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WriteLog Version 10 Revision History
This page itemizes the changes added to WriteLog since 1999. We update
this page as items enter beta test, so it is normal to find one more
version on this page than is available from the downloads
page.
Here is a description of
WriteLog version numbering conventions.
Version 10.67 May, 2008
 | UK DX--Don't auto-fill previous s/n for non-UK stations |
| ALQP--various changes, v 1.0.0.3 |
| Generate Cabrillo version 3.0--required for ARRL VHF contests |
| Remove RTTY-specific dupe checking rule from NA Sprint |
Version 10.66 March, 2008
| Fixed compatability with Internet LogBook server. (and attempted but failed to update the server components to newer versions of Tomcat and Axis--the old Microsoft SOAP SDK tools used in WriteLog are not compatible with the newer open source SDKs). You have to install the exact (very old) versions of the server components for WriteLog to do an Internet Logbook, but the good news is that this version works with the old servers. |
| Fixed ONQP multiplier list |
| Improved PTT handling for CW QSK for MK-1100 and WinKey keyers |
| Fixed default handling of 160m band for antenna relay output. The default coding (what you get with no [BandRelayEncode] entry) for 160m incorrectly became 0 in 10.65. The correct output (one) is restored in this version. |
| Update GAQP module |
| Set mode properly for Omni VII rig |
| Fix auto-resume/dueling-CQ's |
Version 10.65 January, 2008
| ARRL 160m Cabrillo files "DX" in section |
| Adjustment to activity times in TCP network to not disconnect stations idle for 5 min |
| Omni VII rig driver |
| FTDX-9000 rig driver honors CTS from rig |
| FT-2000 rig driver (same as FTDX-9000) |
| FT-950 rig driver |
| FT-450 rig driver |
| TenTec Argonaut V rig driver |
| Preliminary support for microHAM MK2R |
| Fix problem with networking contests with very short QSO exchange |
| Add support for INI override of band relay encoding. |
| UK DX contest Additional ML column maintenance |
Version 10.64 December, 2007
| RFCHAMP 1.0.0.2 - Increase # of supported oblast prefixes |
| Setup package has writelog.msi with no attempt to rename it from .setup_msi |
| Networking disables user input of local machine name, and otherwise automatically handles the issues with TCP/IP numeric addresses and host names. |
| Networking creates a circulating list of 10 most recent networking logs. |
| Various internal networking bug fixes. It is strongly recommended to upgrade all machines to be networked to 10.64 or higher. The Link to Network dialog now puts an asterisk for computers where network protocol initialization is in progress, and, in TCP/IP mode, the numeric IP's are listed. |
| Some information (like supercheck settings) at Save Configuration time was not always being saved where it could be found. Now it is |
| Right click in supercheck brings up its property page. |
| Left click on RST in RTTY window no longer skips the "T" in RST. |
| USA Sub bands for band map updated to current. |
| Country files for Nov 21, 2007 are included in FULL install. |
| Upgrade install does not install new country files--use File Web Update Data Files. |
Version 10.63 April, 2007
| GAQP DC&MD update |
| OKQP updates--RTTY |
| Kenwood driver supports rig frequency to 1000GHz |
| COQP support |
| ONQP ini file update |
| 7QP update |
| MARAC contest support |
Version 10.62 January, 2007
| RSBG updates |
| ILQP DX mult scoring fix |
| Allow DVK mic input on different sound board than received audio |
| Do Software FSK on DTR in RttyRite |
| ESCAPE clears PTT on multi-keyer unconditionally |
| Allow non-alpha characters in NAQP QTH column |
| %Z supports networked rigs |
| NA Sprints automatically put "DX" in Cabrillo QTH column. |
Version 10.61 August, 2006
| Support AlwaysFillZone INI entry for IARU |
| In CW messages, embedded "<" and ">" no longer overflow the number of speeds |
| TNQP update for 2006 rules changes |
| ALQP update re-arranges log fields |
| Support %Z in CW messages |
| Fix a PTT drop-out bug for doing 2 RTTY radios on one rig |
| Dueling CQ--first CQ moves the keyboard/headphone focus now like the subsequent ones. |
Version 10.60 May, 2006
| Export RST to ADIF using ADIF standard names for GAQP and FLQP |
| Yaesu FT-9000DX rig driver improvements |
| IC-751 and other older Icom rig drivers do not attempt setting split, so set frequency works |
| Pennsylvania Qso Party PSK and RTTY. File export not right yet. |
| Fix Alabama QSO party registry for old installer |
| 7QP module updated |
| Control FSK PTT properly on microHam FSK port. |
| Fix problem with File Save at Exit after a File Save As... |
Version 10.59 March, 2006
| Delay COMM port buffer size/timeout initialization calls to accommodate
microHam-installed USB/COMM drivers that crash Windows. |
| OKQP fixes the band edges for 15m CW |
