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WriteLog Version 9
Revision History

Version 9.23 March 1999

New and Improved

bulletAdded support for PSK-31.
bulletUpdated WPX scoring to accommodate rule changes for 1-point in country QSOs.
bulletAdded PK-232 and KAM support for TncInit
bulletAdded LptABSense entry to writelog.ini file.
bulletAdded LineInIndexOverride INI entry to override WriteLog’s choice of Line In for sound board mixers.

Fixed

bulletFixed intermittent problem with network startup.
bulletMake network retry one time when a connection drops out.
bulletMoved Edit Sort Order menu entry to Setup Sort order and serial numbers
bulletFixed failure to save summaries in TXT format in BARTG.
bulletFixed clipping of left edge of multiplier names in some Contest Show Multipliers screens.

 

Version 9.22 February 1999

New and Improved

bulletSupport for Minnesota QSO party.
bulletImproved WinRTTY weak signal copying ability.

Fixed

bulletFixed: if you started a RTTY window from WriteLog and then closed it, ALT+K would not bring up a CW window anymore.
bulletWhen typing in a split frequency, validate it against band edges and refuse to set the split out of band.
bulletWhen setting a split calculated from a packet spot, validate it against band edges and don't use it if out of band.
bulletIf a contest has per-band multipliers that don't depend on the call sign,use previously logged QSOs with that call on other bands to flag multipliers.
bulletThe reports introduced in 9.21 only totaled CW QSOs for multi-mode contests.
bulletFixed problem introduced in 9.21 that resulted in sometimes showing the serial number 65535.
bulletCQ 160m needs a 2 character column for points (10 point QSOs)

Version 9.21 January, 1999

bulletAdded statistics reports.  Hourly breakdown, QSOs by Continent, QSOs by Country.
bulletAdded support for Florida QSO party.
bulletUpdate CTY files to Oct 27, 1998
bulletEdit time on/off would refuse to remove a calculated time off once entered in the log.
bulletThe flash of the net gab display advertised in the previous release was missing and is in this release.
bulletRight click on the column title buttons in the Entry Window aborts any transmission in progress.
bulletAdd Abort Transmission to the menu popup you get with right click in RTTY window.
bulletIn the packet spot window, selecting a spot and typing the DELETE key removes it from the window.
bulletAdded INI entry for reversing the sense of the PTT output on an LPT port.
bulletCompute spot message using only QSOs logged from this computer—ignore networked computers.
bulletUpdated the Frequency Correction dialog to allow editing split frequencies.
bulletAdd INI entry to make the "COUNTRY" and "C" fields NOT show up in the prompt by default.
bulletSetting up a timed CQ does not automatically start a CQ.
bulletCorrectly honor a decimal point when setting split.
bulletAdded ability to adjust colors in super check partial.
bulletRate window has a right-mouse pop up to allow changing between all band and single band rates.
bulletFor Icom rigs, set the passband width back to whatever it last was read when setting a mode and frequency.
bulletWinRTTY AFSK now transmits a short (~200msec) spacing signal at startup when running stereo on NT instead of nearly 2 seconds.
bulletAdded INI entry for Icom rig driver that forces the rig out of split mode when WriteLog did not set it to split.
bulletUpdate time on/off handling for NAQP for all 3 modes.
bulletFixed bug on automatically showing a time on/off when entering a new QSO after editing one more than 30 minutes old.

