v1.85.1 - ARRL Sweepstakes Update

v1.85.1 Bug Fix Release

This release addresses two issues:

1. Fixes a reported problem in the 1.85 release.
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Summary

This sixth release of Morse Runner Community Edition introduces the ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, plus general enhancements and bug fixing for all contests. Call history files were also updated.

The ARRL Sweepstakes Contest was widely requested and is an accomplishment because it has such a complicated exchange. We had to "redo" how the program looked at exchanges, and it will help add new contests in the future. Because this contest is so different, please take a look at the Readme.txt file in the Contest Section to see how to enter the exchange for this contest.

Work is also done on how the program interacts with the user with feedback and things like a minimize button. We are also wishing to be more mindful with N1MM and how it functions.

Please stay "tuned" to our project and provide feedback. Avid CW contesters and Pascal programmers is a plus but not necessary. Your help is greatly appreciated because exciting things are being planned for the 1.90 release. (that's all I'm saying for now) So get involved, join the fun!

The full list of changes for this release is below.

Installation

Download the Morse.Runner.1.85.1.zip file (also available in the Assets section below), Open the zip file, extract the folder to your DESKTOP, and run MorseRunner.exe within this folder. Do not add these files to a previous release folder, or place in a windows program directory as this causes errors.. After installing, read the Readme.txt file for more information.

Join our Community

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

Our goal is to create a program you love to use, so please help by leaving any feedback you would like to share on our Announcements page or our GitHub discussions page.

Additionally, you can discuss or leave feedback at MorseRunnerCE on groups.io.

You have several ways to join in on our project and we look forward to hearing your ideas.

Release Details

Version 1.85.1 (October 2024)

General bug fixes...

• Dx Station will now send an "R" after correcting a bad call (W7SST)
• Fix memory leak (W7SST)

100-person membership limit removed at groups.io

• Remove 100-person membership limit on our groups.io user group.
• If you were unable to subscribe in the past, please try again.

What's Changed

• DxStation now sends 'R' after callsign correction by @w7sst in #371
• Update Readme.txt and roll version number for v1.85.1 release by @w7sst in #374

Full Changelog: v1.85...v1.85.1

v1.85 - ARRL Sweepstakes Contest

Summary

This sixth release of Morse Runner Community Edition introduces the ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, plus general enhancements and bug fixing for all contests. Call history files were also updated.

The ARRL Sweepstakes Contest was widely requested and is an accomplishment because it has such a complicated exchange. We had to "redo" how the program looked at exchanges, and it will help add new contests in the future. Because this contest is so different, please take a look at the Readme.txt file in the Contest Section to see how to enter the exchange for this contest.

Work is also done on how the program interacts with the user with feedback and things like a minimize button. We are also wishing to be more mindful with N1MM and how it functions.

Please stay "tuned" to our project and provide feedback. Avid CW contesters and Pascal programmers is a plus but not necessary. Your help is greatly appreciated because exciting things are being planned for the 1.90 release. (that's all I'm saying for now) So get involved, join the fun!

The full list of changes for this release is below.

Installation

Visit here to access the latest release.

Download the Morse.Runner.1.85.zip file (see Assets section below), Open the zip file, extract the folder to your DESKTOP, and run MorseRunner.exe within this folder. Do not add these files to a previous release folder, or place in a windows program directory as this causes errors.. After installing, read the Readme.txt file for more information.

Join our Community

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

Our goal is to create a program you love to use, so please help by leaving any feedback you would like to share on our Announcements page or our GitHub discussions page.

Additionally, you can discuss or leave feedback at MorseRunnerCE on groups.io. We are aware this group has reached a 100-person limit. We are starting discussions on how to resolve this.

You have several ways to join in on our project and we look forward to hearing your ideas.

Release Details

Version 1.85 (September 2024)

• Add ARRL Sweepstakes Contest (W7SST)

Contest-specific improvements...

• Correct the call history file for the JARL ALL JA contest (JR8PPG)
• HST Contest - show Score column for all run modes (W7SST)
• CQWW - Allow cut numbers to sent and entered into log (W7SST)
• NCJ NAQP - update call history file
• ARRL FD - update call history file
• IARU HF - update call history file

General bug fixes and improvements...