| Reduce traffic on the K1EL/WinKey keyer even more to accommodate microHam's router |
| Fix bug in K1EL/WinKey key support that caused loss of PTT off signal at end of CW. |
| Support animation of control of the sound card left/right balance to accommodate sound cards that
leave the requested channel
muted even though the balance is set properly. |
| Fix a problem in Rttyrite mode changing--sometimes you have to change twice (introduced in 10.58) |
| Add Rttyrite menu entry to turn off/on checking for "DE". |
| INQP update--no more than 2-county-lines |
| VAQP Update: 220 and 440 bands added |
| 7QP module |
| ILQP: Updated the default cabrillo submission email address |
| Process KG44aa calls correctly |
Version 10.58 February, 2006
| previously logged QSO has precedence over preloaded ADIF file. |
| GDI object allocation/deallocation for bandmap reduced (should stabilize Win 9X) |
| ADIF export of 902MHz QSOs are now labeled "33cm" (was "35cm"),
and Cabrillo exports are labeled "903" (was "902") |
| Add ICOM IC-756PRO3 and IC7000 rig entries |
| Add grid square lookup from Buckmaster CDROM. |
| Networking: once a successful dialog is established with another station, if
the connection is lost keep retrying forever to reconnect. Also,
a connection is deemed lost not only if the network reports it down, but
also if no messages can be sent through it for more than about 5 minutes.
Also retry packet window connect forever if it was ever connected. |
| Typing the TAB character into the ALT+K window would hang the Winkey--fixed |
| Trying to record .wave messages into a non-existent directory reports an error. |
| ADIF export now uses "APP_WRITELOG_nnn" tags per the ADIF 2.0 spec.
Also added STATE tag for QSOs that WL can identify as being states. Preset exchange
can read .adi files written by older versions of WriteLog, but that is
the only feature that still accepts the old tags. |
| ONQP module updated for VA3CC0 bonus points |
| Added a call queue feature for queing more than one call heard in response to
CQ and then working them one at a time. |
| Fix spot handling of frequencies above 100MHz. Was also causing bandmap flashing. |
| Any packet spot with RTTY in it is marked as RTTY and tuning to it set
the rig to FSK. Also append the characters "RTTY" to any spot being
sent that the rig is in FSK. |
| Read the Xverter offsets from writelog.ini when the rig is setup in Setup Ports dialog (rather than requiring
a Setup Ports followed by a Save Configuration, followed by a restart of WL in order to use offsets). |
| In the bandmap, CTRL+Left Mouse button is treated same as SHIFT+Left Mouse button (so CTRL will do multi-select
like SHIFT currently does. |
| Add Software-generated FSK to Rttyrite. |
| Add International Naval Contest. |
| Tested basic functionality on Windows XP x64. No problems found. |
Version 10.57 December, 2005
| Winkey--don't request status so often |
| Networking--bandmap networking is throttled. Fixes flickering problem. |
| Networking--repeating alternating gabs fixed. |
| Back out the change to reset COMM port on "NO RIG". It didn't help with microHam, and it broke some other COM port drivers. |
| Add Yaesu FTDX-9000 rig driver. |
| Add Alabama QSO Party. |
Version 10.56 October, 2005
| Full install is .msi file and Microsoft installer. |
| Fix AudioReview window when showing both channels |
| Reset COMM port when "No Rig" is detected in an attempt to work around a hung comm port driver |
| WPX prefix calculation update: hard-coded list of non-WPX things that stations might send like /QRP /AM /MM /AG and others. |
| Update SCP and country files to Oct 2005. |
Version 10.55 August, 2005
| Updates for ILQP, and for OHQP (adding a rover) |
| Support UVK-200/VK-64 keyers |
| UK DX Cabrillo update |
| Fix problems with TCP/IP networking having more than 2 workstations. |
| RSGBC debug message removed. |
| Fixed bug where Winkey speed pot change did not survive F key. |
| Fixed bug configuring "right"rig rotator port. |
| Added [Ports] NaDvkHpSplitOnPin9. Set this non-zero and the Headphone Split menu entries control pin 9 on the LPT port IF it is set for the NA dvk setting. |
Version 10.54 March, 2005
| Winkey support fixed--don't send open command except to recover from errors. |
| Cabrillo output for CQ 160 contest preserves DX prefix for non NA calls |
| WL_CTY.DAT files from 2 March, 2004 (FULL install only) |
| King of Spain contest update |
| OKQP fix for removed QSOs |
| Time on/off calculation conforms to ARRL log checking |
| RSGB version 1.0.0.4 -- extra call areas |
| HADX change in multiplier names |
| CNCW Cabrillo format change |
| YUDX contest support |
Version 10.53 February, 2005
| If no privilege to store Great Circle setup, etc. in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then try HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
| Make a full call in WL_CTY.DAT have precedence over all other databases for bearing calcultions. (Others include Russion and Australian prefix maps.) |
