tlf(1)

NAME
tlf - Contest keyer/logging program for Ham Radio

SYNOPSIS
tlf [option]

OPTIONS

-f Start with non-default configuration file (tlf -fPA0R)
    Defaults to logcfg.dat in actual working directory.

-h Show summary of options and exit.

-s Synchronize log with other node ( tlf -suser:password@host/dir/logfilename)

-V Output version information and exit.

-v Verbose startup.

-d Debug rigctl.

-n Start without packet/cluster.

DESCRIPTION
tlf is a console (ncurses) mode general purpose CW keyer, -logging and -contest program for hamradio. It supports the CQWW, the WPX, the ARRL-DX , the ARRL-FD, the STEWPERRY, the PACC and the EU SPRINT contests as well as a lot more basic contests, general QSO and DXpedition mode. From version 1.2.0 on there is also support for the FOC Marathon. It interfaces with a morse code generator, a number of radios via the hamlib library, and with a DX Cluster. Tlf can project DX cluster data into the excellent Xplanet program, written by Hari Nair.

Contest operation mimics the popular TR-Log program for DOS, the output file is TRlog-compatible. The log can be exported in ADIF or cabrillo format.

The program was written for console mode on purpose, to make it run also on smaller machines, or remotely via ssh or a modem link.

Since tlf-0.9.21 the cwdaemon-0.9 is fully supported, featuring direct mode for the keyboard and output to parallel and serial ports and speed and weight control from the keyboard, and band info output on the parallel port.

For rig control tlf works with Hamlib (v. >=1.2.3), you can find it at Sourceforge.com.

Tlf provides full ip networking between tlf nodes, syncing/distributing log, packet data, frequency data, local talk, serial numbers, time sync etc...

USAGE
Tlf has been written for console mode. If you want to run tlf from a terminal in X, you will probably get the best results if you set TERM=linux and use an linux console terminal. Both KDE and GNOME terminals have a facility to start an X linux console. An Xterm will give unreadable colours, you will have to set different colours in the logcfg.dat file. Also F1 does not work in Xterm, which is not compatible with linux consoles. Other keys (sometimes F4 and F5) may not work in your xterm, YMMV. There are excellent results with the latest KDE and GNOME consoles (I prefer vi colours). As tlf uses ncurses to format its display you must use a proper font. (The Linux font works o.k. ). If you have problems, try the linux text console first and work from there... Normally you start or restart tlf in fast mode with tlf. During debugging of a logcfg.dat file you can start in verbose mode, to have a look at the startup messages. From version tlf-0.9.3 you can load different config files with tlf -f<filename>. If you have the packet cluster enabled you will first see the packet screen. Log in with your callsign and switch to tlf with :<enter>. You can come back to the packet screen later with the same command from the call input field. You can stop tlf with the :EXIT command, the :QUIT command or with Ctrl-c, Alt-q or Alt-x. At restart tlf recalculates the score, which may take some time depending on the number of qso's in the logfile and the speed of your system. Tlf takes the points as they are in the log, and calculates the multiplier from either callsign or exchange field (depending on the contest).

