Re: [Tlf-devel] Few modifications in Tlf core

[Ed]

On 12/30/2013 01:42 PM, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
> Hi Ervin,
>
>
> Am Mon, 30 Dec 2013 11:40:02 +0100
> schrieb Ervin Hegedüs - HA2OS <address@hidden>:
>
> > Note, these are just proposals, may be these aren't bugs.
> >
> > * point calculating
> >    At last weekend I made the RAC. On RAC all VE/VA station worth
> >    10 points, any other does 2 points. My config was:
> >
> >    COUNTRYLIST=VE
> >    TWO_POINTS
> >    COUNTRY_LIST_POINTS=10
> >    (and there is a file with name VE, which contains all canadian
> >    prefixes)

The VE exchange was provinces, not prefixes.

> that will need a serious look into it. The scoring logic
> (especially with COUNTRY_LIST set) is complex and somewhat fragile. The
> whole score.c needs a serious overhaul. My main concern is to get some
> test cases to make sure we do not break other contests scoring.

> I am not sure about these idea. Normally you use some bandwidth setting
> for a contest as you find it useful. Sometimes you have a situation on
> some bands where you temporarily want to widen (or narrowing) the
> bandwidth. If you finally change the band you get your default settings
> again.
> What do others think about that feature?

I don't use this feature at all. I can select bandwidth at the rig with 
a turn of the knob.


> Maybe we should add the possibility to switch off that automatic
> bandwidth resetting at all (e.g. with CW_BANDWIDTH=0). Than tlf would
> accept whatever bandwidth you had set up at the rig itself.
>
> 73, de Tom DL1JBE

Ed W3NR