| Sound board mixer control finds the "real" mixer control on a sound board driver that claims more than one "Wave" mixer control where only one really has subcontrols. |
| RSGB 80m CC--RTTY auto-fill of serial number to right field |
| Elecraft QSO Party update for 2005 rule changes |
| Support for YO DX contest |
| VAQP update: RTTY accepted, mobiles: 10+ qsos from a cty |
Version 10.52 January, 2005
| TenTec Orion driver tracks last used IF bandwidth |
| Timeout diagnostics added to TCP/IP networking log file |
| USCQP contest displays multiplier counts above 100 correctly |
| CIS DX Contest allows hypen character in mult field |
| Helvetia Contest Cabrillo format change |
| 10-10 QSO Party summary sheet format update |
| UK DX contest cabrillo output fixed, band summary window score display fixed |
| RSGB National Field Day module |
| RSGB 80m CC module |
| various 10-10 contest fixes |
| Icom rig driver more tolerant when rig refuses to respond |
| OKDX RTTY contest score calculation change |
| WPX multi-2/multi-single band change display fixed. |
| Bug fix to county checking of certain full calls. |
Version 10.51 November, 2004
| WAQP update |
| Makrothen contest update |
| Fix to W9XT card record from SHIFT+Fn |
| MDCQP update (BCT to BCO) |
| ARCI module update for 6 digit ARCI numbers in Cabrillo |
| Add SCQP module |
| %Fn key handles n greater than 9, and also, on an empty field, lookup its value as the F key is pressed. |
| Fix failure to handle MK-1100 PTT properly on SSB transmission after pressing the CW paddles and before sending a CW Fkey message |
| Support for RC2800PX rotator |
| Preset exchange has priority over calculated fields even when the CALL determines the multiplier. |
| When opening a file from the startup screen, the time off calculation wasn't restarting properly. Now it does. |
| Support K1EL Winkey. Two INI entries added. |
| Support D80 setting in LZDX contest |
| Fix TCP/IP networking reliability problem (also posted as wlnet1050Patch.zip) |
Version 10.50 October, 2004
| CIS contest update. |
| Keyboard shortcuts for PTT on/off.
Fixes to support more than 64K QSOs in the log. |
| Version 10.50 will not network with older versions!
.WL files with more than 65536 QSOs cannot be read by older versions! |
| Add INI switch to say whether record-on-the-fly asserts PTT |
| performance improvement for TCP/IP netwoking
10m rule display color code change--yellow means "one more OK". |
| Fix problem with 10.49 installer that made RTTY/CW receive fail with new reg codes. |
Version 10.49 August, 2004
| more fixes to typed-in frequencies for microwave bands |
| support networking on TCP/IP in addition to NetDDE |
| Fix network bug for case where exchanges on two PCs do not exactly match. |
| MDC QSOP remove class T, fix summ sheet |
| WPX 10 minute timer |
| NAQP fix 10 minute time, and fix handling of digits in name |
Version 10.48 June, 2004
| Add 10 more message transmission buffers for SSB |
| Look for full file names when transmitting SSB WAV files. |
| Oregon QSO Party module update: Mults by mode, SN, no RST |
| Fix Check Call Window display ignoring other modes on multi-mode contests |
| MidAtlantic QSO Party, increate ML column width |
| New England QSO Party, FSK mode added |
| MI QP, accept s/n > 999 |
| NV QSO Party, entry classes changed and in cabrillo |
| FL QSO Party, remove RTTY |
| Internet Sprint--export Cabrillo |
| Add Azimuth Sort to packet spot window. |
| Add IC-7800 rig setting |
| Fix frequency enter in CALL field for bands above 10GHz |
| Add separate TS-850 rig entry for split operation |
| Kenwood driver improvements to reject bad command responses. |
| WI QSO Party update to published WIQP Cabrillo format. |
| Cabrillo format update for RAC contest. |
Version 10.47 April, 2004
| fix problem in File Web Update with space character in the file name. |
| Packet remembers Telnet or Network settings on restart. |
| Support for ARCI QRP contest. |
| Support for CW and PSK on the KT4FY modem. |
| Remove default assignments for NUMPAD1 and NUMPAD7. |
| Updated VAQP module. Summary sheet mobile pts fix, etc. |
| Support for UK DX Contest |
| Support for CIS DX Contest (cw/ssb/rtty) |
| Icom 703 support |
Version 10.46 February, 2004
| Help file is now Html Help. |
| Support for TOEC contest. |
| Multi-single timer for RTTY Round up per clock hour bug fixed. |
| BARTG RTTY and BARTG RTTY Sprint contest M/S timers updated to match latest rules. |
| Support for TIC rotator controller. |
| Support for IC-746Pro, IC-756Pro2. |
| Fix CTRL+UP/CTRL+DOWN move xmit focus broken in 10.45. |
| Add EntryKbdFocus and EntryXmit shortcut commands. |
| Radio Headphones Split/Toggle honors INI [entry] MoveHeadphonesWithFocus. |
| MNQP now allows a change in the ADIF file and a reimport of the log. |
| %W in programmed message does not stop Auto-CQ.
