DJ3IW Goetz wrote:
>
> Hi,
> RW9WA sending zone 17.......
> Wonder what the logchecking software will make of it this year.
> 73 de Goetz
> dj3iw@t-online.de
> ...
Hi,
until yet I have not seen any final statement about this issue from
the Contest Manager (Glenn, W6OTC); maybe I have missed it?
However: I have checked the rules again: "RTFR = Read The Fine Rules".
(In "RTFR" the "F" stands for "Fine" and not for the Fu-word. ~:)
In the paragraph "X. Multipliers:" is this sentence: "One multiplier
point for each CQ Zone worked on each band". The key-word is "worked".
You got it? Only the CQ Zones, which you have worked, are counting for
a multiplier and not the numbers, which you have received from any
station! Referring to the CQ Zone placement criteria, laid out in the
CQ WAZ awards program (http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/wazrules.html)
"Zone 16. Eastern Zone of Europe: UR?UZ, EU-EW, ER, UA1, UA3. UA4,
UA6, UA9 (S,W). US, UC, UO, and R1M (M V, Island)"
^^^^^^^^^
To cut a long story short: RW9WA sent the wrong number! If your
log is showing the number "17", for your contacts with RW9WA, then
you made a mistake. If RW9WA's log shows "17" as "CQ Zone sent",
then he made a mistake. Whatever the log checking software does,
the final result must be: Each contact with the wrong CQ Zone number
in the log (sent or received) is invalid!
BTW: VE3EXY/2 sent the zone number "2". Hmm .. the CQ WAZ awards
program says ..
"Zone 2. Northeastern Zone of North America: V02 Labrador,
the portion of VE2 Quebec north of ..."
Does VE3EXY signed wrong? Should I log "VE3EXY/VO2" ?? Would like
to know the decision of the contest committee about that issue! ~:)
Last but not least: Any log checking software is a tool and a tool is
not responsible for the results; responsible are humans only! ;-)
73 de Waldemar, DK3VN
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