Contest - "Search previous QSO in this..."

[w3att]

Hi, can't get this feature to work. I keep duping guys! I have the contest all set up with the begin and end date/time in. It's keeping track of my qso's in the auto generate qso number.

When I tick the "Search previous qso in this contest only," I can punch in any qso that I've just made, but it will not alert me. When I un-tick it, it brings up any previous qso ever made.

Thanks

Brian

[IW3HMH]

Hi Brian, I will check this report tomorrow for issues.
Thanks for reporting

[NN7D]

Hi Guys. I have experienced the same thing today. When I have the "Search previous QSO in this contest only" checked, it will not find duplicates already worked with in the contest date/time parameters, or anytime for that matter.

If that is not checked, it will display any previous logged entries, regardless of dates, which is to be expected. So for now I am leaving that unchecked for the contest. Then I have to check the dates to confirm whether I have worked that station during the contest, or before.

Thanks guys!

Doug
W7DRM

[IW3HMH]

I've found a small "logical" flaw in this field.

I'm explaining:
i'm setting the query to DB using:

qsoDate >= date of contest start
TimeON >= time of contest start
qsoDate <= date of contest end
timeOFF <= time of contest end

Now, imagine a QSO made at 2014/03/15 at 12:00 ended the same day at 12:01

Contest starts: 09:00 of 2014/03/13
Contest ends: 10:00 of 2014/03/16

We have:
qsoDate (2014/03/15) >= contest start (2014/03/13) OK
TimeOn (12:00) > contest start time (09:00) OK
qsoDate (2014/03/15) >= contest end (2014/03/16) OK
timeOFF (12:01) <= contest end time (10:00) NO!

We all know that contest end time is related to the same END DATE, and the QSO is in the range, but this field (TimeOFF) is simply a TIME and this would cause troubles because this field, took as a single field, fails the query.

So i have REMOVED in the next version the TIME CHECKS.
Well, but what's happens if i make a QSO with a station, BEFORE contest start, in the same day?

Here we have a fields, already in place, that says: CONTEST (true/false).
This field is driven by the CONTEST MODE set in Log4OM. All contest qso are marked with field CONTEST = TRUE
The QSO made before contest start is NOT marked "CONTEST", so this will help us even without using hours.
In that case we suppose there are no 2 contests in the same date range... i think this cannot happens often...

Thanks for spotting this issue.

73
Daniele IW3HMH

[NN7D]

Thanks for addressing this Daniele! Next contest this coming weekend! But can make it work as long as we know the issue.

Thanks!

Doug
W7DRM

[IW3HMH]

I hope we will have new release in time for contest, if tests goes well (i probably release last beta Tomorrow)

73
Daniele

[NN7D]

Excellent. Would love to get it.

Thanks!
Doug