The default settings for AutoFillFromBandmap and AutoClearOnTuneMinHz is now OFF. |
| Add File Web Update Data Files. |
| Add support for RSGB Commonwealth Contest. |
| Custom TNC handling (MMTTY) fix in RTTY to support auto-cq time as end-to-start interval |
| Support for Mid-Atlantic QSO Party |
| Support for Makrothen contest |
| RTTY screen highlights properly if "DE" appears at beginning of line. |
| pre-set exchange triggers multiplier check/display on newly entered fields if any field is a
mult. |
| Click on a call on RTTY screen while pre-set exchange is in effect, the auto-filled entries prefer earlier entries in the logbook over the preset exchange. |
| Fixed incorrect enable of PTT for paddle sent keying on MK-1100 when QSK is set. |
| Fixed IOTA compare of IOTA numbers with leading zeros and not. |
Version 10.45 January, 2004
| Support GetCurrentOperator and GetRates automation. |
| Don’t prevent logging a QSO if CALL is REQUIRED. |
| Add menu entry to lock docked windows. |
| Bring back File Merge |
| Add support for EUSP contest. |
| Automatically fill in Entry Window from BandMap when tuning. Clear Entry Window when tuning away from a frequency. Modify these features using the [ENTRY] section. |
| Add menu entries to tune to next BandMap entries up/down the band. |
| Update ARRL 160M Cabrillo to output ARRL section left justified. |
| On MK-1100 keyer, the headphones set to the rig with keyboard focus on a
SHIFT+UP/DOWN. |
| Fix problem with Show Multiplier window saving and restoring off-screen positions. |
| Return to 0.0KHz (F12) Clears the entry window. |
| The Check Call window color codes by needed and worked, and the colors can be customized in the [CORREL] section. The “mult needed” message is spelled out. |
| Add %O (RIT clear), %L (log the QSO), and %W (wipe the Entry Window) commands to CW/RTTY/SSB messages. |
| Starting a CQ on the second radio with Auto Resume turned on works and becomes alternating CQ’s on two radios. |
| HOME key now returns the focus to the Entry Window along with its original function. HOME no longer scrolls the log to the top when focused on the Log Window. |
| New installs now default to “Program Files” directory. |
| A conversion program is installed to switch use of WRITELOG.INI over to the registry. |
| SHIFT+ENTER logs a QSO regardless of any errors detected. |
| Add Tools Keyboard Shortcuts |
| 2nd VFO support for FT-1000 |
| EntryClear command moves keyboard focus to Entry Window |
| Support for Jock White Memorial Field Day |
| Added help buttons to some dialogs. |
| Setup Ports no longer has the stupid "Rig" column to confuse you. |
| [Netgab] FlashCount entry makes the netgab window flash longer. |
| [Netgab] AutoPopup nonzero forces the netgab window visible on receipt. |
Version 10.44 December, 2003
| Enable INI
setting for RC2800 rotator command to send azimuth only. |
| Change Radio
Mult/Run commands to not toggle. |
| Change Setup CW
Decoder command to show the CW windows. |
| Add support for
NJQP, TACS, HELV, LZDX contests. |
| Fix Cabrillo
export for WAE to not switch “T” to “0” |
| Add Level
meters to the Sound Board Mixer program. |
| Fix problem
with selecting among multiple TrustedQSL certificates. |
| Show
Multipliers window remembersCS_INI_MULTIPLIERS
its on-screen position, and can have its band colors set from the INI
file.