• Replace Check column with corrected exchange information (errors are shown in Red) (W7SST)
• Fix caller ghosting where stations would disappear from QSO (W7SST)
• Fix problem where ghosted calls are not added to log (W7SST)
• Improve handling of partial callsign matches (W7SST)
• Improve QSO exchanges for partially-correct callsigns (W7SST)
• Improve QSO exchange error reporting via status bar (W7SST)
• Add application Minimize button (W7SST)
• Display missing/invalid exchange information when incomplete (W7SST)

What's Changed

• refactor exchange error checking code by @w7sst in #304
• HST Competition - display running score in lower-left corner by @w7sst in #306
• Corrected on 2024-4-20 by @jr8ppg in #308
• Replace the check column with corrected exchange data by @w7sst in #309
• Improve HST logging with separate exchange columns and score by @w7sst in #311
• #200 nil if ghosted before logging by @w7sst in #313
• #314 nil when logging a partial callsign by @w7sst in #316
• Improve QSO exchanges for partially correct callsigns by @w7sst in #317
• Fix #320 - QRM Station now has 2 to 6 second timeout delay by @w7sst in #321
• Fix #319 - internal gaussian limit distribution was clipping by @w7sst in #322
• #324 refactor contest specific logging code by @w7sst in #325
• refactor and redesign column error handling by @w7sst in #329
• Refactor - move Exchange definitions/tables (#332) by @w7sst in #333
• Refactor - user exchange validation and handling (#334) by @w7sst in #335
• Add Util/Lexer.pas by @w7sst in #337
• #341 improve exchange error reporting by @w7sst in #342
• Introduce Unit Testing support w/ Test/LexerTest by @w7sst in #340
• #55 Add ARRL Sweepstakes Contest by @w7sst in #343
• ARRL SS - remove dots in Log column headers by @w7sst in #345
• Clarify response after receiving NR? or AGN in Readme file. by @w7sst in #346
• CQWW - allow user to send cut numbers in sent exchange by @w7sst in #347
• Add Minimize button (#294) by @w7sst in #349
• Updates for Readme.txt file for v1.85 release (#350) by @w7sst in #351
• Do not send repeated long exchanges in ARRL SS Contest (#354) by @w7sst in #355
• ARRL SS - display missing or invalid exchange when incomplete exchange by @w7sst in #356
• Update Readme.txt by @scotthibbs in #361
• Fix crash on international locales when starting a Contest. by @w7sst in #362
• ARRL SS - display parsed exchange summary (#357) by @w7sst in #363
• Change SS Precedence distribution to 50/20/20/10 by @w7sst in #365
• Roadmap updates for Fall 2024. by @w7sst in #366
• ARRL SS - Inject errors on both Check and Section values by @w7sst in #367

Full Changelog: v1.84...v1.85

v1.84 - IARU HF World Championship, CQ WPX

Summary

This fifth release of Morse Runner Community Edition introduces the IARU HF World Championship Contest, provides improvements to the CQ WPX and ARRL FD Contests, plus general enhancements and bug fixing for all contests. Updated call history files were also added.

The full list of changes is below.

Installation

Visit here to access the latest release.

Download the Morse.Runner.1.84.zip file (see Assets section below), Open the zip file, extract the folder to your DESKTOP, and run MorseRunner.exe within this folder. Do not add these files to a previous release folder, or place in a windows program directory as this causes errors.. After installing, read the Readme.txt file for more information.

Join our Community

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

Our goal is to create a program you love to use, so please help by leaving any feedback you would like to share on our Announcements page or our GitHub discussions page.

Additionally, you can discuss or leave feedback at MorseRunnerCE on groups.io.

You have several ways to join in on our project and we look forward to hearing your ideas.

Release Details

Version 1.84 (March 2024)

• Add IARU HF World Championship Contest (W7SST)
• CQ WPX improvements, including editable exchange and improved serial NR generation (W7SST)
• Update call history files for ARRL DX, ARRL FD, CQ WW, CWOPS CWT, K1USN SST and NCJ NAQP Contests
• Works on Mac systems under WINE (use Win7 bottle) or Crossover (info TNX N3RTW).

Contest-specific improvements...

• ARRL DX - Fix incorrect handling of KH6/KL7 stations using AH6/AL7, NH6/NL7, WH6/WL7 (Coded by W7SST)
• ARRL FD - Reduce high number of home/portable club stations (W7SST)
• CQ WPX - Add editable exchange field with starting number or '#' (W7SST)
• CQ WPX - Improve Serial Number generation; rename NR Digits menu to Serial NR (W7SST)
• CQ WPX - Fix problem where Dx stations will occasionally send a serial number of zero (Coded by W7SST)
• CWOPS CWT - Fix problem where contest parser was reading first line of file (Coded by W7SST)
• JARL - DX station will send an abbreviated exchange number in the JARL ALLJA and ACAG contests (Coded by JR8PPG)
• JARL - User's exchange number is not abbreviated (not convert 100 to 1TT) (Coded by JR8PPG)
• K1USN SST - User text field in call history file should be optional (Coded by W7SST)
• NAQP - Fix problem where exchange field did not allow numbers (e.g. KH6 or KL7) (Coded by W7SST)

General bug fixes and improvements...

