I won't be sending mine in either. Next year I will look for the fine print
before the contest, not afterwards.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Thompson, K5ZD" <k5zd@earthlink.net>
To: "Allan Briscoe" <abriscoe@direct.ca>; "Writelog"
<Writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 6:46 PM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] PA QSO Party
> Even though it looks like a bug, it is not. Since the PA QSO Party has
80m
> QSOs being worth 1.5 points each (or something like that), it was
necessary
> to multiply the total score by 10 so there wouldn't have to be a decimal
> point.
>
> I can't think of another contest that requires floating point numbers for
> scoring! :)
>
> I do confess that I fell for the high score for awhile myself. Thought I
> was on pace to break the WMA record until I realized I was off by a factor
> of 10...
>
> No email logs? Guess I probably won't send mine in either. Not worth the
> stamp. I suspect they did this because people who submit electronically
> don't include monetary donations in the envelope.
>
> K5ZD
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> > [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Allan Briscoe
> > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 17:49 PM
> > To: Writelog
> > Subject: [WriteLog] PA QSO Party
> >
> >
> > Did anyone else notice the following Writelog "glitch" during the PA
QSOP
> > ??
> >
> > In the "SCORE/BAND" window, the running score is off by a factor of ten
!
> > For example, my final score shown in the score/band window shows
> > a score of
> > 122,850 points --- WOW ! am I ever doing great !! Alas and alack , the
> > "real" final score (before bonuses) is 12,285 points. This is
> > really no big
> > deal, as the calculated score which is entered into the contest summary
> > sheet is correct. Perhaps this is unique to my somewhat outdated
Writelog
> > version (10.22B), and may already be fixed in later versions.
> >
> > Also .. I am somewhat put out that the contest organizers have seen fit
to
> > discontinue email log submissions, therefor snail mail must be
> > used. To me,
> > this is a retrograde step!!
> >
> > Allan Briscoe
> >
> > http://www.members.tripod.com/~VE7XB/mypage.htm>
> >
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