COMMANDS
:ADIf writes adif file (*.adif) :CHAr Input the number of characters for CW auto-start. Possible values are 2..5, default is 0 (off). After typing as many characters in the input field TLF starts sending the callsign without further keystrokes. You can type in the rest off the call (but quickly). As soon as the sending catches your last typed character TLF automatically sends the exchange and the cursor jumps to the exchange field. ESC stops sending. This works only in CW contests in RUN mode. :CHEck, :NOCheck dupe check window on|off :CQDelay Change cqdelay (in 1/2 seconds, with up/down arrows) :CLOff No cluster info (non-assisted contest operation) :CLUster, :MAP Show cluster window or bandmap :CONtest Toggle contest mode on/off :CTY, :ZONe, :MULt Show needed country multipliers, zones, multipliers per continent (depends on contest) :CWMode, :SSBmode, :DIGimode switch trx to CW|SSB|Digimode mode :DEBug_tty Debug routine for rig links. :EDIt Edit the log with your favourite editor (the editor (vi|joe|e3|MC) can be set in logcfg.dat :EXIt Exit tlf. :FILter Filter cluster info (announce, dx-spots, all) :FREq Show frequency or band/score info of your other stations... :HELp Show online help (displays help.txt from working directory or from /usr/local/share if no local one exists). :INFo network status :MESsage Edit cw messages :MODe Toggle trx mode (CW|SSB|DIG) :PACket Switch to the packet terminal (switch back to tlf with ":") :QUIT Quit tlf :REConnect Reopens the connection to the DX cluster in case it got dropped. :REScore Recalculates the values in the score window (needed e.g. after deleting or editing QSOs). :RITclear toggle rit reset after QSO on/off :SET, :CFG Edit parameters in logcfg.dat file and reload it. :SCAn Enter SCAN function (return with ESCAPE) :SCOre Toggle score window on/off :SCVolume (0 ... 99) Adjust soundcard volume for sidetone (up/down) :SIMulator Toggle simulator mode. In simulator mode you can work a complete CQWW CW contest in TRlog mode. Set CONTEST=cqww. :SOUnd The SOUND recorder is a utility to record the voice keyer messages and enables you to record the complete contest in chunks of 1 hour to the hard drive. It does this in the directory: ~/tlf/soundlogs. The sound recorder uses a script called soundlog which has to be located in ~/tlf/soundlogs. You find it in the scripts directory. If your soundcard is different from /dev/dsp you can use the SC_DEVICE parameter in the logcfg.dat file (my soundcard is at SC_DEVICE=/dev/dsp1). The file extension is .au, the sun ulaw format. The recorder produces < 60 MB per hour. This means you can record a complete cqww in less than 3 GB. If your disk cannot handle this, ftp the soundfile to a server every hour....

F1 ... F12, s, c will record the voice keyer message for that key.

1:    Start contest recording to ddhhmm.au

2:    Stop contest recording

3:    Play back contest recording ddhh[mm][xx]
    xx is the offset from the start of the file e.g.:
    2110 will start from beginning of the day 21 hr 10:00 file.
    21100013:00 will start from day 21, hh 10, mm 00, + 13 minutes: 0 seconds To make sure you get a new file every hour make a cron job to run every hour with: /usr/bin/pkill -f sox > /dev/null 2> /dev/null If you run this job every 10 minutes you get sound records of 10 minutes long.

Once started the recorder will run until the lock file ~/.VRlock is removed. :SYNc Synchronize the logfile of this node with the logfile pointed to by parameter SYNCFILE=<user:password@host/dir/logfile>. Tlf will wget the logfile from the relevant node, make a dated backup of your local logfile, and merge the 2 files. The score will be recalculated. :TONe Set PC sidetone frequency (300 - 900, 0 = Off) :TRXcontrol toggle trxcontrol on/off (default off, only makes sense with rigcontrol capability) :VIEw View the log with less :WRIte Write cabrillo file according to specified format (see CABRILLO= statement).