• Improve Run button behavior with default Run Mode and Stop icon (W7SST)
• No RIT needed for Single Call Modes (W7SST)
• After a CQ, if nothing is caught or if what you caught is wrong, you can use F7 ('?') to instruct the callers to call again. (F6FVY)
• New callers can be added when a QSO is done. (F6FVY)
• When F1 was hit several times in a row, the number of callers was increasing without respect to the activity setting. (F6FVY)
• Improve the "reply or not" algorithm to allow callers with long call signs to reply, even if only few letters are caught. (F6FVY)
• Add Receive Bandwidth adjustment using Cntl-key and mouse wheel (F6FVY, W7SST)
• Speed increments / decrements modified (2 WPM instead of 5). (F6FVY, W7SST)
• Improve RIT adjustment using mouse wheel (W7SST)
• Improve pattern matching for DXCC entities (used in status bar) (Coded by W7SST)
• Fix WPM keyboard entry incorrect behavior for Spin Box (up down control) (Coded by W7SST)
• Spacebar or Tab will now select both exchange fields (Coded by W7SST)
• Hide Dx Station's Entity status string if same as user's Entity (Coded by W7SST)
• Shift-F9 added as shortcut to start Single Call mode (Coded by W7SST)

What's Changed

• Add IARU call history file by @K6OK in #170
• Do not abbreviate my exchange number. by @jr8ppg in #206
• DX station will send an abbreviated exchange number #204 by @jr8ppg in #207
• 208 SST Contest - allow empty user text when loading call history by @w7sst in #224
• 222 - don't display dx station's Entity string when same as users. by @w7sst in #223
• Spacebar or Tab will auto select both exchange fields. by @w7sst in #228
• CWOPS CWT - fix call history reader to ignore comment lines by @w7sst in #226
• CW Speed can be edited using keyboard and updated with Enter or move… by @w7sst in #225
• 216 NAQP does not accept numbers in state field by @w7sst in #230
• 218 ARRL DX format for KH6/KL7 is incorrect by @w7sst in #231
• CQ WPX - Dx Stations will not send a serial number of zero by @w7sst in #232
• Updated to 2023 version by @jr8ppg in #235
• Better status bar messages with improved DXCC Entity lookup #236 by @w7sst in #237
• 158 Add IARU HF Championship Contest by @w7sst in #238
• fixed: "00" must be replaced before "0" #204 by @jr8ppg in #241
• RST and Serial Number cut number improvements (minor code change) by @w7sst in #243
• NAQP default exchange setting was wrong #242 by @w7sst in #244
• Alt-F9/Alt-F10 now uses 2 WPM speed increments. #245 by @w7sst in #246
• Remove beep when Enter is hit after a Q is entered (F6FVY) by @w7sst in #251
• 248/252 Improve RIT and Bandwidth adjustment using mouse wheel by @w7sst in #253
• Add callers to the pile-up when a QSO is done (F6FVY) by @w7sst in #261
• 262 modify the reply or not algorithm (F6FVY) by @w7sst in #263
• 264 better f7 management (F6FVY) by @w7sst in #265
• A few changes to the Readme.txt file. by @w7sst in #267
• No RIT needed for Single Call mode (W7SST) by @w7sst in #268
• Update Readme.txt for 1.84 by @scotthibbs in #254
• #270 - update first time user help message by @w7sst in #271
• Update Readme.txt by @f6fvy in #272
• All Contests - Add Shift-F9 to start Single Call mode by @w7sst in #277
• 269 rename menu item nr digits to serial nr by @w7sst in #273
• CQ WPX - editable exchange field (starting number or #) by @w7sst in #280
• HST Competition - add error check for correct settings by @w7sst in #279
• Improve Run button with default Run Mode and Stop icon by @w7sst in #282
• ARRL FD - reduce high number of home/portable club stations (W7SST) by @w7sst in #287
• 288 roll version number and update release notes by @w7sst in #289
• Add note that it works on Mac by @swalberg in #291

New Contributors

• @K6OK made their first contribution in #170
• @swalberg made their first contribution in #291

Full Changelog: v1.83...v1.84

v1.83 - K1USN SST, JARL ALLJA & JARL ACAG

Summary

This fourth release of Morse Runner Community Edition added three more contests. We have added 8 contests so far with several more in the works.

