Mistake in uploading Chaser Qso

Hello,
I just noticed that I1ABT had uploaded some of his chaser qso as an activator instead. That makes no difference for the “points” because of the 4 qso required are not; = 0 point.
But if i look at the historic of a summit (ie: F/AM-084) i can see first activated by F6HBI/p and I1ABT on the 12/07/2013.

I have send a mail to Bruno saying to delete all those entries.

To MT: Is there any mine to avoyed this kind of mistake?

Gerald

In reply to F6HBI:

To MT: Is there any mine to avoyed this kind of mistake?

Press the correct buttons! :slight_smile:

Andy
MM0FMF

In reply to F6HBI:

To MT: Is there any mine to avoyed this kind of mistake?

I am not member of the MT, despite:
Use the new V2-upload format. Did not try it out, but structure of the file should avoid this error.

73 de Michael, DB7MM

In reply to DB7MM:

You are correct Micheal. If you have a V2 file of chaser data and try and import it as activator data then nothing happens. Similarly trying to import a V2 file of activator data as chaser data wont work.

You can only do it with the old files. I haven’t got any plans to disable the old format file loader. But stopping this happening would be a good reason to stop supporting it. Not for the near or medium future though.

Andy
MM0FMF

In reply to MM0FMF:

You are correct Micheal. If you have a V2 file of chaser data and try
and import it as activator data then nothing happens. Similarly trying
to import a V2 file of activator data as chaser data wont work.

To my mind this was an intended feature of the new file format. At least we discussed this topic when suggesting new file formats.

You can only do it with the old files. I haven’t got any plans to
disable the old format file loader. But stopping this happening would
be a good reason to stop supporting it. Not for the near or medium
future though.

Perhaps promoting the V2-files as safe against mixing up activator/chaser is sufficient. So the user can decide: Either use the new, inherently safe V2-format or stick with the legacy format requiring more discipline during upload.

73 de Michael, DB7MM

In reply to DB7MM:
Maybe start a thread asking for anyone who wants to keep the old format?

I’ve moved to V2. So much easier.

73
Gerald
MW0WML

Reflector threads have a habit of diverging wildly from their (sometimes cryptic) titles, so relevant information can easily be missed if the original title appears of no interest. I have just checked the thread titles for the last month, and can see no apparent clue as to this mystical V2 format.

So, what is it? Do I need to apply it? Can I continue in blissful ignorance?

I’ve managed without it so far, through ignorance, so it appears to be somewhat peripheral, but perhaps I’ve just been fortunate.

Perhaps someone will enlighten me.

73 de Les, GV3VQO (enjoying the GV prefix; not fed-up at all!)

In reply to G3VQO:

You need to read more of the threads more of the time Les! :wink:

http://www.sotawatch.org/reflector.php?topic=8127

Andy
MM0FMF

In reply to MM0FMF:

As a fully-paid-up follower of Captain Ludd, this sort of thing is like water off a duck’s back to me - I am content to muddle along with my paper logs!

73

Brian GV8ADD (Fed up with trying to get weak activating stations to understand that it is V-victor, not B-bravo!)

In reply to G8ADD:

Brian GV8ADD (Fed up with trying to get weak activating stations to
understand that it is V-victor, not B-bravo!)

In the contest at the weekend I was GB GU GW and just G (ie just ignore that irritating V ) only a few got the V first time. My CW is not that bad - is it??.

Roger GV4OWG

In reply to MM0FMF:

Thanks Andy. If I read it correctly I can continue as before without harm.

In reply to G4OWG:

In the contest at the weekend I was GB GU GW and just G (ie just
ignore that irritating V ) only a few got the V first time.

Same here! Still, those who guessed or got it plain wrong will become enlightened eventually as I sent in a contest checklog to ensure they lose the points for not listening carefully enough! I hope you’ll be doing the same …

73 de Les, GV3VQO

In reply to F6HBI:
Hello,
Bruno I1ABT has just deleted all those wrong entries and uploaded at the right place; he didn’t know until i told him.
best 73 to all and cu from summits, Gerald