John and all who are discussing the contest dupe issue. Here is my solution which I think is great. I run my logging program on the screen all the time. When a contact is logged in WSJT-X, it automatically gets sent to my log and shows up on the screen. (Then it is easy for me to make any adjustments or notes about the contact that I would like to make. For example, I like to keep the propagation mode in my log.) So anyway my log is always up to date. Now, whenever a new call appears in the To Radio filed in WSJT-X, it is also sent to my logging program. The log then searches that call and pops up a box showing every contact I have ever made with that station, date, time, grid, country. So I can immediately see if it is a dupe for the current contest, if I need him on another band, if he is in a new grid, etc. So I double click on the call, it shows up in the To field, and my logger shows all the info. Very easy. My logging program is one I wrote years ago and not available for others, but I am sure something similar could be done with other programs. You might have to convince the program author to include the features, but implementation is really easy. 73, Russ K2TXB From: John Harper <johna...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 1:15 PM To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [wsjt-devel] (no subject) Yes, I did. After a dozen or so contacts (many from the same call area) it became hard to remember who I'd worked and therefore difficult to see an in-progress QSO about to end and know whether I should call the station or not rather than waiting for him to call CQ again. Color coding in a future version would add much to the feasibility of using FT8 in a major contest like CQ-WPX, Field Day and others. Without it, such contests will contain logs with many dupes. Everything worked well and as expected as I took turns between calling CQ and S&P. V20. -rc5, Windows 10 laptop Apache Anan-10e, amp, 40 watts, dipole up 110ft 73, John AE5X https://ae5x.blogspot.com >I wonder if anyone has reverted to the old fashioned dupe sheet >techniques using a pen and paper?
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