KEYS
The keymap refers to the linux text console. It may be slightly different on X terminals. Turn off any key recognition by the terminal for its own purposes (menu access, help display, ....). Pay special attention to the Fx- and Alt- keys. Moreover on some systems you must set TERM=linux or TERM=rxvt. This also works under vnc. Pgup Increase CW speed (from call and exchange fields). If field not empty and CHANGE_RST is set: change RST value Ctrl-Pgup Increase Auto_CQ delay (+1/2 sec). Set Auto_CW delay to message length + pause length. This is because tlf does not know when the cwdaemon is ready... Pg-down Decrease CW speed (from call and exchange fields) If field not empty and CHANGE_RST is set: change RST value. Ctrl-Pgdown Decrease Auto_CQ delay (-1/2 sec). F1-F11 Send CW, RTTY or VOICE message F12 Start Auto_CQ (sends F12 message) Tab Switch between call input and exchange fields Space Switch from Call input to exchange field + Toggle CQ/S&P mode (TRlog mode) or Send F3 + log qso(CT mode) Left-Arrow Change band if callsign field empty. (enter edit mode if callsign present, leave edit mode with ENTER or ESC) Right-Arrow Change band ENTER Smart key for contest mode: Calls cq, Calls station, Sends exchange, Logs the qso Backslash log qso w/o CW output; ; Insert note in log , Keyboard on. This works only when the call input field is empty. use ctrl-k if it isn't. ESCAPE Return to call input field, keyboard off, stop cw, reset call and exchange (universal undo) '"' (double quote) Send talk message to other tlf nodes - (minus) Delete last qso (Use :res(core) to correct scoring number afterward). Up-arrow Edit last qso: Insert, overwrite, and delete; + log view = (equal) Confirm last call _ (underscore) Confirm last exchange { In RTTY (DIGIMODE), keyboard mode switch TX on } In RTTY (DIGIMODE), keyboard mode switch TX off (RX) (backslash) In RTTY (DIGIMODE), keyboard mode switch controller to command mode (back to operating mode with 'k enter' # trx qrg -> mem, mem -> trx qrg ! - Get a new shell. Come back with 'exit'. . - Change bandmap filter configuration. You can filter to show spots from all or own band only, from all/own mode only and if you want to see dupes or not (see the according help display). Ctrl-a add spot to bandmap and broadcast it to local net Ctrl-b send info to cluster. Ctrl-c Quit tlf Ctrl-d Stop tlf Ctrl-f Set frequency. Use UP/DOWN-Arrow for 100hz steps and PgUP/PgDwn for 500hz steps. Back with ESC. Ctrl-g grab next dx spot from bandmap Ctrl-k Keyboard (CW and RTTY) Ctrl-p Muf display Ctrl-q xoff (linux terminal function) Ctrl-r Toggle lp0-pin 14 (Mic/Soundcard switch | trx1/trx2 switch) Ctrl-s xon (linux terminal function) Ctrl-t Show talk messages Ctrl-z Stop tlf Alt-0 ... Alt-9 send CW messages Alt-a Cycle cluster window: NOCLUSTER->CLUSTER->BANDMAP->... Alt-b Band up Alt-c Toggle display of checkwindow Alt-e Enter qso edit mode Alt-g Grab first spot from bandmap which has the characters in the call input field in its call. Allow to selectively grab a special call. Alt-h Show help Alt-i Show talk messages Alt-j Show other local stations frequencies Alt-k Keyboard (CW and RTTY) Alt-m Show multipliers Alt-n Add Note to log Alt-p Toggle PTT (via cwdaemon) Alt-q Exit tlf Alt-r Toggle score window Alt-s Toggle score window Alt-t Tune your rig (via cwdaemon). Activates PTT and Key output for 6 seconds. Stop with any key. Alt-v Band down (Change speed in CT compatibility mode) Alt-w Set CW weight Alt-x Leave tlf Alt-z Show zones worked

PREFERENCES
Tlf can be fully configured by editing the logcfg.dat file. Normally you keep one logcfg.dat file, setting up your call, the logfilename, the ports and addresses for packet, the rig, the network etc., and a separate rules file per contest. The logcfg.dat file can be edited from within tlf by the :CFG or :SET commands (or with any other plain text editor before startign tlf). You can set your favourite editor (joe | vi | e3 | MC) in the logcfg.dat file. You connect the rules file by using the statement RULES=<contestname> in logcfg.dat. Tlf will first look in the working directory for a logcfg.dat file, and if it cannot find one it will look in /usr/local/share/tlf for a default one. Make sure you edit the logcfg.dat file at least to hold your call and your preferred system configuration.

