Hi Ed, 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.

Have a good day Ed.

73 John. la2qaa@amsdat.org ....................................................................................................

Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:44:50 -0800 To: la2qaa@amsat.org From: kl7uw@acsalaska.net Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ATTENTION !!! the AO-7 log 'CQ' chaps.

john,

Frustrating, I'm sure. I am wondering if the log entry program can be modified to reject any input including the word "CQ"? If those sending in the CQ reports got repeaded blocks to their entries, perhaps they would give up? ...and save your sanity ;-)

my 2cents!

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 for 'actual' QSO's ... 'CQ' might be valid in the COMMENTS field though I doubt if anyone is interested that somebody called CQ.

The following "instruction" is in fact on the same page as the log entry page but here seems to be difficulty with English speaking stations *NOT understanding the (quote) "If you need to change an entry you have made, click on the magnifying glass to review the record ,then click the update link (unquote).

Presumably, after several requests on the bb's for a little more dilligence in filling out the log it's quite likely that it's being done deliberately, which is about on par with the VFO swisher intelligence (or should one say, lack of).

It has been suggested that these stations might not read the bb's ... point taken - but surely they have eyes? ... and can read their own entries? ... (as well as the sentence at the top of the page).

There is *ALWAYS* an excuse for human error ... but the same error consistently ... well ... you know as well as everyone else ...

As I mentioned previously, regarding 'statistics' - if they're not collated correctly, the results will be incorrect ... in that case, what is the point in filling out the log in the first place ??.

Pardon me for trying to preserve a very useful resource.

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73, Ed - KL7UW BP40iq, 6m - 3cm 144-EME: FT-847, mgf-1801, 4x-xp20, 185w http://www.kl7uw.com AK VHF-Up Group NA Rep. for DUBUS: dubususa@hotmail.com

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