like it will be slim pickings, unless the Beta Test Bug has been
> > preventing folks from entering their info. If that's the case, I
> > encourage you all to get your info into the spreadsheet so everyone can
> > get as much enjoyment as possible out of the upcoming contest.
> >
> > Sadly, I will be unable to join you this year while I recover from
> > surgery. Hopefully, next time...
> >
> > 73 de W0JT
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