Hey, folks:
I'm setting up TLF for the upcoming New England QSO Party. Last year I
just used the WYSIWYG Mult feature, which worked okay but didn't
calculate my score correctly. I'd like to fix that using the custom
mult list feature. Here's what I've done so far and the problem I've
encountered. This is with a fresh build of the current Github version
of TLF.
Using Victor's CQP rules and mult files as examples, I created the
attached rules and mult files for NEQP inside New England. Each New
England state has a series of five-character aliases representing all
of the counties in it, so I should be able to log the full exchange and
have it count as just the state, in accordance with the contest's
rules.
The problem: TLF truncates the exchange at 4 characters. For example,
logging Hartford County, Connecticut as HARCT becomes HARC once I hit
"Enter" to put it into the log. It also doesn't count as a mult, unless
I add "HARC" to the alias list. So how do I get the exchange field to
log at least five characters?
--Alan (AB1XW)
# This is the mult file for a New England station.
# Mults are states, and New England counties are aliases for their state.
# Outside of New England, mults would be New England counties.
##########################
## New England Counties ##
##########################
CT:FAICT,HARCT,LITCT,MIDCT,NHVCT,NLNCT,TOLCT,WINCT
MA:BARMA,BERMA,BRIMA,DUKMA,ESSMA,FRAMA,HMDMA,HMPMA,MIDMA,NANMA,NORMA,PLYMA,SUFMA,WORMA
ME:ANDME,AROME,CUMME,FRAME,HANME,KENME,KNOME,LINME,OXFME,PENME,PISME,SAGME,SOMME,WALME,WASME,YORME
NH:BELNH,CARNH,CHENH,COONH,GRANH,HILNH,MERNH,ROCNH,STRNH,SULNH
RI:BRIRI,KENRI,NEWRK,PRORI,WASRI
VT:ADDVT,BENVT,CALVT,CHIVT,ESSVT,FRAVT,GRAVT,LAMVT,ORAVT,ORLVT,RUTVT,WASVT,WNHVT,WNDVT
AL
AZ
AR
CA
CO
DE
FL
GA
ID
IL
IN
IA
KS
KY
LA
MD
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NC
ND
NE
NV
NJ
NM
NY
OH
OK
OR
PA
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY
DC
NB
NS
QC
ON
MB
SK
AB
BC
NT
NF
LB
YT
PE
NU
DX
########################################
# New England QSO Party Rules #
# Based on Victor's CQP rules file #
########################################
#
CONTEST=neqp
LOGFILE=neqp.log
CONTEST_MODE
CABRILLO=UNIVERSAL
#
##################################
# #
# Messages F1= to F12= #
# Message CQ_TU_MSG= #
# Message S&P_TU_MSG= #
# #
# % = call #
# @ = hiscall #
# # = serial #
# [ = RST #
# + = increase cw speed #
# - = decrease cw speed #
# #
##################################
#
F1=CQ % TEST
F2=@ DE %
F3=@ ++5NN-- HMD MA
F4=TU 73
F5=@
F6=%
F7=@ SRI DUPE
F8=HMD MA
F9=?
F10=QRZ?
F11=K
F12=CQ % % ++TEST--
#
CQ_TU_MSG=TU %
S&P_TU_MSG=TU ++5NN-- HMD MA
#
#ALT_0=
#ALT_1=
#ALT_2=
#ALT_3=
#ALT_4=
#ALT_5=
#ALT_6=
#ALT_7=
#ALT_8=
#ALT_9=
#
#
#################################
# #
# CONTEST PARAMETERS #
# #
#################################
#
# Mixed mode contest
MIXED
# Exchange can be recycled on another band
RECALL_MULTS
# Custom multiplier list stored in the same folder as the rules file
MULT_LIST=neqp_mults
# Each multiplier counts once only, not once per band
SECTION_MULT_ONCE
# Count DXCC countries and the mult list entities as multipliers
DX_&_SECTIONS
# Points for SSB and CW QSOs
SSBPOINTS=1
CWPOINTS=2
#
#
####### END #####################