LOGCFG.DAT statements
RULES=<contest rules file> Name of the rules file to load. It helps if you name the rules file according to the contest you want to describe. SYNCFILE=user:password@host/dir/syncfile (wget syntax). File on remote host you want to synchronize with. CTCOMPATIBLE Does not use the TRlog qso sequence, but +, Insert and Enter to log the qso. The default is the TRlog sequence which uses "+" to switch between RUN and S&P modes, and just ENTER to call and log the qso. TLFCOLORx= Defaults:
   TLFCOLOR1=23    (Header and footer)
   TLFCOLOR2=67    (Pop up windows)
   TLFCOLOR3=70    (Log window)
   TLFCOLOR4=57    (Markers/dupe colour)
   TLFCOLOR5=43    (Input fields)
   TLFCOLOR6=63    (Window frames)
The numbers in octal, fg/bg or bg/fg (you have to try it). You should only specify these if you don't agree with the standard colours of tlf. In some Terminals you can set a special profile for tlf with your own colours... Another way is to define the colors is via a .Xdefault file. EDITOR=<joe | vi | e3 | mc> Editor used to edit the log or logcfg.dat CALL=<PA0R> Your call used in messages, and used to determine your country, zone and continent. TIME_OFFSET=<0> (0...23) Used to shift the tlf time with respect to the computer clock. Normally 0. TIME_MASTER This node transmits the time over the network (only one master allowed!) ADDNODE=<node address>:<Port number> Adds an ip address (and optionally a port number) to which we broadcast stuff. (WARNING: Only add addresses of other nodes). THISNODE=<A...H> Node designator (default 'A'). If tlf hears it's own node ID on the network it will exit and ask you to pick another one!! LANDEBUG Switches on the debug function. Dumps all tlf net traffic received on this node into a file named "debuglog" in the working directory. This log can be used as a backup log for the whole network, as it is easy to retrieve qso data, cluster messages, gab messages etc. after the contest. I have it on all the time!! NETKEYER Switches the cw keyer on. Only the ip networked keyer cwdaemon is actively supported. You may also need the keyer for PTT control or Band info output. NETKEYERPORT=<port number> (default = 6789) NETKEYERHOST=<host address> (default = 127.0.0.1, localhost) MFJ1278_KEYER=<serial port> Switches support for the MFJ1278B multi-mode controller on. The 1278 supports CW as well as RTTY contesting. Fixed baud rate 9600 Baud. CWSPEED=<speed in wpm> (4...69) WEIGHT=<-45...50> Only for NETKEYER. TXDELAY=<PTT delay in ms> (0...50) SOUNDCARD Use soundcard for sidetone output SIDETONE_VOLUME=<soundcard volume> (0...99) Set soundcard sidetone volume (default=70). A value of 0 turns off sidetone output (even for the console speaker). CQDELAY=<Auto_cq delay in 1/2 seconds> (3...60) Use a value which is message length + listening time!! CWTONE=<pc speaker or soundcard sidetone> (0...999) A value of 0 switches the sidetone off (!!! Due to a bug in cwdaemon it also turns off the Alt-t tune function. Use SIDETONE_VOLUME = 0 instead). BANDOUTPUT Outputs band information to pins 2, 7, 8, 9 on the parallel port. Output is 1 (160m), 2 (80m) ... 9 (10m). This format is compatible with the standard interface for antenna switches, band filters etc... BANDOUTPUT=124181818 Output pin 2 for 160, 30, 17 and 12, pin 7 for 80, pin 8 for 40, and pin 9 for 20, 15 and 10. This comes in handy when you have 3 dipoles and a 3-band beam (...). NO_BANDSWITCH_ARROWKEYS This will prevent unwanted band switching when you are not using rig control. Band up=alt-b, band down = alt-v (Trlog compatible). TELNETHOST=<cluster address> e.g. claudia.esrac.ele.tue.nl or 131.155.192.179 TELNETPORT=<telnet port of cluster> e.g. 8000 TNCPORT=<serial port> You can use e.g. /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyUSB1, etc... anything that looks like a tty. TNCSPEED=<Baud rate> Tlf supports 1200, 2400, 4800 and 9600 Baud FIFO_INTERFACE The fifo interface is used when you