Morse Runner 1.80 - Field Day Contest prototype

[w7sst]

Summary

This is the first release of the Morse Runner Community Edition. This release contains the initial FD prototype. This version contains:

• A contest selection drop-down list allowing a specific contest to be selected.
• Supported contests include CWOPS CWT, CQ WPX, ARRL Field Day, NCL NAQP, and the original HST Contest.
• The contest exchange is specified in a new Exchange Field. The exchange setting for each contest is retained between contests.

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You are invited to join our community effort. For more information, please visit the Morse Runner Community Edition project.

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Installation

Uncompress the zip file to any folder and run MorseRunner.exe.

Release Details

This release contains cumulative changes from several authors.

Version 1.80 (Oct 2022)

• Added multi-contest support (Coded by W7SST)
• Added ARRL Field Day contest (Coded by W7SST)
• Added NCL NAQP contest (Coded by W7SST)

1.71a (CT7AUP) Nov 2021

• CWOPS CWT Contest
• CW RX Min Speed.
• CW RX Max Speed.
• NR number of digits.

1.70 (BG4FQD) Aug 25, 2016

• Adjust UI, support windows scheme.
• Support showing callsign infomation, You can modify it in the "ARRL.LIST"
• Disable hot key: "" to prevent pressing by carelessness.
• Some other bugs fixing.

1.69 (BG4FQD) Jul 16, 2016

• Add "Hi-Score web page" server in MorseRunner.ini.
• Change default Font to Cleartype 'segoe ui', 'Consolar';
• Change string to Unicode, Building with Delphi 2010 sp3.

1.68 (VE3NEA) 2016

• The last official release from Alex, VE3NEA

What's Changed

• Issue CWOPTS.isnum() incorrectly considered an empty string as a valid number #18 - bug fix - CWOPTS.isnum() incorrectly considered an empty string as valid by @w7sst in Issue #18 - bug fix - CWOPTS.isnum() incorrectly considered an empty string as valid #19
• Issue last char of last field is dropped by TCWOPS.Delimit #16 - bug fix - last char of last field is dropped by TCWOPS.De… by @w7sst in Issue #16 - bug fix - last char of last field is dropped by TCWOPS.De… #17
• Issue Add some comments to CWT code #14 - Add some comments to CWT code in SaveQso(). by @w7sst in Issue #14 - Add some comments to CWT code in SaveQso(). #15
• Issue rework ct7aup's Rx CW Speed adjustment #21 - rework ct7aup's Rx CW Speed adjustment by @w7sst in Issue #21 - rework ct7aup's Rx CW Speed adjustment #22
• Resolves rework CWOPS/CWT - move digit and CW Rx settings I/O into Ini.pas; code simplification. #23 - rework - move digit and CW Rx settings I/O into Ini.pas; code simplification by @w7sst in Resolves #23 - rework - move digit and CW Rx settings I/O into Ini.pas; code simplification #26
• Fixes Refactor by adding missing whitespace to CWT prototype #27 - restore whitespace differences by @w7sst in Fixes #27 - restore whitespace differences #28
• Integrate Ve3nea-normalized branch into our main branch by @w7sst in Integrate Ve3nea-normalized branch into our main branch #30
• Merge fixes for Issue Memory leak of TContest.Stations, TContest.Agc and TQsb objects #31, refactor - convert 'Integer(Result) := 0;' to 'Result := nil;' #32, remove QuickAvg and SndTypes from QrmStn.pas and QrnStn.pas #33, Fix compiler warnings in debug mode #34 into main branch by @w7sst in Merge fixes for Issue #31, #32, #33, #34 into main branch #35
• Merge FD Prototype by @w7sst in Merge FD Prototype #37
• initial changes for 1.80 release notes/Readme.txt file by @w7sst in initial changes for 1.80 release notes/Readme.txt file #40

New Contributors

• @w7sst made their first contribution in Merge draft copies of README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md files #5
• @scotthibbs made their first contribution in added BH1SCW 1.72 version #8

Full Changelog: https://github.com/w7sst/MorseRunner/commits/v1.80

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This discussion was created from the release Morse Runner 1.80 - Field Day Contest prototype.

[scotthibbs]

My feedback so far:

I submitted issues for the menu items that need reworked and for renaming the splash screen.

I'm in love with this program! Great work!

[w7sst]

Thank you Scott. I appreciate your contributions and support as well.

And thank you for your introductory Morse Runner Community Edition YouTube video. Great work!