[PaQSO] 2004 PARTY NEWS

[Dick S.]

I also agree with Kay & other postings about this......
In the past I used NA and would log an entry three times on first 
contact with said station. After that,
I would only log one of the counties on a repeat contact so as not to 
cause many logging problems in NA.
If I worked any operator on a county line station that was a new county, 
and another county I had worked
Previously, I would only enter the county I didn't have. After all, the 
log shows that we worked each other at
said time, and saves logging time on my part.
  
    However, with the logging programs now handling county lines with 
ease, I don't see the sense to it.
There programs out there that handle this is Writelog, KM3D, and , the 
one I use KA3JWE ( a free program ).
I will say that KA3JWE's support is excellent, and was always glad to 
hear about problems, and does
something about it. I don't know how N1MM contest logger ( another free 
progam ) handles the county lines.
Perhaps someone else could comment on this. I would have to say, let 
this change alone.

Dick, N3JYY

Kay Craigie wrote:

>Chuck wrote:
>THE CHANGE IS THAT EACH COUNTY LINE STATION'S COUNTY WILL NOW 
>BE CONSIDERED TO BE A SEPARATE QSO.  YOU WILL MAKE A SEPARATE LOG ENTRY
>FOR 
>EACH COUNTY AND BOTH THE MULTIPLIER AND QSO POINT(S) WILL COUNT FOR EACH
>
>COUNTY.  THE COUNTY LINE STATION WILL STILL GIVE ONLY ONE NUMBER FOR THE
>
>CONTACT AND THAT NUMBER WILL BE USED FOR ALL THE LOG ENTRIES FOR THAT 
>CONTACT. 
>
>If I have to log 2 or 3 separate QSO's for a county-line station that I
>work, do I send them 2 or 3 serial numbers from my own log? 
>
>If I have to send 2 or 3 serial numbers to a county-line station, then
>it's going to take me more time to complete a QSO (especially on CW),
>because I have to go to the next log line, enter the other station's
>callsign again, enter their serial number again, hit the function key
>again to send the additional exchanges. And if it's a 3-county line, I
>get to do this all this 3 times.
>
>If that's not the case, then I have not a clue how to enter 2 or 3 QSO's
>into my log but send them only 1 serial number of my own. Or do I just
>skip over the additional serial number(s) and send what comes naturally
>to the next station I work?
>
>Arggh.
>
>I know this change was well-intentioned and may help some people, but
>the program I use (WriteLog) handles the county-line stations just fine,
>and so for me it's going to create logging problems where none existed
>before.
>
>Frankly, for me this is a dis-incentive to call county-line stations,
>particularly on CW, unless I am desperate for a particular county
>multiplier.
>
>73 - Kay N3KN
>
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