want to receive cluster info from the network, of from another source. The fifo interface uses a fifo in the working directory called /fBclfile/fR. Anything you dump into this fifo will be displayed by the packet interface. RADIO_CONTROL Switches the radio interface on. The rig interface makes use of the Hamlib library which supports a lot of different rigs. RIGMODEL=<rig number> Look at the Hamlib stuff for the NUMBER of your rig. RIGSPEED=<Baud rate> Speed of the serial port. RIGPORT=<serial port> You can use e.g. /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyUSB1, etc... anything that looks like a tty. RPC rig daemon users should have RIGMODEL=1901 and RIGPORT=localhost. In this case RIGSPEED is ignored. RIGCONF= Will send rig configuration parameters to Hamlib E.g.: RIGCONF=civaddr=0x40,retry=3,rig_pathname=/dev/ttyS0 RIT_CLEAR Clears the RIT after logging the qso. This only works if the rig, and the hamlib routine supports it. (It works for the OMNI 6+). CWBANDWIDTH=<width> Sets the cw bandwidth of your rig when changing bands. If unset or 0 the default bandwidth (as determined by hamlib) is used. (You have to use a valid bandwidth for your rig!). SC_DEVICE= Sound card device for scan function (e.g. /dev/dsp0) S_METER= Audio s-meter calibration values for the scan function e.g. S_METER=20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 SSBMODE Start tlf in ssb mode (default is CW) RTTYMODE Start tlf in RTTY mode (defaul is CW) GMFSK=/home/youruser/gMFSK.log Tell miniterm where to get the data DIGIMODEM=/home/youruser/gmfsk_autofile Tell tlf where to send the macros CLUSTER Show cluster window at startup. CLUSTERLOGIN=yourcall Automatic login for the telnet client. CLUSTER_LOG Write clusterlog to disk. BANDMAP Shows cluster bandmap on startup. Use '.' to change bandmap filtering. BANDMAP=<xyz>,<number> Show cluster bandmap on startup and set start values for filtering.
  <xyz> string parsed for
  'B' - only own band
  'M' - only own mode
  'D' - do not show dupes
  'S' - skip dupes during grab_next (ctrl-g)
  <number> livetime for new spots in second (number >=30) SCOREWINDOW Show the score window (same as Alt-R cmd) CHECKWINDOW Show the country/call check window PARTIALS Show a list of possible contest calls USE_PARTIALS Use the auto-complete utility (takes some practise...). Tlf will complete the call as soon as it is unique in the database. This can of course lead to strange effects, but in my experience there are far more hits than misses. Sometimes you must edit the call because it has locked on a unique call.... Try it, and switch it off when you don't like it. LOGFREQUENCY Put frequency (kHZ) into qso number to enable logging of frequency (only qso and dxped mode) IGNOREDUPES Enable to make multiple qsos in a contest SUNSPOTS=<SSN> Set the sunspots value which is used to do a rough calculation of the MUF. If the cluster interface is used the SSN will be updated by WWV or WCY messages. SFI=<Solar flux value> Set SFI used to calculate SSN. The SSN value is used to do a rough calculation of the MUF. If the packet interface is used the SSN will be updated by WWV or WCY messages. CHANGE_RST If set in logcfg.dat, Pg-up and Pg-down will change RST instead of CW speed if field is not empty. Default: off. NOB4 Don't send automatic "qso b4" message (default: on) NOAUTOCQ No automatic cq when pressing enter or F12. MARKERS=<file name> Generate marker file for Xplanet. Xplanet will show the last 8 spots on an azimuthal map. See the relevant xplanet documentation. Use azimuthal projection, and center the map on your qth. POWERMULT=<multi> Use this value to multiply the final points. If the contest rule allows to use the power multiplier (IE. Stewperry, ARRL-FD), you can pass that here. Note, that the type of POWERMULT is float, eg. POWERMULT=1.5, but the final score will rounded by floor(), which gives the largest integer value that is not greater than multiplied score.

