TLF - feature request

[Martin Kratoska]

Hi Tom & al,

a nice addition to the tlf would be the reverse call lookup. Assumed 
that a Club contest where a part of exchange is the membership number 
and the user has an initial exchage file, the membership number preceded 
with a dedicated character (# in this example) written into Call field 
will cause the Call field will be filled with the Call and the initial 
exchange will appear as a prefill in the exchange field.

It may seem unclear and complicated, better would be an example:
FOC Marathon (exchange is RST and Membership number), there is also an 
initial exchange (present in the directory) like this:
...
LA3FL,1480
N2UU,1483
SM6BGA,1484
G4BUO,1486
N4UB,1490
VK6LW,1492
OQ3R,1493
K2SG,1494
KN0V,1496
...

When I hear exchange with membership number 1492 I can write #1492 into 
Call field (# is the dedicated character), the text #1492 will be 
replaced with call VK6LW when the dupe check is performed (with spacebar 
or so).

This can save sometimes a lot of time, namely when the contestant takes 
the event more like a party than a contest, ie. his QSO is longer 
because he gives out something more than a bare exchange.

If more callsigns are assigned to a particular member (here VK6LW can be 
also VK6T,1492) the first call (as ordered in the initial exchage file) 
appears in the Call field and other (alternative) calls should appear in 
the SCP list.

Of course, a number WITHOUT the dedicated character should be 
interpreted as frequency to that the radio should be tuned. Example: 
1833 typed into Call field should tune the radio to 1833 kHz, #1833 will 
NOT tune but DJ4KW will appear in the Call field.

Any ideas?

73,
Martin, OK1RR