Re: [Tlf-devel] WARC bands

[Ervin Hegedüs - HA2OS]

Hello,

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 06:36:11PM +0200, Zilvinas, AUGMA wrote:
> Greetings all,

welcome on the list :)
 
> I run tlf in qso mode also for everyday logging. I see the software
> doesn't show WARC bands in "Worked" window.
> The bandmap is also affected - I just made a qso with station and it
> does note become "lower case".
> 
> I do understand that the all the focus and efforts are concentrated
> is made on contesting...
> Are there any chances to get these bands 'recognised' in tlf ?

yes, there is a _small_ chances to make Tlf to recognise WARC
bands :)

I've looked up the source which is affected, and looks like some
part of that is ready to handle the WARC bands. Eg. in main.c
there are several array variables are declared as with WARC
bands:

int bandindexarray[10] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 };
...
char band[9][4] =
    { "160", " 80", " 40", " 30", " 20", " 17", " 15", " 12", " 10" };
...
float bandfrequency[9] =
    { 1830.0, 3525.0, 7010.0, 10105.0, 14025.0, 18070.0, 21025.0, 24900.0, 
28025.0 };

But the problem is IMHO these bands aren't handled any other
places, eg. searchlog.c.

The big question is what would we like to work? I mean, the WARC
bands aren't used (never?) on any contest. So, it possible
they would be used only in QSO mode (there isn't CONTEST_MODE
option in rule file/logcfg.dat), but what's the expected
operation? Should we use a new option, eg. USE_WARC_BANDS? Or if
there isn't CONTEST_MODE, these will be showed and maintained?

And now I take this opportunity: about a one year ago, one of my
HAM friend proposed the Tlf to me. He said he really would like to
use the Tlf on VHF contest, but as he knows this isn't maintained.
I hope I contributed to refute this :), and if I _would_ start to
modify Tlf to handle the WARC bands, may be that would be good
time to prepare the Tlf for VHF bands... but may be that's a very
crazy idea :)


Any tips and ideas are welcome... :)


73,

Ervin
HA2OS


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