2020 Spring VHF/UHF Field Day - 28-29/Nov2020

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For those who use VKCL for logging in the VHF/UHF Field Day events :

VKCL Version 4.13

1st November 2020

 

Spring VHF-UHF Field Day is on in a few weeks (... only days away now...), and COVID-19 restrictions permitting, it may be possible to have groups operating in the field as usual.

If you use VKCL for logging, please update to the new Version 4.13 for two reasons.

Firstly, the WIA web site was upgraded to a secure server which broke the VKCL log upload facility. While the WIA VHF/UHF Field Day Log File Uploader facility is now easy to find and works well, it requires you to find the correct log in your computer, and it happens almost every time that logs for wrong season are uploaded and even for wrong contest. Using the VKCL built-in facility, which has been revised to work with the secure server, ensures that the correct log is uploaded, and after the upload, you are directed to a page on the WIA web site to verify that your log was received.

Secondly, a bug has crept in while "improving" the processing of SOAPBOX comments which causes VKCL to crash when an attempt is made to create the field day log. No data is lost, and if that happens, download and install this VKCL version and then create the log.


Download the latest release from https://www.mnds.com.au/vkcl/

Just a side mention now :  

The WIA web site is currently not available at present (Monday 7.30AM, 23rd Nov) so I can't access the Spring FD rules for info about digital mode contacts.

Has anyone tried using the likes of FT8 via WSJT-X software coupled with VKCL for logging ????  How are sequential QSO numbers handled in both packages ???