Setting the DTA file for Super Check Partial - Page 3 of 4

You may elect to change the Style and Size of the font that will be shown in the Super Check Partial window.  However, I have found that the default Style and Size work fine.

The Colors tab allows you to change the colors of the text used in the Super Check Partial window.  I prefer the default colors of Black & Green text for new stations and red text for Dupes.  If you enter a partial callsign in the Entry window, a list of possible correct calls will show up in the Super Check Partial window.  If any of those calls are Red, those calls are stations that have already been worked on the band you are presently on.  Callsigns in Green are calls that are in your log from stations worked on other bands.  Calls in Black have not been previously worked in the contest you are operating.

Calls in Red and Green may or may not be coming from the Dta file you've selected. Once you log a station, that callsign is put into memory along with all the calls from the Dta file so WriteLog can more effectively use the Super Call Partial function.

Once you have made your changes, click OK.  Sometimes it's better to have a larger Super Check Partial window than what was shown on Page 1.  Below shows what happens when the partial call AA5 is placed in the QSO Entry Window.  As you can see there are 26 possible correct calls.  The right call might be showing.  However, because of the ever increasing rise in new RTTY contesters, it's quite possible that the callsign may not be in the Dta file.  Every contest, I run across anywhere from 20 to 100 new calls depending on the contest.  Yet, the odds that the correct call will be shown in the Super Check Partial window are very high.  That's what makes the tool so valuable.

As seen, in many cases, having just the prefix will not help you a great deal, especially at the beginning of a contest.  An example of how the Super Check Partial window might look later in a contest is shown on the next page.