Version 9.20 December, 1998

bulletThe program Menus have been completely rearranged to make them easier to use.
bulletIf you edit the callsign of a QSO in the log, the country gets recalculated automatically.
bulletWill not accept logging a callsign without a digit.
bulletWhen changing modes, change the default RST without requiring the Entry Window to be cleared first.
bulletWK1 export enhanced to support easy construction of pivot tables in Microsoft Excel.
bulletAdded support for managing time on/off.
bulletAdded TIME-OFF to ARRL file output for SS, ARRL 10M, RTTY Round up.
bulletFix on/off time display calculation when QSOs are logged out of time order.
bulletRTTY lockout last-one-wins works with CW, too. Especially good for single-op multi-radio.
bulletFlash the border of the net gab display when messages are added.
bulletFix W9XT card support for voice and also enable recording from within WriteLog.
bulletDisable LPT support on NT (used to crash if you tried to use it).
bullet%B processing in a message automatically adds the call to the bandmap.
bulletChange the color of sent serial number in Entry Window to blue. But also show it as gray if it has not been locked in for the log.
bulletIn two-radio operation, if an Entry Window is set inactive for 60 seconds, its serial number is unlocked.
bulletIf you type a Backspace with the cursor in the left most position in the Entry Window, the serial number is unlocked.
bulletSupport full two-radio operation on new sound boards that have separate mute switches on each input to the digitizer instead of the one-of-n multiplexer that older models have had.

Version 9.14 November, 1998

bulletAdded time on/off calculator and display in the Rates window.
bulletUpdated CTY files to match latest CT files.
bulletAdd QSX to outgoing packet spots when rig is split.
bulletAlphabetized Pennsylvania counties.
bulletFix PAQP and CQP file export to put a space between points and section.
bulletImprove font selection in Rttyrite.
bulletMake packet, Rttyrite, and writelog rig control never use flow control.
bulletAdd rig drivers for IC-746 and IC-736. Fix IC-756 handling of splits. Fix handling of splits for all Yaesu rigs.
bulletSome Yaesu rig drivers set PKT mode instead of RTTY mode if that’s what the driver read the last time it polled the rig.
bulletIncrease network transfer speed to about 500 QSOs/sec.
bulletMake WAV file processing detect differing wave formats when building a call sign or number message and abort the message rather than generating scrambled audio.
bulletIf you started the network and changed operators for the first time in a certain order, the OPERATOR column would not get repeated across the network properly.
Icom rig drivers return split state if PC set split state until rig is retuned.
bulletSet DVK PTT output to off on initialization.
bulletWhen saving the “Tools Return to Freq” from the rig, keep the old frequency if the rig is still at the location set previously by grabbing a packet spot.
bulletChanged “Shared Sound Board” to “Stereo Sound Board” to make it more obvious what’s going on.

Version 9.13F October, 1998

bulletAdd very simple way to append to a NOTES file.
bulletReduce the font size by 10% when printing.

Version 9.13E October, 1998

bulletWAV file transmission for SSB: handle spelling out calls with SLASH in them. Handle spelling out calls with Fn in them. Allow spelling out messages with %P and %F in them.

Version 9.13D  October, 1998

bulletAdd OPERATOR indicator to status window.
bulletDefault timeout of spots in packet window now 20 minutes and settable from INI file.

Version 9.13C October, 1998

bulletMostly bug fixes.
bulletAdded “Follow me” as an option to the band selector in the packet view so the packet window shows whatever band you are operating on. Also changes a couple of details about how the keyboard focus moves around for gab and packet spots.
bulletDo not accept logging a QSO with a ? in the CALL field.

Version 9.13B    October, 1998

bulletSupport logging Operator changes/wave file locations for multi-op in the new menu item Options Change Operators.
bulletAdded a Packet View with lots of fast features.

Version 9.13  October, 1998

bulletDumb TU was not working properly on Windows NT.
bulletMulti-transmitter lockout was not working properly on 2 radio w/1 computer.
bulletNetwork frequency display. A new view allows each station to see the frequency of all the other radios on the network. Each station can also add a display string for its radio.
bulletThe Entry Window responds to right mouse click with a menu.
bulletNetwork gab.
bulletBandmap knows about stations working split.
bulletFix bug in both California QSO Party and Pennsylvania QSO party for out-of-state entries. If you do a File Save and then later File Open the file, it has forgotten what contest it was for.

Version 9.12E, F, G, H September, 1998

bulletDiagnostics and bug fixes.
bulletIf you edit a QSO time while multiple QSOs are selected, offer to apply the time shift to all selected QSOs.
bulletAlso fix bug that sometimes caused a crash in WriteLog when running RTTY.

