In reviewing the ARRL Rules for the international DX contest I noticed a
discrepancy between the VE provinces in the rules and the list of
multipliers in WRITELOG.
The ARRL rules state: (excerpt from
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2002/intldx.html
<http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2002/intldx.html> )
5.2.2. DX stations: Sum of US states (except KH6/KL7),
District of Columbia (DC), and Canadian provinces/territories: NB (VE1, 9),
NS (VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NT
(VE8), NF (VO1), LB (VO2), NU (VYØ), YT (VY1), PEI (VY2) worked per band
(maximum of 63 per band).
WRITELOG contains the following Provinces:
NB, NS, PQ, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, NWT, NF, LAB, YT, PEI
You will notice these differences:
1. QC is represented as PQ
2. NT is represented as NWT
3. LB is represented as LAB
4. NU is not present
A Cabrillo file generated from WriteLog containing all available provinces
looks as follows (Note NU is not a valid QTH and cannot be entered in
WriteLog):
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0001 N2WKS 59 99 VE1NWT 59 NWT
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0001 N2WKS 59 99 VE2YT 59 YT
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0001 N2WKS 59 99 VE3LAB 59 LAB
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0001 N2WKS 59 99 VE4NF 59 NF
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0001 N2WKS 59 99 VE5PQ 59 PQ
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0001 N2WKS 59 99 VE6ON 59 ON
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0001 N2WKS 59 99 VE7MB 59 MB
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0001 N2WKS 59 99 VE8SK 59 SK
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0001 N2WKS 59 99 VE9AB 59 AB
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0001 N2WKS 59 99 VE1BC 59 BC
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0002 N2WKS 59 99 VY2PEI 59 PEI
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0002 N2WKS 59 99 VE1NS 59 NS
QSO: 1800 PH 2002-03-18 0002 N2WKS 59 99 VE1NB 59 NB
END-OF-LOG:
How does the Cabrillo processing software view these discrepancies? Is this
a bug in WriteLog or an oversight on the ARRL rules page?
Thank you,
Zev Darack N2WKS / V26S
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