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[WriteLog] Clariification from W6OTC Contest Manager

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Subject: [WriteLog] Clariification from W6OTC Contest Manager
From: sholton@optonline.net (Steve Holton)
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:05:16 -0400
Jim,
Not exactly correct Writelog emits both State for USA and "Area" for 
Canada, and "DX" for all others in it's Cabrillo file. Both U.S. State and 
Canadian "area" are required  to determine mults. Log checking figures out 
DX Mults from Callsign. But based on Don's latest info. that couldn't work 
for Canada ( VE1 being two possible mults NS and NB) so QTH has to be 
emitted to allow Canadian mults to be determined and it'srequired in the 
Cabrillo template. Here's test output from Writelog 10.32e run today:

QSO:  3500 RY 2002-09-05 1521 N1NB 599 5 CT VO1ABC  599 5   NF
QSO:  3500 RY 2002-09-05 1522 N1NB 599 5 CT VE5ABC  599 4   SK
QSO:  3500 RY 2002-09-05 1522 N1NB 599 5 CT N1ABC   599 5   MA
QSO:  3500 RY 2002-09-05 1522 N1NB 599 5 CT SK1ABC  599 14  DX
QSO:  3500 RY 2002-09-05 1524 N1NB 599 5 CT VE1NS   599 5   NS
QSO:  3500 RY 2002-09-05 1524 N1NB 599 5 CT VE1NB   599 5   NB

Further if one edits the log changing the Canadian QTH's (NF,SK,.....) to 
DX WT4I sees the QSOs as zero pts.
If you remove the DX from all QSOs with DX is sees the SK1 as a valid qso 
and mult and the Canadian ones as zero pts.

Interestingly the example at 
http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo/cqww-rtty.txt doesn't include any 
Canadian calls. But the Cabtillo template says include the exchange and the 
exchange includes State/Area for US/Canada.
73 Steve
  N1NB


>Mults aren't listed in the Cabrillo file for CQWW - only RST and Zone, 
>plus STATE for USA and DX for others (at least that's what my Writelog 
>output contains).  So it's a moot point.  The log checking software will 
>determine the multiplier and score accordingly.
>
>73 - Jim AD1C


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