Bruce K1BG shared with us the CWOPS training team's desire to add the K1USN Slow Speed Test. They wished to add Farnsworth so that the cw character speed remains at 25 wpm for the beginner classes that send slower. The Farnsworth spacing is only available for the K1USN SST to maintain our original program's intent to be a contesting simulator. Big thanks to Mike W7SST, for programming the SST contest and retooling to add Farnsworth spacing. Mike W7SST added nonmember exchanges for the CWOPS CWT contest.

We wish to thank Muto JR8PPG for his hard work coding the JARL All Japan contest and in addition the JARL All Cities All Guns contest.

The full list of changes is below.

Installation

Visit here to access the latest release.

Download the Morse.Runner.1.83.zip file (see Assets section below), extract the folder to your desktop, and run MorseRunner.exe in that folder. (Please do not add these files to a previous folder). After installing, read the Readme.txt file for more information.

Join our Community

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

Our goal is to create a program you love to use, so please help by leaving any feedback you would like to share on our discussions page.

Additionally, you can discuss or leave feedback at MorseRunnerCE on groups.io.

You have several ways to join in on our project and we look forward to hearing your ideas.

Release Details

Version 1.83 (March 2023)

• Added K1USN Slow Speed Test (Coded by W7SST)
• Add support for CWOPS CWT nonmember exchanges (Coded by W7SST)
• Improve CW spacing and timing (Found by John K3TN, Coded by W7SST)
• Added JARL All Japan Contest (Coded by JR8PPG)
• Added JARL All Cities All Guns (ACAG) Contest (Coded by JR8PPG)

What's Changed

• CWT now supports nonmember exchanges by @w7sst in #173
• CWT contest - DxStation now sends 'R' after receiving report. by @w7sst in #176
• CWT Contest - 'R' is now sent only 10% of the time by @w7sst in #178
• After correcting a copied callsign, TU is now sent by @w7sst in #179
• Restore Dx Station timeout used while copying initial callsign by @w7sst in #181
• Refactor - add procedure TStation.Init by @w7sst in #183
• Refactor - introduce contest-specific message handling by @w7sst in #185
• Add support for K1USN SST contest by @w7sst in #186
• Refactor - rename Wpm to WpmS (sending wpm speed); add TStation.SetWpm by @w7sst in #190
• Add support for JARL major contests by @jr8ppg in #192
• Fix CW timing issue between callsign and exchange; fix Wpm rate by @w7sst in #195
• Add Farnsworth timing to K1USN SST Contest by @w7sst in #196
• Simplify SST exchanges by @w7sst in #198

New Contributors

• @jr8ppg made their first contribution in #192

Full Changelog: v1.82...v1.83

Morse Runner 1.82 - ARRL DX Contest

Summary

This is the third release of the Morse Runner Community Edition.

Our effort focused on expanding the exchanges that would allow for more contests in the future. This version contains:

• Added ARRL DX Contest
• Add Help | First Time Setup
• Improve cut numbers (e.g. 5NN = 599) in exchanges received
• bug fixes

Join our Community

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

Our goal is to create a program you love to use, so please help by leaving any feedback you would like to share on our discussions page.

Additionally, you can discuss or leave feedback at MorseRunnerCE on groups.io.

You have several ways to join in on our project and we look forward to hearing your ideas.

Installation

Visit here to access the latest release.

Download the Morse.Runner.1.82.zip file below (see Assets section), extract the folder to your desktop, and run MorseRunner.exe in that folder.

Release Details

This release contains cumulative changes from several authors.

Version 1.82 (Dec 2022)

• Added ARRL DX Contest (Coded by W7SST)
• CWOPS Contest fixes (Coded by W7SST)
• Rename the F2 button to exchange (Coded by tekenny)
• Add Help | First Time Setup (Written by KD4SIR & W7SST)
• Add cut numbers (e.g. 5NN = 599) in exchanges received (Coded by W7SST)
• bug fixes

Version 1.81 (Oct 2022)

• Fix bad CWOPS CWT Exchange message (Coded by W7SST)
• Added CQ WW Contest (Coded by W7SST)
• Update README.md (by F6FVY)
• Updated GUI and menu items (Coded by W7SST)

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)