RULES
The contest rules can be put into separate files. Tlf will first look for a directory called "rules/" in the working directory, and a file "<contest_name>". If tlf cannot find that it will look into the directory /usr/local/share/tlf/rules. A rules file contains contest specific parameters like multipliers, scoring rules, cw and voice keyer messages etc. The rules file overrides settings from the logcfg.dat file! WARNING! It is your own reponsibility to try these rules well BEFORE the contest. The authors of tlf cannot possible check all rules for all contests :) and during the contest there is normally no time to fix it. CONTEST=xxxxx Name of the contest (same as the file name). Some contests, like cqww and wpx, are pre-programmed. look for the relevant rules file in /usr/local/share/tlf/rules. LOGFILE=<logfilename> Mandatory CABRILLO=<cabrillo_format> Specify the name of the cabrillo format to use (see doc/README.cab). CONTEST_MODE Sets contest mode. Do not use it for normal qso logging! NO_RST Do not use RST in contest (e.g. for CW Open or ARRL Field Day). Use '---' as placeholder instead of RST in the logfile and the main display. If you want to write a cabrillo log you have to provide an according format definition without RST values. CQWW_M2 Put the node ID into the logline (just after the qso number) to support Multi/2 operation where the station logging the qso must be in the cabrillo file. This can also be used for M/1 and M/M, to enable post-contest analysis of the nodes. Macro characters in the messages % = your call, @ = hiscall, # = serial number, [ = RST , + = increase cw speed, - = decrease cw speed , * = AR, '=' = BT, < = SK, ( = KN, ! = SN, & = AS, > = BK, ! = his serial (eg: confirm exchange of station in DIGIMODE) F1=<cw message 1> CQ message, (e.g. CQ de PA0R TEST) F2=<cw message 2> S&P call message, (e.g. @ de %) F3=<cw message 3> Exchange message, (e.g. @ ++5NN--#) F4=<cw message 4> TU message, (e.g. TU 73 %) F5=<cw message 5> Call of the other station ("@") F6=<cw message 6> Your call ("%") F7=<cw message 7> QSO B4 message (e.g. @ sri qso b4 gl) F8=<cw message 8> AGN F9=<cw message 9> F10=<cw message 10> QRZ message (QRZ?) F11=<cw message 11> QRZ message (QRZ?) F12=<cw message 12> Auto-CQ message (e.g. +++TEST %---) CQ_TU_MSG=<cw message 13> Auto Exchange message in CQ mode (TRlog mode), (e.g. TU %) S&P_TU_MSG=<cw message 14> Auto Exchange message in S&P mode (TRlog mode), (e.g. TU 5NN #) ALT_0=<...> ... ALT_9=<...> 9 further cw messages SHORT_SERIAL Uses short form for serial number (599=5NN, 001=TT1) LONG_SERIAL Uses long form for serial number (default) VKM1=<voice message file name 1> ... VKM12=<voice message file name 12> Like F1 ... F12, for phone. VKSPM=<voice message file name> Auto Exchange voice message in S&P mode (TRlog mode) VKCQM=<voice message file name> Auto Exchange voice message in CQ mode (TRlog mode) ONE_POINT One (1) point per QSO. TWO_POINTS Two points per QSO. THREE_POINTS Three points per QSO SSBPOINTS= Points per SSB QSO. SSBPOINTS and CWPOINTS needs to be set both to work! CWPOINTS= Points per CW QSO MY_COUNTRY_POINTS=<x> Points for own DXCC entity (often zero :-) MY_CONTINENT_POINTS=<x> Points for countries in own continent. DX_POINTS=<x> Points for station in other continents 2EU3DX_POINTS (deprectated, use MY_CONTINENT_POINTS and DX_POINTS instead). COUNTRY_LIST_POINTS=<x> Points for countries in country list USE_COUNTRYLIST_ONLY Zero points for countries not in list COUNTRYLIST=<comma separated list of prefixes starting with colon> (e.g. Scandinavia:SM,LA,OZ,OH) COUNTRYLIST=<file name> File with list of prefixes. PORTABLE_MULT_2 Multiply points x2 for portable stations (e.g. R1 field day) LOWBAND_DOUBLE Double all points for lowband qso (40-80-160) (can be combined with any other value). WYSIWYG_MULTIBAND Exchange is multiplier, per band, whatever you enter. Tlf builds its own list of multipliers. WYSIWYG_ONCE Exchange is multiplier, whatever you enter. Counts once for the whole contest (not per band). WAZMULT Multiplier is the CQ zone (per band). ITUMULT Multiplier is the ITU zone (per band). PFX_MULT Multiplier is prefix (once per contest, not per band. COUNTRY_MULT Multiplier is the DXCC entity (per band) MULT_LIST=<file name> Name of multipliers file (often sections, provinces, states, counties). May contain comment lines starting with '#' in first column. SECTION_MULT Multiplier is section from multipliers file. SERIAL+SECTION Exchange is serial number and section, multipler is section from multiplier file. Mults count per band. SERIAL_OR_SECTION Exchange is serial number or section. This option is similar to SERIAL+SECTION, except the exchange could be a serial OR the section. The options was introduced for HA-DX, where HA stations gives the shortest form of its county, other stations gives serial. SERIAL+GRID4 Exchange is serial number and grid (e.g. JO21QI), multipler is 4-character grid (JO21). Mults count per band. DX_&_SECTIONS Multiplier is DXCC country or section from multiplier file. RECALL_MULTS Exchange can be recycled, will be filled into exchange field when it is known( see also INITIAL_EXCHANGE) INITIAL_EXCHANGE= Format: INITIAL_EXCHANGE=exchanges.txt The file must contain a comma-separated list of exchanges, if e.g. the exchange is the name of the operator: PA0R,rein PG4I,joop OK1RR,martin If RECALL_MULTS is set, tlf will look in this list for the exchange and fill it in for you. There are various contests which have a standard exchange, like e.g. the FOC Marathon. The module also recognises embedded calls (CT3/PA0R/QRP). CONTINENT_EXCHANGE Exchange is continent (NA, SA, EU, AS, AF, OC) SERIAL_EXCHANGE Exchange is serial number (formats exchange field) MIXED Station can be worked both in SSB and CW SSBMODE Start tlf in SSB mode MYQRA For the contest "Stewperry", this option is used to set the QRA, eg: JN97, or the full form: JN97OM. In Stewperry, the points calculated based on the distance of the stations.

