[WriteLog] Silly questions and headaches

Wed Aug 18 13:20:02 EDT 2004

In a message dated 8/18/2004 9:16:28 AM Mountain Daylight Time, oe3zk at aon.at 
writes:
Some changed settings are not saved when I exit the program i.e. "Enter
sends exch/QRZ" "This Window is RUN (A) Radio" or a changed FONT for the
Beam Heading setup does not hold after a new program start.
Pse help my headaches!
Gerhard, OE3ZK
P.S.: Finding out how to set the COMM Parameters for a TNC on COM1 and then
to write them directly in the writelog.INI file is not quite the state of
the art anymore....
Gerhard,

Let me see if I can assist you. I am in the office, and do not have WL 
available on a computer to look at, but let's see what I can suggest.

Now I'm really stuck in getting a proper CW QSO exchange for the RUN and
MULTI-Radio. i.e. when I set the contest parameters i.e. my zone 15 for the
cqwwcw, my zone is NOT sent in the RUN exchange only CALL and 5NN is sent.
Furthermore I cannot get the MULTI exchange working properly. I set the
A/B radios correctly to RUN and MULT. What I'm doing wrong or what I'm
ommiting?
Your CW QSO exchange is NOT picked up from the CONTEST PARAMETERS. You must 
program CW exchange messages into the SETUP CW MESSAGES for F1, F2, F3, etc. 
 For example, for CQWW CW you would program:

F1 CQ TEST DE OE3ZK OE3ZK K
F2 5NN 15
F3 TU OE3ZK
F4 OE3ZK
F5 %C
etc.

If you are unsure of all the commands for programming the CW messages, read 
the Help file. It explains them all.

Some changed settings are not saved when I exit the program i.e. "Enter
sends exch/QRZ" "This Window is RUN (A) Radio" or a changed FONT for the
Beam Heading setup does not hold after a new program start.
You must do two things to save all WL settings:
1.) SETUP CONFIGURATION - SAVE CONFIGURATION - This will save the Band Map, 
Packet Window and other settings (which ones I do not know) to boot up when 
you reboot WL.
2.) FILE SAVE - This will save other parameters in W, but exactly which 
ones, I am not sure. But it is a necessary step when you close WL.

P.S.: Finding out how to set the COMM Parameters for a TNC on COM1 and then
to write them directly in the writelog.INI file is not quite the state of
the art anymore....
When you set paraemeters in WL, they are saved automatically in 
writelog.ini. You will NOT have to go into writelog.ini to save any settings. 

As a matter of convenience, I keep a shortcut to writelog.ini on my desktop. 
 It makes it handy to quickly take a look at writelog.ini if I have any 
questions about its contents.
If you have not checked the K9JY website for WL information, please so do. 
It is a wonderful source of WL info.

Please let me know if I can assist further.

73, George, K5KG