[Tlf-devel] Re: Navy contest.

[rein couperus PA0RCT]

Hello David,

I have been analysing the rules for the Portugese Navy contest.

I can see no way to get tlf ready for this in the time given, as a set of 
totally new multipliers have to be written.
This means the scoring will not work. The points would be o.k.(with a trick), 
but not the mults. I also think 8 different points and 8 different multiplier 
values are a bit much for 1 contest... 
Tlf could help you with the following:
- flag the key stations in the log so you can find them afterwards
- show the time you last worked the station (you can work each station again 
after 1 hour...)

For the last one I wrote a new parameter (SHOW_TIME) which, when set will 
replace the qso number in the search window with the time. That way you can 
see if you are able to work the stn again. This will be in version 0.8.21

For the first one, flagging the key stations in  the log,  what I would do is 
the following trick:
Before the contest log all key stations on 160 meters (you can not work 160 
meters in this contest anyway) with an exchange like "KEY".
With the editor you can change the last log line to 0000, and after a restart 
tlf will start with 0001. The calls are now in the database. After the 
contest you remove these lines with the editor... 

If you now work a key station you can see it in the search window, and if you 
set RECALL_EXCHANGE, "KEY" will  appear in the log, which makes it easier to 
do the scoring by hand. (Of course you could also write a PERL script to 
calculate the score form the tlf log.....)

That is all I can do now. I am busy with a major rewrite of tlf, which will 
make it  (hopefully) a lot easier to program new features. But this will take 
most of 2003....

But I understand you were interested in running the king of spain contest 
anyway, as it is on the same weekend ? In any case tlf is ready for that 
one...

73, Rein PA0RCT

P.S.: this is the most crazy set of rules I have ever come across. I think 
they were made so no computer program could do it. (Or do you know a program 
that can?) I will keep this as a future goal for tlf...

On Monday 05 May 2003 12:16, you wrote:
> rein couperus PA0RCT wrote:
> >Hi David, hope you are well...
> >
> >On Saturday 03 May 2003 13:26, you wrote:
> >>73 Rein and hope all fine.
> >>
> >>During weekend 17/18 of May, here will be a contest from our Portuguese
> >>Navy, contest will be in SSB and CW. I belong to Portuguese Air Force
> >>but want to participate in CW.
> >>As attach i send some rules, so my question is if it is possible you
> >>change TLF to work in this contest.
> >
> >I will look into it in the coming week.... I think it is possible...
> >
> >>Sorry for my bad english in html doc, any doubt pse send email.
> >>
> >>Best regards and till next time.
> >>
> >>CT1DRB
> >>David Quental
> >>
> >>PS: in site i saw doc from tlf-0.8.20 but no source file, any problem???
> >
> >Yes, I wanted to upload an update today, but I am still debugging the link
> > to hamlib-1.1.4.... tlf can read the freq 1x, and can not write the qrg
> > to the tx... trying to find out what was changed.....
> >
> >Rein PA0RCT
>
> Hello Rein.
>
> Here it is an attach, in better english i hope hi, from the navy contest
> 17/18 May.
>
> Hope it can help more.
>
> Best 73.
>
> CT1DRB
> David Quental

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