FILES
SEND_DE If it's placed in logcfg.dat, Tlf will send a "DE" word before your callsign, eg: "DE W1AW". There is a special case: if SEND_DE is exists, and Tlf is in DIGIMODE, then station callsign will be send before DE, eg.: "DL1A DE W1AW". /usr/local/share/tlf/logcfg.dat is a recent example of the configuration file tlf needs to know what to do. Tlf won't start without one. Copy it into the working directory and edit it before use. You should do your experiments well *before* the contest... It contains e.g. your call, name of the log file, info about ports for cw, packet or rig control, contest rules, points, multipliers etc. etc.. /usr/local/share/tlf/rules/contestname contains the rules of the various contests. You can easily write one for your favourite contest making use of the various multiplier and points capabilities.. Check it before the contest and message to tlf-devel@nongnu.org if anything is wrong. /usr/local/share/tlf/cty.dat contains a flat ascii data base of info about countries. This is the same file as used by CT or TRlog. /usr/local/share/tlf/mastercalls contains a flat ascii data base of known contest callsigns. section files contain a flat ascii data base of multpliers like states, sections, provinces, d.istricts, names, ages, etc... Some are available at the tlf project download site (http://www.iae.nl/users/reinc/TLF-0.2.html). They are invoked by including MULT_LIST=<sectionfilename> in the rules file.

DOCUMENTATION
An operation manual (a little bit outdated) is available in html format at the tlf old project page (http://sharon.esrac.ele.tue.nl/pub/linux/ham/tlf/).

AUTHORS
tlf was written by Rein Couperus <pa0r at eudxf.org> aka <rein at couperus.com> but maintained from 2009 on by Thomas Beierlein <tb at forth-ev.de>. Lots of valuable contributions from PG4I (Joop PA4TU) , PA3FWM, LZ3NY, VA3DB, OM4AA, OK1RR, DH5FS, G4KNO and various other contributors... (See the AUTHORS file for more) Tnx all for improving tlf!!

Beta testers and feedback are always welcome !!!

DOCUMENTATION
Bug reports to tlf-devel@nongnu.org