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Version 10.43 November, 2003
| Fix editor for transverter offsets. |
| Make free form entry work for CA QSO party in state. |
| Make IOTA Cabrillo output format match the published. |
| Cabrillo output can be automatically emailed. |
| Create Trusted QSL output for Logbook of the World. Special support for rovers is possible in the modules, but not all modules are updated yet. |
| N9OH modules are now part of WriteLog. |
| Cabrillo output for JARTS |
| Fix Sound board mixer control for boards
that have separate level controls for “echo mic” from input into
recording. |
| The Pegasus radio type now supports the
latest Pegasus control software on multiple COMM ports simultaneously. |
| Make the RC2800 and DCU-1 rotator settings
honor the documented 1 stop bit setting (was at two). |
| Cabrillo output for CAQP.
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Version 10.42 August, 2003
| Fix ARRL Field Day to properly dupe the GOTA station at Network ID
"N" (again). |
| Fix Cabrillo export of 3.3GHz QSOs. |
| The transverter offset feature using CommNOffset= in the
[Configuration] section was essentially undocumented prior to this
version. What was in this help file was incomplete and incorrect. This
update fixes the documentation, and also changes the units of the
offsets to MHz (instead of 100Hz), accepts fractional MHz entries, and
works with offsets above 3GHz. |
| Add TenTec Orion rig support. |
| Setting CW PTT to QSK stopped the PTT assertion for all modes, not
just CW in version 10.38. This update restores the documented
behavior. |
| Widen the zone and headquarters fields for IARU HF contest. |
| Honor %X in messages when INSERT and + are typed. |
| Change defaults for IOTA field in IOTA contest to better handle 5
character islands. |
| VHF contests automatically switch the Great Circle beam headings
display to use grid squares. |
| Typing a grid square into the CALL field cases the Great Circle beam
headings to use the grid square instead of country calculations. |
Version 10.41 June, 2003
| Fix bug with remove last QSO if there is only one QSO in the log. |
| Add Elecraft K2 rig support, and make Kenwood and Elecraft rig drivers preserve CW normal/reverse settings for bands above/below 15m. |
| In [PORTS] section of WriteLog.ini, for rig control, use Stop bits and Baud settings (only!) in COMn:=<baud>,<parity>,<data length>,<stop bits> |
| Reformat most-recently-used file names that won’t fit in the startup dialog window. |
| When an F key is pressed with the cursor in the CALL field, and if %C sends the call, and if you press another F key, the typing of the CALL field is terminated, the red box removed, and the second F key message sent. |
| Update Field Day templates for GOTA and class F. |
| Switch the “free form entry” from a vertical presentation to horizontal—uses less real estate. |
Version 10.40 January, 2003
| Add IC-910 support |
| Add Exchange L/R VFO command. |
| Great Circle Bearings can read additional lat/lon databases created with
ReadCTY.exe. |
| ReadCTY.exe can read alternative CTY files and convert to bin for use in Great Circle Bearings. |
| Add CW/PH QSO columns to band summary for Russian DX Contest. |
| The Russian DX Context now calculates the oblast abbreviation from the callsign using a new rus_cty.dat file. |
| Bandmap on second VFO for supported radios. |
| Add ability to load an ADI file for use a database of exchange information for this contest. |
| CW-LSB support for FT-920. |
| ARRL DX—update Band Change window support per latest Multi-Two rules. |
| Upgrade version of the installer no longer contains country database, or namedmul.ini. Users are expected to download those separately. |
| Support CQ WW VHF contest. |
| Support changed rules for JIDX. |
| RTTY Support for Sprint. |
| Support free from entry of exchange information. |
| Fixed a problem with the continental break down report created in 10.39. |
Version 10.39 January, 2003
| Add a QsoWarningCount to [configuration] that adjusts when the “QSOs since last save” warning appears on the screen. |
| When opening a second copy of WriteLog, don’t put its window in exactly the same position on the screen as the first. |
| Fix resize of tool bars(Band Summary, Entry Windows, others…) if they are floating (used to work correctly only if docked). also resized correctly when the contest module is changed and a new size is indicated. |
| Cabrillo output for following contests now converts what was logged to the standard abbreviation for the following additional contests: ARRL 160m, ARRL 10m, CQ 160m, Sprint, NAQP, RTTY Round | | |
