Interesting. I"ve used call history files (sometimes shared for various events on the N1MM files website). Nice to type in a callsign and have exchange fields prefilled using the call history, though I listen really closely to see that the information this year is the same or if something changed. (Some events seems to have a lot more changes vs past years in the exchange than others.) Definitely a fun feature to have in a contest logger.
I hadn't thought about what you proposed, but it sounds like a great idea. Type in some uniquely identifying part of the exchange and then using a reverse lookup from the call history data have the callsign field prefilled. Nice. And I like the idea of showing multiple possibles just like SCP does when a partial callsign has been entered. +1 for trying out new ideas and innovations. Drew n7da On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 1:09 PM Martin Kratoska <mar...@ok1rr.com> wrote: > > Hi Tom & al, > > a nice addition to the tlf would be the reverse call lookup. Assumed > that a Club contest where a part of exchange is the membership number > and the user has an initial exchage file, the membership number preceded > with a dedicated character (# in this example) written into Call field > will cause the Call field will be filled with the Call and the initial > exchange will appear as a prefill in the exchange field. > > It may seem unclear and complicated, better would be an example: > FOC Marathon (exchange is RST and Membership number), there is also an > initial exchange (present in the directory) like this: > ... > LA3FL,1480 > N2UU,1483 > SM6BGA,1484 > G4BUO,1486 > N4UB,1490 > VK6LW,1492 > OQ3R,1493 > K2SG,1494 > KN0V,1496 > ... > > When I hear exchange with membership number 1492 I can write #1492 into > Call field (# is the dedicated character), the text #1492 will be > replaced with call VK6LW when the dupe check is performed (with spacebar > or so). > > This can save sometimes a lot of time, namely when the contestant takes > the event more like a party than a contest, ie. his QSO is longer > because he gives out something more than a bare exchange. > > If more callsigns are assigned to a particular member (here VK6LW can be > also VK6T,1492) the first call (as ordered in the initial exchage file) > appears in the Call field and other (alternative) calls should appear in > the SCP list. > > Of course, a number WITHOUT the dedicated character should be > interpreted as frequency to that the radio should be tuned. Example: > 1833 typed into Call field should tune the radio to 1833 kHz, #1833 will > NOT tune but DJ4KW will appear in the Call field. > > Any ideas? > > 73, > Martin, OK1RR >
