Dick - It took a while for that one to click with me, too. Since
only islands are multipliers, until you work an island, your
multiplier is ZERO, so your score is ZERO, no matter how many
Q's you have. As soon as you work an island, you will have a score.
73, Chuck N6KW
On 2010-07-24 17:50, DickT-W0RAA wrote:
> I am just getting started in the IOTA contest. I worked my first station
> and gave hime a 001 number. The rules state that contact with a non-island
> station counts 3 points. The station I worked was NR1X (non-island). After
> giving him my 5NN 001 I logged him but the score shows as a zero ( 0 ).
>
> Under Contest | Parameter Setup it asks for my IOTA reference. Since I'm
> not on an island, I have not entered anything in that area.
>
> Do I need something there to get my score to "Total"? If so, what goes in
> that area?
>
> Dick
> W0RAA
>
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