Version 9.12D September 1998

bulletMore bugs. Fix %I handling in messages
bulletFix “creeping windows” problem: every time you exit and restart the windows were growing one pixel.
bulletSave configuration had a selection box for starting a packet window on startup. That box was being ignored.
bulletThrottle the use of SuperCheck for slow computers.

Version 9.12C September 1998

bulletRTTY: fix crash that happens intermittently as RTTY exits.
bulletRTTY: Speed up the use of the super check database for color highlighting.
bulletVersion 9.12B September 1998
bulletRTTY: If a call is not preceded by “DE”, then highlight it only if it appears in the super check database.
bulletHighlight and click properly on calls that get wrapped around the edge of the window.

Version 9.12    September 1998

bulletAll resizeable windows now resize both when they are docked and when they are floating.
bulletFinally found the problem with rigs that won’t work unless you do a Port Setup every time you start.
bulletAsk the mode on “start a new log” and restrict the rig modes for: SS, NAS, NAQP, CQ160, ARRLDX.
bulletAdded Create Summary Sheet menu item for SARTG, JARTS, and VHF.
bulletAdded BARTG RTTY Sprint support.
bulletEliminated need to copy “ DE “ to detect call signs.
bulletUpdated the online help topics.

Version 9.11    August 1998

bulletPacket connect with Telnet
bulletPacket QSX handling
bulletPacket fix selecting CW spots in mixed mode contest.

Version 9.10D    August 1998

bulletStill trying to get WAE just right. This one makes the receive QTC dialog box more tolerant of typing ENTER at the wrong time.
bulletRestore behavior changed in 9.10C to previous behavior: Rtty window closes when the log window closes.

Version 9.10C    August 1998

bulletCount multipliers right for PA-to-PA QSOs when one is on county line.
bulletDefault the county files for PAQP and CQP to overstrike.
bulletFor WAE QTC dialogs, make the ENTER key commit everything in the dialog.
bulletMake TAB/SPACE in the entry window skip over any fields that you can’t edit (like the QTC field in WAE).

Version 9.10b July 1998

bulletAdded support for Pennsylvania QSO Party from inside and outside PA.
bulletImproved support for multi-mode contests, including CQP.
bulletBand up/down, Mode up/down now work better for multi-mode contests.
bulletMore effective startup dialog.

Version 9.10 July 1998

bulletSupercheck no longer updates when the callsign doesn’t change.
bulletGreat Circle display shows blank when sunrise/sunset are unknown.
bulletAFSK transmission on a sound board would crash because of a bug in some sound board drivers especially on Windows 98. This update works around the driver bug.
bulletUpdate WL_CTY.DAT to divide IARU zones up in W/K, VE, UA0.
bulletSupport SCS TNC.
bulletFix ADIF export problem for IARU, CQWW, ARRL DX (dx).
bulletSupport WAE contest for phone/CW for inside/outside Europe.
bulletIARU multiplier display upgrade.
bulletNAQP menu items fixed.
bulletFixed formatting in check call window.
bulletDetermine modes for VHF bands based on frequency and band plans.
bulletFixed bug where STO/RCL would save the transmitted serial number. It shouldn’t.
bulletFixed bug where RST would not be set to default if the RST field was set to be not visible in the Entry Window prompt.
bulletAdded right mouse click setup to search and pounce window.
bulletFixed merge running on a single machine.

V9.09  June 25, 1998

bulletDisplay score using localized display settings (puts commas/periods in scores >3 digits).
bulletAdded sunrise/sunset time to the Heading window. This will give you Gray Line for whatever call you have in the logging window. Click on the Heading window with the right mouse button to customize it. All fields are active by default. You can turn off the ones you don't want to see.
bulletRearrange the supercheck partial window geometry to fit more calls. Make it a bit faster.
bulletAdded FT-920 rig driver.
bulletThrottle timed CQ to the rate requested.
bulletForbid saving files to .WL extension unless its a file format WL can read (to keep folks from destroying their log files).
bulletAdd right mouse button context menu to speed up log view.
bulletFix WPX prefix calculation routine.
 

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