Scott,
After rereading your reply this morning with a clearer head I think I should
have added something. The NAQP rules state, "Exchange: Operator name and
station location (state, province or country) for North American
stations..." YOU must provide the state or province in the QTH field, but
WL automagically provides the country for you from the CALL prefix. I
believe this comes from the namedmul.ini file. If you enter VP5Z as a trial
call, with the QTH field blank, WL fills in the Country field with 'Turks &
Caicos Is.' Enter VP9Z and WL fills the Country field with 'Bermuda'. In
both cases the 'country' part of the exchange is recorded in the log and the
exchange rule requirement is met. Country is also provided for non-NA DX
stations, but is not an exchange requirement.
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message -----
From: "K7ZO (Scott Tuthill)" <k7zo@cableone.net>
To: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <al9a@pobox.mtaonline.net>
Sent: August 13, 2006 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] NAQP QTH Field
> Gary thanks for the reply and glad I am not going crazy. However, not sure
> I interpret the rules that way. VP5, VP9, KP4, etc are in North America so
> you have to copy name and station location. Outside NA, say for Europe or
> Japan, then yes you only need name only.
>
> If the robot scores the mult for non-US/VE North America countries based
> on the callsign and not the QTH field then everything would be ok. But,
> clearly they are not going to do that for any other continental station.
> You have to copy the state or province. You can't send in all the QSOs in
> the Cabrillo file with the same state or province. This is what I am
> wondering about.
>
> Scott/K7ZO
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Senesac AL9A" <al9a@pobox.mtaonline.net>
> To: "K7ZO (Scott Tuthill)" <k7zo@cableone.net>; <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] NAQP QTH Field
>
>
>> It's not a bug. I'm running WL 10.60G here and I notice the same
>> behavior in the QTH field. However, it doesn't matter. The NAQP rules
>> say the exchange with a DX station is the operator name only, no country
>> prefix is needed in the QTH field for a DX station. The QTH field is
>> alpha only to accept US states and Canadian Provinces and does not expect
>> a number. WL will handle the country properly from the CALL field and
>> award the proper multiplier credit. Notice the multiplier count when you
>> enter a VP5 and then a VP9 station - each one is a separate multiplier.
>> Likewise the contest robot will properly score the various DX mults
>> without any QTH info. States and Provinces must be in the QTH field to
>> score correctly as a mult.
>>
>> Gary AL9A
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "K7ZO (Scott Tuthill)" <k7zo@cableone.net>
>> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
>> Sent: August 13, 2006 3:25 PM
>> Subject: [WriteLog] NAQP QTH Field
>>
>>
>>> Was playing around with Wlog 10.59D prior to next weekend's NAQP SSB. I
>>> noticed there still seems to be a bug that does not allow number in the
>>> QTH
>>> or Mult field. Thus if you work VP5Z and try to type VP5 into the QTH
>>> field
>>> it will only accept VP. Similarly if you work KP4Z and try to type KP4
>>> into
>>> the QTH field it will only accept KP. The program seem track the mult ok
>>> though. However, this error then propagates into the Cabrillo file
>>> meaning
>>> if you work VP5Z and VP9Z they both would show up as VP in the Cabrillo
>>> file, which could cause you to lose a mult.
>>>
>>> Anyone else seen this? Any fixes?
>>>
>>> Scott/K7ZO
>>>
>>>
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>>
>
>
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