On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 07:18:48PM -0500, Art Boyars wrote:
> A certain VE2 sent me Zone 2 (clearly, and also to the guy after me), but the
> cty file gave Zone 5. Of course, I logged "2" (and added a note that he
> really sent 2). Both Zones were mults (I was just fooling around in the
> Test, and did not bother to work the W/K zones, so might not have another
> Zone 5).
>
> So, what happens when the CQ Committee log checking software gets hold of my
> log? If they think he is really Zone 5...
The CTY.DAT file that you use during the contest will likely not be the one
that the adjudicators use a month from now. They will be using one that
has been updated to reflect unexpected changes that could affect multipliers
or QSO points such as this.
AD1C often posts a new CTY.DAT file after the big contests, for example, that
clarifies the half-dozen interesting cases (like the entity of the TO prefix
station that was not announced ahead of time, a VE2 in zone 2 that either
hadn't operated the contest before decided to travel to zone 2 for the
weekend, the GM that is really in the Shetlands, etc...)
And while I cannot speak for the CQWW, I know that in other contests the log
checking process builds a database of meta-data based on the exchange. If
that station gave out zone 2 and everyone else logs it as zone 2, I would
think that zone 2 would be identified in the meta-data. You could then go
through all the stations that sent a different zone than the CTY.DAT file
suggests is correct, and decide whether or not to update the CTY.DAT that
they use for that case.
> Will they ding me for bad data (not likely; I think they will recognize that
> he was sending 2)?
>
> Will they delete the Zone 2 mult (that's fair)?
The only way I think you'll lose the mult is if the adjudicators conclude that
the station was sending zone 2 but was actually in zone 5 (like they were
under the impresion that all VE2s were in zone 5 or something...)
> And, here's the rub, will they give me the Zone 5 mult.
You'll either get zone 2 or zone 5 for that contact, but not both :-)
> With my 60K-and-I-don't-care score this question is academic, but I'd like to
> know. And it might matter to some one some time.
>
> (BTW, the answers do not depend on whether you were using one, two or three
> radios. :>) )
>
> 73, Art K3KU
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