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CQSS.DOC Page 1 (c) Joe Kasser G3ZCZ 1987
CQSS.BAS This is a game (simulation). It is a simulation of
the ARRL Sweepstakes contest for a station located
in Maryland (G3ZCZ/W3). It incorporates a
propagation model so that the contacts on any band
at any time of the day will be relatively
realistic. The premise behind the simulation and
the program itself are described in chapter 5 of
the book. This version is a later version of the
listing given in Book, listing, Figure 5-28. If
you don't have a copy of the book, load the
program, set the CAPS LOCK key to CAPS, and follow
the instructions to initialise the game.
The initialisation part of the program computes the
details for 1000 other simulated calls before
starting the game. It is done in this manner for
two reasons, the first is that this way all the
calls are different each time the game is played,
and secondly the program was first written in a non
floppy disk enviroment in which the calls of the
simulated stations could not be computed once and
then downloaded each time the game was to be
played.
Once the game starts, your choice of things to do
is as follows
BAND CHANGE BANDS
BREAK TAKE A BREAK (TIMEOUT)
CALL CALL OTHER STATION
CHECK CHECK TO SEE IF WORKED
CQ CALL CQ
DATA DETERMINE WHICH DATA ARE MISSING FROM
REPORT
DUPLICATE TELL OTHER STATION THAT YOU HAVE WORKED
BEFORE
HELP RECEIVE SUMMARY OF INSTRUCTIONS
LOG ENTER CONTACT IN LOG
QRT GIVE UP AND SWITCH OFF EQUIPMENT
QSL CONFIRM RECEPTION OF CONTEST DATA
REPEAT REQUEST REPEAT OF OTHER STATION'S DATA
SECTION LIST SECTIONS STILL NEEDED
SEND SEND YOUR DATA TO OTHER STATION
STATUS SEE HOW WELL YOU ARE DOING
TIME LOOK AT TIME OF DAY
TUNE TUNE ACROSS BAND
WORKED LIST OF STATIONS WORKED (UNSORTED)
You may type the first two letters for
any choice except for SECTION (which
needs 3). 'SE' is assumed to be "SEND".