What's Changed

• NAQP sends wrong exchange to caller (Coded by W7SST) by @w7sst in #87
• NAQP sends wrong exchange to caller (Coded by W7SST) (#87) by @w7sst in #88
• Integrate two bug fixes by @w7sst in #89
• refactor - introduce TMainForm.SetWpm() by @w7sst in #91
• refactor - rename ARRLRec to TDXCCRec; ARRLDX to gDXCCList. by @w7sst in #93
• refactor - introduce dynamic Recv/Sent Exchange Types by @w7sst in #95
• Introduce class hierarchy to support common Contest behaviors by @w7sst in #125
• fix callsign prefix reporting issue (Coded by W7SST) by @w7sst in #129
• fix call prefix extraction problem missed in last checkin by @w7sst in #131
• reading call history files only needs to occur one time by @w7sst in #132
• Change f2 to be exch instead of # by @tekenny in #119
• Create developer onboarding documentation by @tekenny in #122
• rework user callsign handling, load call history file at runtime by @w7sst in #134
• sort contest names in dropdown list by @w7sst in #135
• 62 add support for ARRL DX Contest by @w7sst in #138
• add contest-specific scoring by @w7sst in #140
• display station info for CWOPS CWT and ARRL DX Contests (Coded by W7SST) by @w7sst in #153
• ARRL DX: allow ENN to be sent as short-form 5NN RST by @w7sst in #155
• fix #147 - memory leak in CWOPS call history reader by @w7sst in #148
• ARRL DX: accept 1TT or 100 as valid power entries by @w7sst in #151
• Add First Time Setup message to the Help menu by @w7sst in #156

New Contributors

• @tekenny made their first contribution in #119

Full Changelog: v1.81...v1.82

Morse Runner 1.81 - Community Edition

Summary

This is the second release of the Morse Runner Community Edition. This version contains:

• Add CQ WW Contest
• Bug fixes.
• Menu and splash screen changes

Join Our Community

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

Our goal is to create program you love to use, so please help by leaving any feedback you would like to share on our discussions page.

Additionally, you can discuss or leave feedback at MorseRunnerCE on groups.io.

You have several ways to join in on our project and we look forward to sharing your ideas.

Installation

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

Release Details

This release contains cumulative changes from several authors.

Version 1.81 (Oct 2022)

• Fix bad CWOPS CWT Exchange message (Coded by W7SST)
• Added CQ WW Contest (Coded by W7SST)
• Update README.md (by F6FVY)
• Updated GUI and menu items (Coded by W7SST)

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)

What's Changed

• Fix #44 - fix bad CWOPS CWT Exchange message when starting without .i… by @w7sst in #47
• Quarterly project Roadmap update by @w7sst in #50
• Fixes #51 - Add additional 'Adding a contest' comments. by @w7sst in #53
• Add CQ WW Contest by @w7sst in #54
• Issue #61 - change title bar to 'Morse Runner - Community Edition' by @w7sst in #69
• Fix #59 - The 'Help > Web Page' now directs to the GitHub home page by @w7sst in #70
• rename Help menu's 'Web Page...' to 'Community Edition Home Page' by @w7sst in #71
• Update README.md by @f6fvy in #72
• Issue #56 - Update splash screen with latest copyright info (Coded by W7SST) by @w7sst in #74
• Issue #60 - Restore missing Help About dialog (Coded by W7SST) by @w7sst in #73

New Contributors

• @f6fvy made their first contribution in #72

Full Changelog: v1.80...v1.81

Morse Runner 1.80 - Field Day Contest prototype

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.

Join Our Community

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

Our goal is to create program you love to use, so please help by leaving any feedback you would like to share on our discussions page.

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 #18 - bug fix - CWOPTS.isnum() incorrectly considered an empty string as valid by @w7sst in #19
• Issue #16 - bug fix - last char of last field is dropped by TCWOPS.De… by @w7sst in #17
• Issue #14 - Add some comments to CWT code in SaveQso(). by @w7sst in #15
• Issue #21 - rework ct7aup's Rx CW Speed adjustment by @w7sst in #22
• Resolves #23 - rework - move digit and CW Rx settings I/O into Ini.pas; code simplification by @w7sst in #26
• Fixes #27 - restore whitespace differences by @w7sst in #28
• Integrate Ve3nea-normalized branch into our main branch by @w7sst in #30
• Merge fixes for Issue #31, #32, #33, #34 into main branch by @w7sst in #35
• Merge FD Prototype by @w7sst in #37
• initial changes for 1.80 release notes/Readme.txt file by @w7sst in #40

New Contributors

• @w7sst made their first contribution in #5
• @scotthibbs made their first contribution in #8

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