[PaQSO] Ontario to become 4 RAC mults.

[J. P. Fox, III]

If it's obsolete, then it's not good software. 

Enter the callsign/section the way you enter a mobile station as you log. Then, post-contest you edit your log to show the correction. 

Best Wishes,

JP, N3GWR

On Feb 26, 2012, at 5:13 PM, "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw at verizon.net> wrote:

> Mike,
> 
> Sorry I didn't respond sooner, I've been busy all weekend with the club
> hamfest.
> 
> I believe that the four new sections will be ON Ontario North, OE Ontario
> East, OS Ontario South, and as a complete surprise and change from the
> pattern, OW for Ontario West.
> 
> And for what it's worth... if the Canadian mults will be the RAC sections,
> then I'm in favor of the change.  
> 
> However, I agree that there are some practical and logistical concerns.
> Considering that the change occurs roughly 6 weeks before this year's
> contest, I would not object if the change was held off until the 2013
> contest to give software writers a chance to catch up, and for the Cabrillo
> 3 standard to be fully implemented in the contest.  With that in mind, if
> software will be ready and available with plenty of lead time to be
> distributed, then this isn't a problem.
> 
> I'm simply asking about this now, roughly 6 months ahead of time, so that
> there's plenty of time to notify people.  Of course, we'll still have
> surprises on the air, either way, but that can't be helped...
> 
> And I guess I'm never going to be able to go back to the KA3JWE package.
> Much as I enjoyed using the WB3W app these last couple of years, I hate to
> abandon good software.  But the app is obsolete, no reasonable chance of it
> being updated on the horizon, and that's that.
> 
> 73, ron w3wn
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Michael Coslo
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 7:09 PM
> To: paqso at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [PaQSO] Ontario to become 4 RAC mults.
> 
> 
> On Feb 25, 2012, at 4:30 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
> 
>> OK, since no one else has asked, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to
>> wonder, I'll ask:
>> 
>> Since the split will be effective prior to the 2012 contest:
>> 
>> Are we going to have four Ontario multipliers available in the 2012 Pa QSO
>> Party, or still have only one Ontario mult?
> 
> 
> I'm waiting to see what the  section abbreviations are.
> 
> I'm inclined to go to the new sections, but there are some considerations.
> 
> Some of our folks use some pretty august software that is no longer
> maintained by the writers. Perhaps it's time to upgrade.
> 
> We're going to Cabrillo 3 for the logs soon, I'd love to get all changes at
> once if possible.
> 
> - 73 d eMike N3LI -
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