On Sep 30, 5:30 am, Steve Leonard wrote:

Oh, and if you turn any cambridge unit off after making the
declaration, it is dumped so you have to start over... I suspect most
other FRs are the same?

At 14:25 30 September 2009, Uncle Fuzzy (Jim Wynhoff) wrote:

I know only about the [Cambridge] 302 series. Mine holds a declaration
until I change it....

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Ah yes, the vagaries of FRs!

You two prove there's little consistency in how various models deal with
declaration procedures and/or assigning declaration date & time.

Actually, Jim, the first line of the "C" records in your data files
indicates that recurring declaration was made on August 2, 2008 at
02:01:21 UTC, for a flight made on August 1, 2008. (Dates are UTC as well,
so from the looks of it, this was an in-flight or post-flight declaration
for an August 1, 2008 flight in Nevada. Some FRs permit this, though I
think it's chiefly a Cambridge quirk... and it can happen accidentally,
when taking an in- or post-flight look at the declaration and pushing the
wrong button(s) to exit that screen.)

Please check your User Guide for the 302 - I seem to recall that the
omni-present declaration is a user-set option in this model... if so, you
may want to see what the other option(s) is/are.

Yet another variation on declaration date & time: a Volkslogger will cling
tenaciously to a task in memory for weeks/months or longer... assigning it
a different date & time EACH TIME the FR is turned on and begins
recording. This invalidates any carefully-made written declaration signed
on the "big day," but before the FR is turned on.

This is also how a pilot flying in Texas in August ends up surprised by an
electronically declared task he’d entered in June, during a contest in
California. (One of exactly 2 instances when I've approved claims based
on a technically invalid written declaration - the other involved a pilot
flying in Pennsylvania, with an electronically declared task in Germany.)


Bottom line... if you prefer a written declaration OR you don't know and
can’t check exactly what’s entered in the FR, the best advice is this:
Prepare a written declaration ready for an Observer’s signature ... TURN
THE FR ON... fiddle with an electronic declaration if you like, but then
knock iti off, leave the FR on and have the Observer sign the written
declaration, adding the date & time.

Judy