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This has bitten me several times...

 

I use ACLog (N3FJP) almost exclusively for logging my POTA activations. I have 3,741 contacts in my log. More times that I can count, ACLog has associated an incorrect name with a callsign.? I know how this happens:

I begin entering a callsign as I receive it (I operate CW exclusively for POTA). If I have the callsign incorrect initially and hit tab, and the callsign resolves to an actual real callsign (but incorrect), ACLog fills-in the pertinent information. After receiving and entering the correct callsign and hitting tab, the name associated with the incorrect callsign and other info is left in the name field, forever to be used for future contacts with that call until it is noticed by me at some point. I've learned to clear the name field and other fields when I have to make a correction so that they are filled with the correct information, but this is just a hassle, and I don't have a lot of time during pile-ups to make these extra tabs and deletes during an activation. I know I'm not the only one this happens to.

Is there a workaround for this? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks, 73, Jim, dit dit
 

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your e-mail.? Yes, if you have already tabbed before realizing the call is incorrect, just press Esc before reentering the call sign.

Enjoy!

73, Scott
N3FJP


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On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 11:03:39 PM EDT, WB0RLJ <jim@...> wrote:


I use ACLog (N3FJP) almost exclusively for logging my POTA activations. I have 3,741 contacts in my log. More times that I can count, ACLog has associated an incorrect name with a callsign.? I know how this happens:

I begin entering a callsign as I receive it (I operate CW exclusively for POTA). If I have the callsign incorrect initially and hit tab, and the callsign resolves to an actual real callsign (but incorrect), ACLog fills-in the pertinent information. After receiving and entering the correct callsign and hitting tab, the name associated with the incorrect callsign and other info is left in the name field, forever to be used for future contacts with that call until it is noticed by me at some point. I've learned to clear the name field and other fields when I have to make a correction so that they are filled with the correct information, but this is just a hassle, and I don't have a lot of time during pile-ups to make these extra tabs and deletes during an activation. I know I'm not the only one this happens to.

Is there a workaround for this? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks, 73, Jim, dit dit

 

Hit the escape key and it erases the contact. Then start again.?
If you have hit the enter key, you have to go back and edit that line.?
Scott probably has a better answer.
 

I don't know what other things you may be using your log for, but the name etc. is not needed for POTA purposes and takes a tiny bit of computer time to process. I would simply turn off the lookup feature so nothing is auto filled. If I was frequently working pileups and time is important to me, I would remove all unneeded fields and only use what was required for my particular program/contest. That eliminates the noise and time for those fields.

My $.0002
Michael WA7SKG

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