Okay, everyone, calm down. I did get the Clean Sweep mug at my club
banquet. Sorry for not making that clear. When the mugs were handed out,
the emcee made a joke that led me to the W1AW/portable scoring error,
and eventually to me posting to the CQ-Contest reflector. I read the
digest version, so apologies if someone else has already raised the same
points I do.
This message is to tell everyone what happened.
First of all, thanks for the support from several contesters both on and
off the reflector. Several of you made good suggestions for dealing with
my situation. One ham who scores another ARRL contest (you know who you
are!) wrote that he had noticed the same problem and modified his log
check software to deal with multiple W1AW/p stations active simultaneously.
That e-mail and others confirmed my original concern that there was a
scoring glitch in the 2014 Sweepstakes. Steve VE3RX confirmed that ARRL
was aware of it. So I got the information I asked for. But wait, there's
more!
In a different thread, Steve London N2IC wrote "I do feel responsibility
for 'getting it right.' " He and another behind-the-scenes volunteer
went to bat for me with ARRL HQ. This afternoon I got a nice message
from Matt Wilhelm W1MSW, the ARRL Contest Branch manager. Matt wrote,
"[Y]our analysis of the problem with W1AW portable stations and log
checking is accurate." Matt also wrote that following his conversation
with VE3RX at Dayton and, probably, what I've managed to stir up here,
the contest staff "will take a look at how we can revisit the results."
That's more than I asked for. So now I have another request for the
list. Don't write those angry e-mails to ARRL. They've already noticed
the issue, and they're dependent on volunteers to supplement a fairly
thin staff, so whatever happens won't be quick. As for me, even with the
W1AW/5 deduction, I still got a better score than the year before, and
I'm drinking coffee from my nice green mug.
73,
Wes Plouff AC8JF
Royal Oak, Michigan
On 21 Jun 2015 10:20:34, Steve Gorecki VE3RX <ve3cwj@gmail.com> wrote:
Wes, I too got stung by the log checking software for SSB Sweepstakes. In
my case, I set a new record for A class on the ONN section. Having W1AW/5
marked as a dupe reduced my record score (not by much - 160 points or so,
but never the less...)
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