[amsat-bb] Incorrect statistics.

16 Mar 2008


      Igor ... if either you, or any one of your friends could write a similar program for AO-7 I would support and promote it.
There are a couple of other AO-7 logs doing the rounds but they can't compare.
The great advantage of Emily's pages is that it is *MORE* than a mere log, the statistical information for what is among the oldest working equipment in space  (!!!) is a tremendous resource ... but unfortunately, due to accumulative errors, the statistics over time will be incorrect.
Actually, I'm rather surprised Amsat doesn't use this information more ... to it's advantage.
Countless reminders and plea's re: filling out the log have *NOT* helped. I can only assume some of it is being done deliberately - which says a *LOT* about the intelligence of people.
73 John.   la2qaa@amsat.org
To: eu-amsat@yahoogroups.com
From: rw3xl@yandex.ru
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:53:32 +0000
Subject: [eu-amsat] Re: [amsat-bb]  ATTENTION !!! the AO-7 log 'CQ' chaps.
Hello!
Copyright for programm, but not for QSO entries, John... :)
All data is imported and ready with a blank as a divider of fields in
my flash-drive.
--- In eu-amsat@yahoogroups.com, John Hackett <archie.hackett@...> wrote:
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Hi Ed,
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        Good idea !! ... yes it could ... but the problem is

getting hold of Emily (N1DID, ex: W0EEC) who wrote the program ... I
respect the copyright laws and can't change anything without her
permission.
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Have a good day Ed.
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73 John.   <la2qaa@...>
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Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:44:50 -0800
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To: la2qaa@...
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From: kl7uw@...
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb]  ATTENTION !!! the AO-7 log 'CQ' chaps.
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john,
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Frustrating, I'm sure.  I am wondering if the log entry program can
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be modified to reject any input including the word "CQ"?  If those
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sending in the CQ reports got repeaded blocks to their entries,
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perhaps they would give up?  ...and save your sanity ;-)
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my 2cents!
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At 12:49 AM 3/15/2008, you wrote:
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CQ does *NOT* belong in the QSO pane of the AO-7 log. That pane is
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for 'actual' QSO's ... 'CQ' might be valid in the COMMENTS field
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though I doubt if anyone is interested that somebody called CQ.
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The following "instruction" is in fact on the same page as the log
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entry page but here seems to be difficulty with English speaking
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stations *NOT understanding the (quote) "If you need to change an
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entry you have made, click on the magnifying glass to review the
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record ,then click the update link (unquote).
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Presumably, after several requests on the bb's for a little more
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dilligence in filling out the log it's quite likely that it's being
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done deliberately, which is about on par with the VFO swisher
intelligence
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(or should one say, lack of).
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It has been suggested that these stations might not read the bb's ...
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point taken - but surely they have eyes? ... and can read their own
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entries? ... (as well as the sentence at the top of the page).
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There is *ALWAYS* an excuse for human error ... but the same error
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consistently ... well ... you know as well as everyone else ...
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As I mentioned previously, regarding 'statistics' - if they're not
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collated correctly, the results will be incorrect ... in that case,
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what is the point in filling out the log in the first place ??.
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Pardon me for trying to preserve a very useful resource.
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73 John.   <la2qaa@...>
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