When working my second Alaska station I noticed that Alaska showed as a
new multiplier when I entered the call, when I tabbed and entered AK in the
QTH field the new multiplier indicator went away. The contacts were scored
correctly.
I think this happens because the ARRL 10 meter contest uses both ARRL
sections and countries as mults. The program must check the countries list
before the sections list so the second contact also shows up as a mult when
the qth field is blank. When the qth field is filled in the program
overrides the country mult with the correct AK mult.
I don't remember if I worked both stations on SSB or CW. I'd have to look
in my log and I'm just too busy with two kids (and a wife!) and Christmas
Eve tomorrow.
Create a new contest, choose ARRL 10 meter, then check which of the
combinations (if any) produce a scoring error.
Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday Season!
73 de George / KF9YR
-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 11:17 AM
To: Writelog@contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] ARRL 10 KL7 KH6 thing follow up
I read the original threads, and experienced it as well. I haven't seen
any additional, so here is another observation that all might check for if
you want an accurate prediction of what your actual claimed score ought to
be.
Personally , I was at a both mode station. I noticed the KL7 = new mult,
regardless of how many you work. I saw it on CW only, not SSB. I never saw
it for KH6 in either mode at my site.
What I notice is:
Show Multipliers.
States and Provinces
AK shown in both modes as worked.
HI (6) shown worked both modes
Countries:North America
KL is shown as worked on SSB and NOT CW ... hence no warning on SSB but a
continual warning on CW.
Countries: Oceania
KH6 is blank in both modes
Perhaps the KH6 and KL7 entities could be removed from wl_cty.dat to
overcome as a workaround, or perhaps I have a KL7 with a serial number in
the log.
Regardless, I just lost an SSB mult :( and I suspect I'm not the only
one .
73's Dave K2XR
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